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Snapchat+ hits 4 million paid subscribers
(Reuters) - Social media company Snap Inc said on Thursday its subscription service, Snapchat+, hit 4 million members since its launch last year in June. Snapchat+ gives subscribers access to exclusiv...
Jun 29, 2023
Microsoft’s appeal of UK Activision veto to go ahead as planned
LONDON (Reuters) - Microsoft's appeal against Britain's veto of its $69 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard will go ahead as planned at the end of July after the Competition Appeal Tribunal (CAT) ...
Jun 29, 2023
Inflection AI raises $1.3 billion in funding from Microsoft, others
(Reuters) - Artificial intelligence startup Inflection AI said on Thursday it had raised $1.3 billion in funding from a clutch of investors including Microsoft and Bill Gates. The funding comes less t...
Jun 29, 2023
China’s eastern Hangzhou city signs comprehensive strategic agreement with Alibaba
BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China's eastern Hangzhou city has signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation agreement with the e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding, according to a city government s...
Jun 29, 2023
Biotech firm Tevogen Bio enters $1.2 billion SPAC deal for US listing
(Reuters) - Biotech firm Tevogen Bio will go public in the United States through a blank-check merger that values the combined entity at about $1.2 billion, the companies said on Thursday. The deal wi...
Jun 29, 2023
Germany to reject Binance’s bid for a cryptocurrency licence – source
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German regulators have told Binance they will not grant it a cryptocurrency custody licence, a person with direct knowledge of the matter said on Thursday, the latest in a string...
Jun 29, 2023
Germany to earmark 900 million euros in subsidies for e-car charging systems
BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany is to earmark up to 900 million euros ($983 million) in subsidies to expand electric vehicle charging stations for households and companies, the transport ministry said on T...
Jun 29, 2023
EU-funded hybrid car prototype explodes in Italy, killing two people
ROME (Reuters) - Two people have died after a hybrid car prototype that was being developed and tested with European Union funds blew up last week in the southern Italian city of Naples. The Life-Save...
Jun 29, 2023
777 Partners’ aviation asset arm in talks to take a stake in Eastar Jet, lease planes
By Abhijith Ganapavaram (Reuters) - AIP Capital said it was in talks to pick up a 10% stake in Eastar Jet as the aviation asset management arm of U.S.-based private equity firm 777 Partners seeks to t...
Jun 29, 2023
U.S. antitrust regulator plans to target Amazon’s online marketplace – Bloomberg News
(Reuters) - The U.S. antitrust regulator is planning to file a suit targeting Amazon.com's core online marketplace in the coming weeks, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing documents and people...
Jun 29, 2023
