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Exclusive: Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America

Exclusive: Wide-ranging SolarWinds probe sparks fear in Corporate America

By Christopher Bing, Chris Prentice and Joseph Menn (Reuters) – A U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation into the..

COVID-19 impact could hit Japanese automakers’ output in Oct

COVID-19 impact could hit Japanese automakers’ output in Oct

TOKYO (Reuters) – Disruptions to parts and components suppliers caused by the COVID-19 pandemic could force fresh production cut..

U.S. markets regulator takes aim at Coinbase lending product

U.S. markets regulator takes aim at Coinbase lending product

WASHINGTON/HONG KONG (Reuters) -The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has told Coinbase Global Inc that it plans to sue the cryp..

How people envision becoming an entrepreneur in North Korea

How people envision becoming an entrepreneur in North Korea

Despite the fact most forms are illegal, entrepreneurial engagement is still possible and desirable in North Korea, according to new r..

Only 2% Of Homes & Businesses in Wales Have Claimed Relevant Broadband Funding

Only 2% Of Homes & Businesses in Wales Have Claimed Relevant Broadband Funding

77,000 premises in Wales are not maximising the availability of government grants to access new broadband technology. There have been ..

Iraq and Total sign $27 billion energy projects deal

Iraq and Total sign $27 billion energy projects deal

By Ahmed Rasheed BAGHDAD (Reuters) – France’s Total will build four giant energy projects in southern Iraq under a $27 bil..

Cargill opens new Brazil pectin factory, first outside Europe

Cargill opens new Brazil pectin factory, first outside Europe

By Ana Mano SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian unit of U.S. commodities trader Cargill has finished building a new facility to ..

BLOCKCHAIN TO SAVE THE FOOD INDUSTRY $31 BILLION BY 2024, DRIVEN BY IOT PARTNERSHIPS

BLOCKCHAIN TO SAVE THE FOOD INDUSTRY $31 BILLION BY 2024, DRIVEN BY IOT PARTNERSHIPS

Blockchain to Reduce Food Fraud, Including Mislabelled, Diluted or Substituted Foodstuffs Hampshire, UK : New data from Juniper Resear..

BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CROSS-BORDER B2B TRANSACTIONS TO SKYROCKET TO $4.4 TRILLION BY 2024

BLOCKCHAIN-BASED CROSS-BORDER B2B TRANSACTIONS TO SKYROCKET TO $4.4 TRILLION BY 2024

Transaction Value to Increase by 90% Between 2019 & 2024 Hampshire, UK :New data from Juniper Research has shown that the total va..

Conversion of cryptocurrency into a franchise

Conversion of cryptocurrency into a franchise

Fantastic Services, a number one domestic services franchise in the UK, has come up with an innovative scheme that allows potential pa..

(ISC)² Makes Security Congress 2021 An All-Virtual Event

(ISC)² Makes Security Congress 2021 An All-Virtual Event

With increasing COVID-19 concerns, annual security conference to be hosted virtually for the second year Clearwater, FL, – (ISC)² – th..

The Blockchain Revolution Won’t Take Place on a Public or Private Chain

The Blockchain Revolution Won’t Take Place on a Public or Private Chain

  By: Matthew Niemerg, Ph.D., co-founder of the Aleph Zero Foundation As blockchains become increasingly integrated ..

U.S. labor market powers ahead as weekly jobless claims fall, layoffs hit 24-year low

U.S. labor market powers ahead as weekly jobless claims fall, layoffs hit 24-year low

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell last week, while la..

Ryanair passenger numbers rise in August to 11.1 million

Ryanair passenger numbers rise in August to 11.1 million

DUBLIN (Reuters) – Ryanair on Thursday said it flew 11.1 million passengers in August, 75% of the number the budget airline carr..

Exclusive-Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

Exclusive-Apple hit with antitrust case in India over in-app payments issues

By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Apple Inc is facing an antitrust challenge in India for allegedly abusing its dominant pos..

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

France’s Vivendi sells 2.9% of Universal to Pershing Square for $1.15 billion

PARIS (Reuters) – Billionaire hedge fund manager William Ackman’s Pershing Square fund has committed to acquire an additio..

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

EIG Global Energy Partners submits offer for Petrobras pipelines in Brazil, source says

By Gram Slattery RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm EIG Global Energy Partners submitted a binding offer worth ..

Beyond CryptoKitties: NFTs are poised to permanently transform the art world

Beyond CryptoKitties: NFTs are poised to permanently transform the art world

By: Alan Vey CEO and Co-Founder – Aventus  Non-Fungible Tokens (or NFTs) are revolutionising how we represent the ow..

