Author Archives: Syndicated Content
Visa gives Kenya's Safaricom 'missing link' for global payments
By Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Visa and Safaricom have agreed a deal which will connect the Kenyan telecom operator's M-Pesa financial services platform with Visa's global network of merchants a...
Apr 30, 2020
Orange in talks with Apple on French contact-tracing app
PARIS (Reuters) - Orange is in intense discussions with Apple over developing France's smartphone app for tracing people who are at risk of coronavirus infection, the French company's CEO Stephane Ric...
Apr 30, 2020
New Slovak government wins confidence vote in parliament
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The new Slovak government led by Igor Matovic won an initial confidence vote in parliament on Thursday with 98 out of the 141 deputies present supporting its programme declaration. ...
Apr 30, 2020
Facebook could address some U.S. antitrust concerns with new photo transfer tool
By Nandita Bose WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc will allow users in the United States and Canada to transfer photos and videos to a rival tech platform for the first time - a step that could assua...
Apr 30, 2020
UAE calls on all Libyan parties commit to political process, renews support to Haftar
DUBAI (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates called on Thursday on all Libyan parties to commit to the U.N.-supervised political process to end the war, while at the same time saluting the eastern Libya...
Apr 30, 2020
Biden fields committee to help pick a running mate
By Trevor Hunnicutt (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is assigning four close campaign allies to head up the process leading to one of his most important decisions: picking a run...
Apr 30, 2020
Irish banks extend coronavirus loan breaks to six months
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's five retail banks, specialist and non-bank lenders agreed on Thursday to extend loan repayment breaks for customers hit by the coronavirus crisis to six months from three ...
Apr 30, 2020
Thyssenkrupp secures state aid of around 1 billion euros: Handelsblatt
BERLIN (Reuters) - Thyssenkrupp has secured state aid of around 1 billion euros ($1.09 billion), newspaper Handelsblatt cited sources with knowledge of the matter as saying on Thursday. The newspaper ...
Apr 30, 2020
Credit Suisse chairman successor search well underway, says Rohner
ZURICH (Reuters) - Credit Suisse's search for a new chairman is well underway, the current chairman Urs Rohner told shareholders at the bank's annual general meeting on Thursday. "Having been a board ...
Apr 30, 2020
Hungarian schools to remain closed until end of May: government
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Schools in Hungary will remain closed until the end of May and events with more than 500 participants cannot be held until Aug. 15, Prime Minister Viktor Orban's chief of staff Ge...
Apr 30, 2020
