–Clothing and homeware retailer Next PLC has pulled out of the bidding process for Philip Green’s TopShop as it can’t meet pricing expectations, Sky News reported late Thursday. –The withdrawal of the U.K.-listed company paves the way for Chinese online …
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SYDNEY, Australia — In a major escalation, Google threatened on Friday to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government approved legislation that would force tech companies to pay for journalism shared on their platforms. Facebook …
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Hong Kong (CNN Business) A futuristic project by Google’s (GOOGL) parent company Alphabet to provide internet from high flying balloons has burst. Loon, the Alphabet subsidiary that used giant balloons to beam internet to people in remote areas around …
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The trend in the 14-day moving average number of hospitalized patients per day has increased by nearly 4,500 since the end of September. – Advertisement -. Statewide percent …
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The engineer’s digital industries unit saw adjusted earnings before interest, taxes and amortization climb to 848 million euros ($1 billion) in the quarter that ended in December, beating a consensus estimate of 592 million euros, the company said late Thursday.
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