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U.S. FTC, states to take Shkreli to trial over price hike
By Brendan Pierson NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission and several states are set to take Vyera Pharmaceuticals founder Martin Shkreli to trial on Tuesday for trying to block generi...
Dec 14, 2021
China’s WeRide receives strategic investment from GAC Group for robotaxis
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - WeRide, a China-based autonomous driving startup, said on Tuesday that it had received a strategic investment from Guangzhou Automobile Group which will deepen their partnership t...
Dec 14, 2021
Keeping the bankers sweet: Hong Kong regulators send candy to quarantined financiers
HONG KONG (Reuters) - You know it's going to be a long haul when the regulator starts sending you candy. Jet-setting banking executives stuck in Hong Kong's weeks-long quarantine programme have receiv...
Dec 14, 2021
Exclusive-Malaysia telcos call for second 5G provider, sources say
By Rozanna Latiff and Liz Lee KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's major wireless carriers have recommended the government allow a second 5G service to be set up, according to three sources and documen...
Dec 14, 2021
Chinese smartphone maker Oppo unveils self-developed chip for phones
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Oppo unveiled on Tuesday a new self-developed chip, as the hardware company moves further into the semiconductor sector. The chip, called the MariSilicon ...
Dec 14, 2021
German chip chemical supplier Merck to invest 500 million euros in Taiwan
By Sarah Wu TAIPEI (Reuters) - German supplier of chemicals and materials used in making semiconductors, Merck KGaA, announced on Tuesday it is to invest 500 million euros in Taiwan over the next five...
Dec 14, 2021
Musk says Tesla will accept dogecoin for merchandise
(Reuters) - Tesla Inc chief Elon Musk said on Tuesday the electric carmaker will accept dogecoin for merchandise on a test basis. "Tesla will make some merch buyable with Doge & see how it goes," Musk...
Dec 14, 2021
Factbox-Patrick Drahi, the dealmaker building a stake in BT
PARIS (Reuters) - Here are five facts about Patrick Drahi, the cable magnate who announced on Tuesday he had raised his stake in BT to 18%, becoming the company's top shareholder and drawing a defensi...
Dec 14, 2021
Foreign inflows into Asian bonds drop to 11-month low in November
By Gaurav Dogra (Reuters) - Asian bonds received their smallest foreign inflows this year in November, amid rising prospects of quicker unwinding of stimulus measures by the U.S. Federal Reserve and c...
Dec 14, 2021
UK regulator says Google and Apple have ‘vice-like’ grip
LONDON (Reuters) - Google and Apple have developed a "vice-like" grip over how people use mobile phones, stripping any meaningful choice from the system for customers, Britain's competition regulator ...
Dec 14, 2021
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