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Saint-Gobain posts record sales in quarter, flags rising costs
(Reuters) - French construction materials group Saint-Gobain on Thursday posted record first-quarter sales but flagged the higher impact of energy and raw material costs in 2022 amid a challenging geo...
Apr 28, 2022
Amsterdam airport asks airlines to cut flights to avoid chaos
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Amsterdam's Schiphol airport has asked airlines to cancel flights over the weekend to avoid chaos due to overcrowding at Europe's third busiest airport, it said on Thursday. The ...
Apr 28, 2022
India to launch open e-commerce network to take on Amazon, Walmart
By Krishna N. Das NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India will on Friday launch an open network for digital commerce (ONDC) as the government tries to end the dominance of U.S. companies Amazon.com and Walmart in...
Apr 28, 2022
Activision Blizzard shareholders approve $68.7 billion Microsoft deal
(Reuters) - Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard Inc said on Thursday that its shareholders approved Microsoft Corp's $68.7 billion proposal to buy the "Call of Duty" maker. More than 98% of the sh...
Apr 28, 2022
Snap pushes into augmented reality shopping, unveils flying camera
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) - Snap Inc will roll out new features to make it easier for brands to create augmented reality shopping experiences on its Snapchat app as well as a flying camera, the company...
Apr 28, 2022
Analysis-Bitcoin adoption by Central African Republic baffles cryptoverse
By Judicael Yongo, Tom Wilson and Rachel Savage BANGUI (Reuters) - Central African Republic's adoption of bitcoin, while many of the world's largest economies stay wary of it, has puzzled the cryptocu...
Apr 28, 2022
Elon Musk’s Twitter stake purchase under FTC scrutiny – The Information
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc Chief Executive Elon Musk's initial 9% stake purchase in Twitter Inc is being probed by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), The Information reported on Thursday. The FTC is looki...
Apr 28, 2022
Accident in Peoria claims life of East Peoria man
PEORIA, Ill. – Details are being released about an accident that happened early Saturday morning in Peoria and killed a passenger. Peoria County Coroner Jamie Harwood says the rollover crash hap...
Apr 28, 2022
Crews work to resolve water distribution issue in Chillicothe
PEORIA, Ill. — It’s still not entirely clear exactly when public works officials in Chillicothe will resolve an ongoing water distribution issue. Thousands of customers in Chillicothe are ...
Apr 28, 2022
Gizmodo-publisher G/O Media acquires business news site Quartz
(Reuters) - Gizmodo publisher G/O Media Inc is acquiring Quartz, the business news site said in an internal memo on Thursday, the latest in a series of consolidations in digital media. Financial terms...
Apr 28, 2022
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