Technology

NEW DELHI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Amazon.com (AMZN.O) is in early-stage talks to buy a stake worth at least $2 billion in Indian mobile operator Bharti Airtel (BRTI.NS), three people with knowledge of the discussions told Reuters, in a move that…

SHANGHAI (Reuters) – General Motors (GM.N) will “work very closely” with Chinese electric vehicle battery maker Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) (300750.SZ) as it ramps up electric production in the world’s biggest auto market, a senior executive said. The Detroit…

BERLIN/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Germany unveiled sweeping incentives for cheap electric cars and for hybrid vehicles, providing a boost to Volkswagen’s (VOWG_p.DE) electric push while staggered taxes for polluting combustion-engined cars will penalise sports utility vehicles. Buyer incentives for passenger cars,…

SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) messaging platform WhatsApp and PayPal Holdings Inc (PYPL.O) on Wednesday said they have invested in payment, food delivery and ride-hailing app operator Gojek as part of the Indonesian firm’s ongoing fundraising round. WhatsApp and…

(Reuters) – ZoomInfo Technologies Inc ZI.O priced its initial public offering (IPO) at $21 per share, above its upwardly revised target range, in the largest U.S. technology listing so far this year, the company said early Thursday. The listing is…

SEOUL (Reuters) – One robot makes cocktails from 25 bottles hanging upside-down from the ceiling, another carves perfect ice balls in the fraction of the time it takes a human with a knife and an ice pick. Robo-bartenders are shaking…

(Reuters) – Canadian telecom firm Telus Corp said director Stockwell Day had stepped down from its board a day after the former cabinet minister compared enduring racism to his experience of being teased in school for wearing glasses. Day, who…

MUMBAI (Reuters) – From its Silicon Valley-like campus near Mumbai, Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Jio telecom carrier is emerging as a winner from changes in the way Indian consumers plug into a digital economy made more urgent by the coronavirus…

(Reuters) – ZoomInfo Technologies Inc on Wednesday priced its initial public offering (IPO) above its upwardly revised target range in the largest U.S. technology listing so far this year, people familiar with the matter said. The listing is the latest…

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has been sued for allegedly fostering the spread of the coronavirus by mandating unsafe working conditions, causing at least one employee to contract COVID-19, bring it home, and see her cousin die. The complaint…