By Katie Paul (Reuters) – Meta Platforms said on Thursday its WhatsApp messaging service will introduce a commercial directory and test a payments tool in Brazil, as it bets on business messagin[...]
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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast to supply 2,500 units to U.S. car subscription service Autonomy
HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s electric vehicle maker VinFast said on Thursday it has struck a deal with U.S. car subscription service Autonomy to supply more than 2,500 units, its largest co[...]
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Tim Hortons teams up with Alibaba to woo Chinese coffee drinkers
BEIJING (Reuters) – The operator of Canadian coffee chain Tim Hortons in China said on Thursday it had forged a two-year partnership with Alibaba Group’s grocery chain that will see the tw[...]
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Factbox-What are FTX’s investors saying?
(Reuters) -FTX, formerly one of the world’s largest crypto exchanges, is seeking new funding after a rush of customer withdrawals left it on the brink of collapse. Regulators froze some assets o[...]
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New G20 irritant for Biden: Restrictive U.S. electric vehicle tax subsidies
By David Lawder NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) – Electric vehicles (EVs) shuttled G20 delegations and security forces across the southern tip of Bali this week in a symbolic show of Indonesia[...]
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Foxconn hires over 100,000 workers for COVID-hit Chinese plant – Yicai
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – Apple supplier Foxconn has hit a hiring target of 100,000 new workers for its Zhengzhou plant in China, financial news outlet Yicai reported on Thursday, a milestone that co[...]
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Marketmind: Bear Hunt
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan. With the Federal Reserve still talking tough on U.S. interest rates, world markets switched attention back to Britain as it unveils[...]
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Singapore’s deputy PM: FTX case has raised ‘serious allegations’
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The collapse of crypto exchange FTX has raised “very serious allegations that amount to potential fraud”, Singapore’s finance minister and deputy prime mi[...]
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Hong Kong’s August-October unemployment eases to 3.8%, improving for 6th straight period
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate eased to 3.8% in the August-October quarter, improving for the sixth consecutive period as economic activities reviv[...]
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