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2 weeks ago | 
today.westlaw.com | Angela Christy |Tomasz Janowski |Charlie Conchie |Jesús Aguado
(Reuters) -Austria's Erste Group Bank is in discussions with Santander about buying a 49% stake in the Spanish bank's Polish unit in a deal that could be worth more than $8 billion, the lenders said on Monday. Santander said it had received interest...
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1 month ago | 
sightmagazine.com.au | Angela Christy |Jamie Freed |David Adams
Reuters Britain’s Heathrow Airport said it would be closed all of Friday after a huge fire at a nearby electrical substation wiped out power, disrupting flight schedules around the world. The London Fire Brigade said around 70 firefighters were tackling the blaze in the west of London, which caused a mass power outage at Heathrow, Europe’s busiest and the world’s fifth busiest, airport.
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1 month ago | 
ca.news.yahoo.com | Angela Christy |Jamie Freed
Heathrow Airport in London said on Friday it would be closed until midnight after experiencing a significant power outage due to a fire at a nearby electrical substation supplying the airport. "To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March," Heathrow Airport said in a post on X, adding that passengers are advised not to travel to the airport.
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2 months ago | 
usatoday.com | Angela Christy |Mrinmay Dey
Britain's privacy watchdog, the Information Commissioner's Office, on Monday launched an investigation into how TikTok, Reddit RDDT.N and online image sharing website Imgur safeguard children's privacy. Social media companies use complex algorithms to prioritize content and keep users engaged. However, the fact that they amplify similar content can lead to children being influenced by increasing amounts of harmful material.
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2 months ago | 
timeslive.co.za | Angela Christy |Mrinmay Dey
03 March 2025 - 11:21 Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. Social media platforms including Facebook, Instagram and TikTok are required to “tame” their algorithms to filter out or downgrade harmful material to help protect children under proposed British measures published last year. File photo.
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Jan 29, 2025 | 
gurutrade.com | John Revill |Angela Christy |Maju Samuel |Shilpi Majumdar
ZURICH, (Reuters) - Logitech International raised its full-year forecast on Tuesday, after reporting higher sales and profit for its important pre-holiday quarter, supported by strong demand for computer hardware products for businesses and gamers.
The Swiss-American company, which makes products such as keyboards, mouse and webcams, said its sales rose nearly 7% to $1.34 billion in what is traditionally its "biggest quarter of the year".
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Jan 15, 2025 | 
today.westlaw.com | Angela Christy |Mark Potter |John Revill
(Reuters) -France's Bureau Veritas and Switzerland's SGS are in merger talks to create a testing and certification giant worth more than $30 billion that would dwarf competitors. The two companies, which test and certify new products, ingredients and...
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
zawya.com | Angela Christy
U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil Corp is weighing a sale of its petrol stations in Singapore, a deal that could raise about $1 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Tuesday, citing sources. Exxon operates 59 petrol stations in Singapore under its Esso brand, according to Esso's website. A sale would allow Exxon to raise cash to deploy in other areas of higher growth potential, the report said, adding that players in the energy industry and investment funds had shown preliminary interest in the disposal.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
ksl.com | Angela Christy
SEATTLE — E-commerce giant Amazon has developed new generative artificial intelligence that can process images and videos in addition to text, making it less reliant on AI startup Anthropic, The Information reported on Wednesday. The development of the new AI model will help Amazon reduce its reliance on Anthropic's Claude chatbot, a popular offering on Amazon Web Services, the report said, citing two people with knowledge of the matter.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
insideretail.asia | Angela Christy |Abinaya Vijayaraghavan |Celene Ignacio |Shanthi Murugan
Starbucks is exploring options for its Chinese operations, including the possibility of selling a stake in the business to a local partner, Bloomberg News reported on Wednesday, citing people with knowledge of the matter. The coffee chain has also gauged interest from prospective investors, including domestic private equity firms, the report said.
