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Internet giants could be fined up to $12 million under Austrian hate speech law
VIENNA (Reuters) - Austria plans to oblige large internet platforms like Facebook and Google to delete illegal content within days and impose fines of up to 10 million euros ($12 million) in case of n...
Syndicated Content Sep 03, 2020
China's ByteDance buys UIPay to leverage e-payment capabilities at home
BEIJING/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - ByteDance, the owner of popular short-video app TikTok, said it has acquired a Chinese third-party payment service UIPay in a bid to leverage its domestic payment capabili...
Syndicated Content Sep 04, 2020
EU regulators seek feedback on Google's Fitbit data pledge
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Google's pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbit's health data for its advertising, and to sepa...
Syndicated Content Jul 15, 2020
Nestle on track to meet sustainable packaging goal
ZURICH (Reuters) - Nestle has increased the share of recyclable or reusable plastics to package its products to 87%, making progress toward its 100% goal by 2025, and gave examples of innovation to cu...
Syndicated Content Sep 07, 2020
Credit Suisse to launch fintech rival digital banking app in October
By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse will launch a digital banking app in October challenging fintechs like Revolut in the Swiss bank's home market by offering free foreign trans...
Syndicated Content Sep 10, 2020
Nine in ten recovered COVID-19 patients experience side-effects, study shows
By Sangmi Cha SEOUL (Reuters) - Nine in ten coronavirus patients reported experiencing side-effects such as fatigue, psychological after-effects and loss of smell and taste after they recovered from t...
Syndicated Content Sep 29, 2020
Is Wisconsin Inflating COVID-19 Death Numbers?
MADISON, WI (WTAQ) – Wisconsin reported a new single-day record of 64 COVID-19-related deaths on Tuesday. But one question persists for some people – are those numbers being inflated by th...
Casey Nelson Oct 27, 2020
UK retail sales dive 18% in May as lockdown bites: BDO
LONDON (Reuters) - British retailers saw sales plunge by nearly a fifth in May as the government's coronavirus lockdown measures kept shopping streets empty, a survey showed on Friday. Accountancy and...
Syndicated Content Jun 04, 2020
TV viewing surges during Britain's lockdown, led by streaming services
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britons spent 40% of their waking day watching TV and online video at the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in April, including spending twice as long watching streamin...
Syndicated Content Aug 04, 2020
Pull investments from companies not committed to environment, pope says
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Saturday urged people to pull investments from companies that are not committed to protecting the environment, adding his voice to calls for...
Syndicated Content Oct 10, 2020
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