Technology

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – French payments company Worldline’s (WLN.PA) 7.8 billion euro ($9.23 billion) bid for Ingenico (INGC.PA) may require concessions to gain European Union antitrust regulator approval, people familiar with the matter said on Monday. The acquisition by Worldline, which…

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s competition regulator on Monday fined Amazon (AMZN.O) 55,000

LAGOS (Reuters) – When Loveth Metiboba’s baby had diarrhoea, she worried that taking him to a clinic near her home in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, might expose them both to the coronavirus. “The idea of going to the clinic was very…

MADRID (Reuters) – French telecom giant Orange started on Monday offering 5G service in five of the largest Spanish cities, less than a week after rival Telefonica rolled out its own service in the whole country. Orange now provides all…

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Finnish telecom firm Nokia (NOKIA.HE) has suffered a setback after a source close to the matter confirmed it had lost out to Samsung Electronics (005930

MILAN (Reuters) – Italy’s antitrust authority said on Monday it had opened an inquiry into Google Inc, Apple Inc and Dropbox Inc over cloud computing services. “The proceedings relate to alleged improper commercial practices and the possible inclusion of unfair…

TOKYO (Reuters) – SoftBank Group Corp closed down 7% as the conglomerate’s bets on equity derivatives tied to listed technology companies made investors uncomfortable amid a decline in markets. Shares fell below 6,000 yen for the first time in two…

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) – China’s biggest chipmaker SMIC (0

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli chip manufacturer Tower Semiconductor (TSEM.TA) said on Sunday some of its systems were hit by a cyber attack and as a result it was putting on hold some servers and manufacturing operations. “Tower has notified relevant…