Category Archives:
Uber’s Mideast unit says it’s in talks with Saudi to ease ride-hailing restrictions
DUBAI (Reuters) - Uber Technologies Inc's subsidiary in the Middle East, Careem, says it is in talks with authorities in Saudi Arabia to ease restrictions, including those that have limited driver num...
Apr 21, 2022
Japan’s Nidec reappoints chairman Nagamori as CEO, posts 17% fall in Q4 profit
TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese electric motor maker Nidec Corp posted a 17% drop in fourth quarter operating profit and announced a change in leadership on Thursday, with chairman and founder Shigenobu Nag...
Apr 21, 2022
Russia fines Google over YouTube “fakes” – TASS
(Reuters) - Russia fined Alphabet Inc.'s Google 4 million roubles ($50,000) for failing to delete what it terms "fake" information about its special operation in Ukraine, the TASS news agency reported...
Apr 21, 2022
The King lives! Elvis impersonators return to Australian town
(Reuters) - Thousands of hip-shaking Elvis Presley impersonators and fans of the late King of Rock and Roll returned on Thursday to the Elvis Festival in the Australian country town of Parkes for the ...
Apr 21, 2022
Japan April report raises view on consumption, economy, despite inflationary pressures
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's government upgraded its view of the economy for the first time in four months in April as authorities turned more optimistic about the outlook for private consumption followi...
Apr 21, 2022
Global tourism to recover from pandemic by 2023, post 10-year growth spurt
By Neil Jerome Morales MANILA (Reuters) - The global travel and tourism sectors are projected to return to pre-pandemic levels in 2023 and grow at a rate that will outpace global gross domestic produc...
Apr 21, 2022
Queen Elizabeth’s 96th birthday marked with gun salute and new photograph
LONDON (Reuters) - The 96th birthday of Queen Elizabeth will be marked on Thursday with gun salutes, the release of a Barbie doll and a new photograph showing Britain's longest serving monarch with tw...
Apr 21, 2022
Crypto exchange Binance limits services in Russia after EU sanctions
(Reuters) - Binance, the largest crypto exchange by trading volumes, said on Thursday it is limiting services for Russian nationals that have crypto assets exceeding 10,000 euros ($10,912.00), in ligh...
Apr 21, 2022
China’s Xiaohongshu kicks off staff layoffs – source
By Josh Ye HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese social e-commerce app Xiaohongshu, known as China's answer to Instagram, has kicked off a round of layoffs, a source familiar with the matter said, as the comp...
Apr 21, 2022
Explainer-China UnionPay, Russia’s potential payments backstop
By Selena Li HONG KONG (Reuters) - Several Russian banks plan to issue payment cards that use the network of China UnionPay as well as that of home-grown payment system Mir, after Visa Inc and MasterC...
Apr 21, 2022
Peoria, IL, USA
74 °F Sunny
