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12:25pm, 2nd June, 2020

China is using Huawei to drive a wedge in the UK-U.S. special relationship: senator

China is using telecoms giant Huawei to try to drive a wedge between Britain and the United States, Republican senator Tom Cotton told British lawmakers on Tuesday.

Shopify posts surprise profit as lockdowns drive online traffic

12:03pm, 6th May, 2020

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Shopify posts surprise profit as lockdowns drive online traffic

Shopify Inc said more people were shopping online as the COVID-19 crisis kept them at home, helping the Canadian e-commerce company post a surprise adjusted profit for the first quarter and sending shares to a record high.

Shopify posts surprise adjusted profit as lockdowns drive merchants online

7:52am, 6th May, 2020

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Shopify posts surprise adjusted profit as lockdowns drive merchants online

Canadian e-commerce company Shopify Inc on Wednesday posted a surprise adjusted profit for the first quarter and beat revenue estimates as more users visited its platform after lockdowns led merchants to move their businesses online.

SoftBank-backed Grab seeks another $2 billion funding in expansion drive

5:46am, 8th April, 2019

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SoftBank-backed Grab seeks another $2 billion funding in expansion drive

Grab is looking to raise another $2 billion this year to ramp up expansion, its CEO Anthony Tan told Reuters, just weeks after announcing over $4.5 billion of funding in what has become Southeast Asia's largest round of private financing.

Sega’s Genesis/Mega Drive Mini arrives in September

11:05am, 30th March, 2019

Games

Sega’s Genesis/Mega Drive Mini arrives in September

Whether you call it the Genesis or the Mega Drive, 16 bit system holds a special place in the hearts of many a gamer who came of age in the 80s and 90s. Like the NES and Super Nintendo before it, the console that gave us a ring-hoarding hedgehog is a...

Telling Lies Focuses on a Stolen NSA Hard Drive

12:02pm, 27th March, 2019

Games

Telling Lies Focuses on a Stolen NSA Hard Drive

Despite the critical acclaim that Her Story received when it launched in 2015, not a lot of games have aped its novel conceit — players explore a story by searching key words spoken during an interview. But developer Sam Barlow has continued evolving...

Riding with 'Uncle Diego': Uber's wild drive for growth in Chile

7:36am, 19th March, 2019

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Riding with 'Uncle Diego': Uber's wild drive for growth in Chile

The Uber driver pulled up to the international airport outside Chile's capital. As his passenger jumped into his gleaming Suzuki, he glanced around furtively for signs of trouble.

Newer businesses drive Cisco's earnings beat; shares rise

8:14pm, 13th February, 2019

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Newer businesses drive Cisco's earnings beat; shares rise

Cisco Systems Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly earnings on Wednesday, as it benefited from strength in its newer applications and security businesses, while shrugging of the impact of a U.S.-China trade war on its networking gear business.

Chinese phone makers, licensing business drive Qualcomm beat

4:46pm, 7th November, 2018

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Chinese phone makers, licensing business drive Qualcomm beat

Qualcomm Inc beat analysts' expectations for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Wednesday, helped by demand from Chinese smartphone makers targeting emerging markets and a newer licensing model for its wireless technology that has soothed rela...

Go-Jek launches services in Hanoi amid $500 million overseas expansion drive

4:53am, 12th September, 2018

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Go-Jek launches services in Hanoi amid $500 million overseas expansion drive

Indonesian ride-hailing firm Go-Jek on Wednesday launched its services in Vietnam's capital of Hanoi under the brand Go-Viet, as part of its $500-million international expansion.