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Indian TikTok clone gets Google, Microsoft backing in $100 million fund raise
BENGALURU (Reuters) - The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than $100 million from investors including Alphabet Inc's Google and Microsoft, months after the Chinese-owned short-vid...
Syndicated Content Dec 22, 2020
Ford's Bronco SUV bucking to take on FCA's Jeep
By Ben Klayman and Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co on Monday rolled out the product and marketing strategy for its new family of Bronco SUVs designed to take a bite out of Fiat Chrysler...
Syndicated Content Jul 06, 2020
Twenty years on, Japan government's digital ambitions still stuck in piles of paper
By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - Two decades after Japan rolled out an ambitious plan to go digital, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the government's deeply rooted technological shortcomings as ...
Syndicated Content Jul 24, 2020
Huawei phone prices rise in China on fears of chip shortage
By David Kirton SHENZHEN (Reuters) - Chinese consumers are rushing to buy smartphones from Huawei Technologies Co Ltd [HWT.UL] featuring its high-end Kirin chips, fearing curbs on the firm's access to...
Syndicated Content Sep 17, 2020
In England, parents despair at COVID dilemma as testing system buckles
By Andrew MacAskill and Ben Makori BIRMINGHAM/SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, England (Reuters) - Parents across England are facing a COVID-19 dilemma: their children are not allowed to return to school unless they ...
Syndicated Content Sep 17, 2020
Robot wars - Britain's Ocado sued by AutoStore over patent infringement
By James Davey and Vanessa O'Connell LONDON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - British online supermarket group Ocado was hit with a lawsuit by robotics company AutoStore on Thursday for allegedly infringing patent...
Syndicated Content Oct 01, 2020
Unilever's Dutch shareholders vote on unification, HQ move
By Toby Sterling, Martinne Geller and Siddharth Cavale AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Shareholders of Unilever NV in the Netherlands are expected to back plans to unify the consumer goods giant under a single ...
Syndicated Content Sep 18, 2020
Republicans stay loyal to Trump despite concerns about his taxes: Reuters poll
By Chris Kahn NEW YORK (Reuters) - A sizable minority of Republicans say U.S. President Donald Trump has not paid his fair share of taxes and worry that his family business has influenced his decision...
Syndicated Content Sep 29, 2020
U.S. cities seen ill-prepared for boom in elderly population
By Carey L. Biron WASHINGTON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As the United States braces for a surge in the number of elderly people in the years ahead, most cities are ill-equipped to meet the needs o...
Syndicated Content Oct 30, 2020
Some social media stars chafe at COVID restrictions, angering authorities
By Anthony Deutsch AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A handful of social media stars and influencers have publicly flouted rules aimed at containing the coronavirus pandemic and even encouraged others to do so, a...
Syndicated Content Sep 23, 2020
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