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Indian fintech Slice raises $220 million, hits “unicorn” status
By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian fintech company Slice said on Monday it had raised $220 million in a Series B funding round led by investment giant Tiger Global and private equity fi...
Nov 28, 2021
Even in tech hub Shenzhen, China’s property market succumbs to chills
By David Kirton SHENZHEN, China (Reuters) - Life used to be good for Jerry Tang, who left his rural hometown in 2014 to become a real estate agent in Shenzhen - China's tech megacity and one of the wo...
Nov 28, 2021
Exclusive-D. Telekom, Vodafone, others want U.S. tech giants to help fund network costs
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - U.S. tech giants should bear some of the costs of developing Europe's telecoms networks because they use them so heavily, chief executives of Deutsche Telekom, Vod...
Nov 28, 2021
ECB’s Lagarde says euro zone in better shape facing new COVID wave, Omicron variant
MILAN (Reuters) - The euro zone is better equipped to face the economic impact of a new wave of COVID-19 infections or the Omicron variant, European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde said. Seve...
Nov 28, 2021
Fashion world grieves after death of Louis Vuitton’s Virgil Abloh
(Reuters) - Virgil Abloh, fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collections, died on Sunday of cancer, Vuitton's owner LVMH said. Following are...
Nov 28, 2021
Amazon exec says Omicron’s impact on holiday spending uncertain
By Mike Spector NEW YORK (Reuters) - A senior Amazon.com Inc executive said it remains too early to predict how the Omicron coronavirus variant will impact consumer spending during the holiday season ...
Nov 28, 2021
OPEC postponses technical meetings to evaluate Omicron impact -sources
By Ahmad Ghaddar and Alex Lawler LONDON (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies have postponed technical meetings to later this week, giving themselves more time to assess the impact of the new Omicron corona...
Nov 28, 2021
Louis Vuitton designer Virgil Abloh dies
PARIS (Reuters) - Virgil Abloh, fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, died on Sunday of cancer, Vuitton's owner LVMH said. LVMH sai...
Nov 28, 2021
Star designer Virgil Abloh dies of cancer after private battle – LVMH
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Star Black designer Virgil Abloh, the men's artistic director at Louis Vuitton since 2018 and founder of label Off-White, has died from cancer which he had been fighting private...
Nov 28, 2021
Jordan’s draft 2022 budget forecasts $15 billion in state spending
By Suleiman Al-Khalidi AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan's Finance Minister Mohamad Al Ississ said on Sunday that the draft 2022 budget forecasts 10.6 billion dinars ($15 billion) in state expenditure and pave...
Nov 28, 2021
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