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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook will not announce the first members of its independent oversight board this year as it originally expected, the company said on Thursday. FILE PHOTO: Silhouettes of laptop users are seen next to a screen projection of a Facebook logo, March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo The new board will be

AMSTERDAM/LONDON (Reuters) – The battle for Britain’s Just Eat, which pits investment giant Prosus against Dutch food ordering service Takeaway.com, is set to roll on through the Christmas holidays. FILE PHOTO: Signage for Just Eat is seen on the window of a restaurant in London, Britain, August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Toby Melville/File Photo Both suitors are

(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) on Thursday sued a Hong Kong company that it said baited people into clicking on celebrities’ photos and bogus advertising links, so it could install malware and run ads for counterfeit goods, diet pills and male enhancement supplements. FILE PHOTO: Facebook logos are seen on a screen in this picture

(Reuters) – Ping An Insurance’s OneConnect Financial Technology on Wednesday downsized its planned U.S. initial public offering by 28% and lowered its target valuation, dealing yet another blow to its investor SoftBank (9984.T), which is still reeling from the fallout of WeWork’s failed listing. OneConnect set a price range of $9 to $10 per share

LONDON (Reuters) – Amazon’s purchase of a stake in online food delivery group Deliveroo has been put in doubt by Britain’s competition regulator which said it raised “serious competition concerns” for consumers and may require an in-depth investigation. FILE PHOTO: A biker, wearing a Deliveroo t-hirt, demonstrates during a call on clients to boycott the

BERLIN (Reuters) – Telefonica Deutschland said on Wednesday that it had selected Nokia of Finland and China’s Huawei [HWT.UL] as partners for its 5G network which it expects to start building in early 2020. Cooperation with the network vendors will depend on both receiving the necessary certification in Germany, which has yet to finalize rules

DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) could expand the lineup of vehicles using its large truck and sport utility vehicle architecture and sees big opportunities in over-the-air software updates, President Mark Reuss told Reuters on Tuesday. General Motors President Mark Reuss talks about the Chevrolet 2021 Suburban and Tahoe SUVs in Detroit, Michigan, U.S.

FILE PHOTO: Huawei Technologies Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou leaves her home to appear in British Columbia supreme court for a hearing, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada September 30, 2019. REUTERS/Lindsey Wasson (Reuters) – Lawyers for Huawei’s chief financial officer won a court battle when a judge asked Canada’s attorney general to hand over more

FILE PHOTO: A Loon internet balloon, carrying solar-powered mobile networking equipment flies over the company’s launch site in Winnemucca, Nevada, U.S., in this photo provided June 27, 2019. Courtesy Loon/Handout via REUTERS. KAMPALA (Reuters) – Loon, a unit of Google’s owner Alphabet Inc, which uses high-altitude balloons to provide mobile internet to remote areas, has

FILE PHOTO: The Apple Inc. logo is seen hanging at the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in Manhattan, New York, U.S., October 16, 2019. REUTERS/Mike Segar SAN JOSE, California – (Reuters) – Apple Inc on Monday told a federal court it has “deep concerns” that two Chinese-born former employees accused of stealing

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) on Monday accused U.S. President Donald Trump of exerting “improper pressure” and bias that led the Department of Defense to award a lucrative $10 billion cloud contract to rival Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O). FILE PHOTO: The logo of Amazon is seen at the company logistics centre in Boves, France, August

The company logo for Xerox is displayed on a screen on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., March 11, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (Reuters) – Xerox Holdings Corp (XRX.N) expects its proposed acquisition of personal computer company HP Inc (HPQ.N) to result in sales growth of as much as

SEOUL (Reuters) – A South Korean court on Monday jailed three executives of Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) for their role in a plot that included burying computers under factory floors at its biotech affiliate, in an investigation of alleged accounting fraud. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Samsung Electronics is seen at its office building in Seoul,

LONDON (Reuters) – Google, Alibaba and other “Big Tech” companies could be forced to share data on financial services customers with banks and financial technology firms to prevent unfair competition. FILE PHOTO: The Google logo is displayed outside the company offices in New York, U.S., June 4, 2019. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo As Facebook’s plan for

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos said it would support the U.S. Department of Defense as technology companies vie for more defense contracts and the Pentagon seeks to modernize itself. FILE PHOTO: Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and Blue Origin speaks during the JFK Space Summit, celebrating the 50th anniversary of