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By Vega Lyft shares surged more than 25 percent after the ride-sharing giant posted higher-than-expected revenue and vowed to slash costs in order to achieve profitability. The San Francisco-based rival …
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By Mcenery Warren Buffett took a call from comedy legend Bill Murray during Berkshire Hathaway’s virtual annual meeting on Saturday, prompting a serious discussion on income inequality. Murray, a Berkshire …
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By Vega In rolling out their coronavirus tracking system to developers, Apple and Google have confirmed that it will ban location tracking by other official apps. But the decision, which …
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By Hannah BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro attacked Congress and the courts in a speech to hundreds of supporters on Sunday as the number of coronavirus cases …
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By Lapin US President Trump on Sunday said he believes the coronavirus outbreak was the result of a “horrible mistake” in China — days after claiming he’d seen evidence that …
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By Allisha HANGZHOU, China – A Chinese startup that develops augmented-reality products for use in manufacturing and gaming has found a promising growth area in the midst of a global …
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By Katie TOKYO – Coronavirus patients with light symptoms arriving to stay at several Tokyo hotels are likely to get a lift from a pleasant surprise – a robot greeter …
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By Vega Shares of Zoom dropped as much as 7 percent Wednesday after Google announced that it will soon make its Meet video-conferencing service for businesses free for all users. …
Read More By Lisa Lyft said it plans to lay off 982 employees, or 17 percent, of the ride-hailing firm’s workforce, due to the economic challenges caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Wall …
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By Nicolas Apple is reportedly delaying the manufacturing ramp-up of this year’s crop of new iPhones by a full month. The holdup comes as the coronavirus pandemic has weakened global …
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By Emily Tech companies are finding themselves at the center of the falling out between the US and China as the two nations spar over the Communist Party’s handling of …
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By Kennedy The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out 40% of the U.S. economy, quadruple the federal deficit to $3.7 trillion and push the national debt to nearly $27 trillion, the …
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By Alexandra Verizon said it expects profits to shrink this year as the coronavirus crisis squeezes its wireless, pay TV and media divisions. The telecom giant said Friday it lost …
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By Hobbs YouTube has started banning content that is in direct contradiction to the World Health Organization’s guidelines as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the United States. The Google-owned …
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By Vega Video-game sales exploded last month as the coronavirus forced millions worldwide to hunker down at home looking for something to do. March spending on video game hardware, software …
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By Steigrad Netflix’s subscriber base is exploding as people holed up at home to avoid the coronavirus become video-bingeing couch potatoes. The Los Gatos, Calif.-based video-streaming giant added a record …
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By Brown Italy could lose one-sixth of its beloved bars and restaurants to the coronavirus crisis — with a staggering 50,000 predicted to have to close for good, according to …
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By Elina CHICAGO U.S. – U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday announced a $19 billion relief program to help U.S. farmers cope with the impact of the coronavirus, including $16 …
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By Vega The coronavirus is poised to spur a massive drop in iPhone sales this year, according to Goldman Sachs. Analysts at the Wall Street bank on Friday said they …
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By Sandra Harley-Davidson said that it had temporarily laid off most of its global production employees and implemented salary cuts in a bid to lower costs as the coronavirus pandemic …
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