Snap bets on hardware as Facebook threat looms
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Snap Inc takes to the road in London on Monday to promote its initial public offering with a daring proposition: that it can build hot-selling hardware gadgets and ad-friendly software features fast enough to stay one step ahe…
Snap bets on hardware as Facebook threat looms
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Snap Inc takes to the road in London on Monday to promote its initial public offering with a daring proposition: that it can build hot-selling hardware gadgets and ad-friendly software features fast enough to stay one step ahe…
Uber CEO orders ‘urgent investigation’ on sexual harassment claims
(Reuters) – The chief executive of Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has ordered an “urgent investigation” into claims of sexual harassment at the ride-hailing service made by a former employee.
Amazon to create over 5,000 jobs in Britain in 2017
LONDON (Reuters) – Online retailer Amazon is set to create more than 5,000 jobs in Britain this year, the company said on Monday, boosting its investment in the country once more even as it prepares to leave the European Union.
Japan Inc signals boost to domestic capex but less keen on the U.S.: Reuters poll
TOKYO (Reuters) – One third of Japanese firms are looking to lift business investment at home in the next financial year, but companies are less bullish about capital spending in the United States due to uncertainty over the Trump administration’s pol…
Cleveland Fed chief ‘comfortable’ raising rates if economy keeps performing
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said on Monday she would be comfortable raising interest rates at this point if the economy maintained its current pace of performance.
GM shares could climb 35 percent if it sells Opel: Barron’s
(Reuters) – General Motors Co shares could climb by as much as 35 percent if it succeeds in selling its European Opel brand and focuses on its healthier markets, Barron’s said on Sunday.
Japan export growth slows, Trump’s trade policies cloud outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s exports rose in January at a slower pace than the previous month due to a decline in shipments to the U.S. and the Lunar New Year holidays and as concerns about growing trade protectionism cast doubts over the outlook.
‘CEO’ Tillerson faces internal skeptics, crisis-battling White House
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – One of Rex Tillerson’s first directives as U.S. secretary of state was an order to senior staff that his briefing materials not exceed two pages.
SoftBank shares up; sources say company willing to cede control of Sprint
TOKYO (Reuters) – Shares in SoftBank Group Corp rose nearly 3 percent in morning trade on Monday after a Reuters report that the Japanese company is prepared to cede control of Sprint Corp to T-Mobile US Inc to clinch a merger of the two U.S. wirele…
