PARIS (Reuters) -French prosecutors said on Monday they are investigating tech giant Apple’s voice assistant Siri after receiving a complaint from a tech researcher accusing the company of illicit data collection. The probe, which was first reported by the news website Politico, has been entrusted to a police force specialised in cybercrime, the prosecutors’ office …
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(Reuters) -Danish offshore wind developer Orsted said on Monday it raised 59.56 billion Danish crowns ($9.35 billion) in a heavily discounted share issue, shoring up finances as Trump administration opposition has caused uncertainty for its U.S. projects. The company said 99.3% of the rights issue was subscribed, with demand for the remaining shares “extraordinarily high.” …
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(Reuters) -Delek US Holdings has sued London-based Marex Group and Texas-based BTX Energy, accusing them of supplying contaminated crude oil that damaged one of its U.S. refineries and caused more than $30 million in losses. In a filing in Texas’ Chambers County district court, Delek said it began buying crude from Pinnacle Fuel in January, …
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By Walter Bianchi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -Argentina’s peso weakened marginally on Monday while stocks edged up and bond prices rose in anticipation of news of financial aid from the U.S. Treasury and as political tensions in Argentina escalate before the country’s midterm elections later this month. International dollar bonds rose between 0.7 and 2.5 cents …
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By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazilian planemaker Embraer tied up a deal on Monday to sell four military cargo planes to Sweden to replace the European nation’s aging aircraft, the latest under a joint procurement program with other countries in the region. Sweden will purchase Embraer’s C-390 Millennium aircraft after selecting the model last …
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(Deletes reference to remedies submitted a day after the commission paused its investigation on September 3 in paragraph 8) By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -ADNOC has submitted robust remedies that should win EU approval for its 14.7-billion-euro ($17 billion) bid for Germany’s Covestro, the international investment arm of the Abu Dhabi state oil giant, …
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LONDON (Reuters) -Qualcomm is fighting a 480 million-pound ($646.8 million) London lawsuit brought on behalf of smartphone owners, which alleges the chipmaker has abused its dominant position to force Apple and Samsung to pay inflated royalties. A British consumers’ association that goes by the name of Which? is bringing the case and its lawyers say …
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(Reuters) -The European Commission intends to propose tariffs of 50% on steel imports worldwide above a quota set at 2013 levels, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing a document. Reuters could not immediately verify the report. (Reporting by Gursimran Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Chris Reese)
By Balazs Koranyi FRANKFURT (Reuters) -The European Central Bank may need to reduce borrowing costs slightly if the risk of inflation going too low increases, but interest rates are appropriate now, the ECB’s top brass said on Monday. The central bank for the 20 euro zone nations has cut interest rates by 2 full percentage …
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MILAN (Reuters) -Tether plans to file its own list of candidates for the board of Italian soccer club Juventus at an annual shareholder meeting next month, the crypto giant said on Monday in e-mailed responses to questions from Reuters. Tether built a 10.7% stake in Turin-based Juventus during this year, becoming the club’s second shareholder …
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