Digital sea change for shipping and global supply chains

Digital sea change for shipping and global supply chains

By Mohan Naidu, FPT UK Managing Director The international shipping industry is responsible for the carriage of around 90%..

Taking the block out of Blockchain: a clear path to supply chain transformation

Taking the block out of Blockchain: a clear path to supply chain transformation

By: Mark Crowne, general manager at Nexer Insight UK In the post-pandemic world, consumers are increasingly demanding integrity and au..

Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources

Toshiba in talks with four investment firms for strategic ideas -sources

By Makiko Yamazaki and Scott Murdoch TOKYO/HONG KONG (Reuters) -Toshiba Corp is in talks with at least four global private equity firm..

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

S.Korea parliament committee votes to curb Google, Apple commission dominance

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean parliamentary committee voted early on Wednesday to recommend amending a law, a key step toward..

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

McDonald’s milkshakes off the British menu after supply chain issues

LONDON (Reuters) – McDonald’s said it had taken milkshakes and bottled drinks off the menu at all of its British restauran..

New Aerospike Petabyte Scale Benchmark Runs Real-Time Operational Workloads on Just 20 AWS Nodes with Intel Processors

New Aerospike Petabyte Scale Benchmark Runs Real-Time Operational Workloads on Just 20 AWS Nodes with Intel Processors

New NoSQL Industry Benchmark Shows Sub-Millisecond Performance at Petabyte Scale on a Fraction of the Servers of Traditional Databases..

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

UK economic growth slowed again in August as post-lockdown shortages bite – PMI

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s post-lockdown economic bounce-back slowed sharply in August as companies struggled with unpre..

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

Shares in UK chain Sainsbury’s jump 11% on report of buyout interest

(Reuters) – Shares in Sainsbury’s jumped 11% to a three-year high on Monday after a report over the weekend said private e..

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

Factbox-How Big Tech is faring against U.S. lawsuits and probes

(Reuters) – Big Tech platforms Facebook Inc and Google have been hit with a series of antitrust lawsuits by the U.S. federal gov..

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

Musk says Tesla will launch prototype of humanoid robot next year

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk on Thursday said it will probably launch the prototype of a humanoid robot cal..

Global Crypto Exchanges Begin Phased Deployment of Veriscope: The Decentralized Solution to the FATF Travel Rule

Global Crypto Exchanges Begin Phased Deployment of Veriscope: The Decentralized Solution to the FATF Travel Rule

Bridgetown, Barbados, Today, Shyft Core, in collaboration with Binance, Deribit, Bitfinex, BitMEX, Tether, Huobi and other collaborati..

Robinhood sees retail traders taking a breather in third quarter

Robinhood sees retail traders taking a breather in third quarter

By Sohini Podder, John McCrank and Sinéad Carew (Reuters) – Robinhood Markets Inc expects retail investors to become less active..

Automobile shortages, spending shift to services hurt U.S. retail sales

Automobile shortages, spending shift to services hurt U.S. retail sales

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales fell more than expected in July as shortages depressed motor vehicle ..

British Airways not currently using Afghanistan airspace

British Airways not currently using Afghanistan airspace

LONDON (Reuters) – British Airways is not currently using Afghanistan’s airspace, the airline said on Sunday as Taliban in..

BHP in talks to sell global oil, gas business to Australia’s Woodside

BHP in talks to sell global oil, gas business to Australia’s Woodside

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group Ltd is in talks to sell its petroleum business to Australia’s top independe..

Break in case of emergency – plan early, plan now, for effective crisis comms

Break in case of emergency – plan early, plan now, for effective crisis comms

Kat Jackson, Associate Director, The Media Foundry  Want to know the best way to make a complete drama out of a crisis? Not being prep..

The future of working from home – and other benefits that candidates want

The future of working from home – and other benefits that candidates want

 By Kelley Morse, VP, Talent & Business Partnering, Bullhorn The coronavirus pandemic has proven that working in an office isn’t n..

How the pandemic has driven a rise in virtual tours

How the pandemic has driven a rise in virtual tours

By Mark McCorrie, Made Snappy The pandemic has changed so much about the way we think about our homes – not just obvious things like a..

GoStudent becomes Europe’s newest Ed-Tech unicorn  at a €1.4B valuation

GoStudent becomes Europe’s newest Ed-Tech unicorn at a €1.4B valuation

GoStudent achieves unicorn status, securing its position as the highest valued K12 Ed-Tech company in Europe €205M Series C investmen..