(Reuters) – Long-form videos will soon be available on smart televisions, billionaire Elon Musk said, after Fortune magazine reported that social network X planned to launch next week a TV app for Amazon and Samsung users. The platform rolled out an early version of video and audio calling for some users last October, after Musk …
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HOUSTON (Reuters) -Top European energy companies on Friday asked U.S. regulators to reject Venture Global LNG’s request for a one-year construction permit extension to its Louisiana export plant. Shell PLC, Italian utility Edison, Repsol, Orlen SA, and Galp Energia SA oppose the request because they believe Venture Global LNG has completed its plant but has …
By Patrick Wingrove and Maggie Fick (Reuters) -Novo Nordisk’s CEO on Friday said the company was working with authorities in several countries to tackle counterfeit versions of its popular diabetes drug Ozempic, as new reports emerge of patient harm across the world. “This is something we take very seriously,” Lars Fruergaard Jorgensen, CEO of the …
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(Reuters) – S&P Global said on Friday it considers it a “virtual certainty” that Ukraine will default on its external commercial obligations and cut the country’s long-term foreign currency (FC) credit rating deeper into junk territory. The agency cut the FC rating to “CC” from “CCC” and said it expects Ukraine to begin formal discussions …
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By Stephen Nellis and Akash Sriram (Reuters) -Under pressure from European regulators, Apple took a step back in its feud with Epic Games on Friday, clearing the way for Epic to put its own game store on iPhones and iPads in Europe. Earlier this week, Apple had taken steps to block Epic from starting up …
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By Foo Yun Chee and Martin Coulter BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) – As the world’s biggest tech companies revamp their core online services to comply with the European Union’s landmark Digital Markets Act, the changes could give some smaller rivals and even peers a competitive edge. The DMA is Europe’s attempt to rein in Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, …
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(Reuters) – JDE Peet’s, the owner of coffee brands such as Douwe Egberts and L’Or, announced on Friday the appointment of Luc Vandevelde as its interim chief executive, starting on April 1. Vandevelde, a former chairman and CEO of Marks and Spencer Group and former chairman of Carrefour, has served as JDE Peet’s lead independent …
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By Elizabeth Howcroft and Emma Pinedo LONDON (Reuters) – Sam Altman’s Worldcoin has filed a lawsuit against the Spanish data protection regulator in response to being banned from operating in Spain, a spokesperson for Worldcoin said on Friday. Worldcoin aims to create a global identity system, and involves people getting their irises scanned in exchange …
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By Shubham Batra and Shristi Achar A (Reuters) -The UK’s benchmark FTSE 100 ended the week slightly lower led by losses in aerospace and defence stocks, while the pound had its best week since November after softer U.S. data indicated the Federal Reserve might be close to cutting interest rates. The internationally focussed FTSE 100 …
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BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators will decide by April 15 whether to clear Coach parent Tapestry’s $8.5 billion acquisition of Michael Kors owner Capri Holdings, according to a European Commission filing. Tapestry sought EU approval on Wednesday for the deal that would create an American fashion powerhouse to challenge larger European rivals such as …
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