By Sarah Young LONDON (Reuters) -European low-cost airline Wizz Air is confident that strong bookings combined with a big investment in its operations to avoid last year’s summer travel snags pl[...]
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June 8, 2023
Amazon should not pay $268 million in Luxembourg back taxes, EU court adviser says
By Foo Yun Chee LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) – Amazon should not pay 250 million euros ($268 million)in back taxes to Luxembourg as ordered by EU competition enforcers, an adviser to Europe’s top[...]
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MediaTek says will defend itself in accusation over patent ‘bounty’ agreement
TAIPEI (Reuters) – Taiwan’s top chip design company MediaTek Inc said on Thursday it will defend itself in court against accusations from Realtek that it paid a company that sues over pate[...]
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Meta introduces broadcast tool Channels on WhatsApp
(Reuters) – Meta Platforms on Thursday introduced WhatsApp Channels, a feature that the social media giant said would help make the app a “private broadcast messaging product.” Users[...]
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South Korea vows support for its chip sector amid China-US tension
SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea pledged support for its chip sector on Thursday, with President Yoon Suk Yeol describing competition in the industry as an “all-out war” amid heightened Sino-U[...]
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Uber says green rides will enable customers to track CO2 savings
By Nick Carey LONDON (Reuters) – U.S. ride-hailing giant Uber said on Thursday that customers will soon be able to track emissions avoided when choosing greener rides and have the option of shar[...]
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Yandex granted Nasdaq lifeline subject to Russia restructuring
By Alexander Marrow (Reuters) – Russian internet firm Yandex on Thursday said it had been granted permission to retain its Nasdaq Stock Exchange listing provided the restructuring and divestment[...]
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Australia’s largest bank blocks payments to some crypto exchanges
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) said on Thursday it would block some payments to certain cryptocurrency exchanges as part of a suite of new anti-scam mea[...]
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Exclusive-Chinese energy storage, battery firms consider big investments in Vietnam -sources
By Francesco Guarascio and Phuong Nguyen HANOI (Reuters) – Two Chinese makers of energy storage systems and batteries are weighing investments worth hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam, i[...]
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