Europe's telecoms industry on Thursday slammed proposed tweaks to planned EU rules governing Facebook's WhatsApp and Microsoft unit Skype that would tighten the rules faced by telecoms providers to use electronic communications metadata.
A public Facebook group pushing false claims about voter fraud and Democrats trying to "steal" the U.S. election rapidly swelled to more than 325,000 members on Thursday, a day after it was created.
In the backdrop of a pandemic, Flutter Entertainment plc (OTC: PDYP.Y)(LSE: FLTR) has shown resilience. Flutter is a global operator of online casinos and sports betting websites, including FanDuel, Betfair, Poker Stars, and Sky Betting. The company continues to produce good fina
U.S. stock index futures jumped on Thursday as investors were optimistic that a potential gridlock in Washington could reduce the chance of major policy changes, although concerns remained about the risk of a contested presidential election.
HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - China’s technology industry is facing an Ant-sized problem. An abrupt regulatory halt to the fintech company’s $37 billion initial public offering speaks to Beijing's waning tolerance for th
U.S. stock market futures were marginally higher late on Wednesday as the presidential election race remained cloudy and the likelihood of gridlock in Congress made investors optimistic that major policy changes would be difficult to enact.
What happenedShares of Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) leaped 8.3% on Wednesday, as investors breathed a sigh of relief that the results of U.S. elections would lessen the risk of regulation on the social media industry.
The election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden has remained far closer than many polls predicted. Uncertainty often has a detrimental impact on the market, but the opposite is occurring now. The Dow was up over 700 points mid-day. The surge began last night, when a spike in futu
Hundreds of millions of Americans are watching election results trickle in without any firm sense of who will win the presidency. But investors in the stocks that make up the Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) have already received the news they wanted to hear, and the key sto
LONDON (Reuters Breakingviews) - The U.S. election non-result is burnishing Big Tech’s safe-haven credentials. Stocks like Facebook rose after the inconclusive early vote counts, outperforming other sectors. Like
The United States' big technology names led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors sought the security of this year's big stay-at-home corporate success stories in the face of a presidential election set to go down to the wire.
The United States' big technology names led gainers on Wall Street on Wednesday, as investors sought the security of this year's big stay-at-home corporate success stories in the face of a presidential election set to go down to the wire.
Wall Street's main indexes were set to open sharply higher on Wednesday as the race for the White House went down to the wire, although investors remained worried about the prospect of a contested result.
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Renewable energy and cannabis-related stocks, tipped to gain under a Joe Biden administration, were among the hardest hit on Wall Street on Wednesday, as traders adjusted to overnight results that left the presidential election hanging in the balance.
Turkey has fined global companies including Facebook, Twitter and YouTube 10 million lira ($1.18 million) for not complying with a new social media law, Deputy Transport and Infrastructure Minister Omer Fatih Sayan said on Wednesday.
A stablecoin managed by a big tech company, like Facebook's proposed libra, would raise concerns about data protection and even choke financial innovation, European Central Bank board member Fabio Panetta said on Wednesday.
Twitter Inc and Facebook Inc early Wednesday flagged President Donald Trump's comments on the U.S. presidential election, which remained too close to call.
NEW YORK (Reuters Breakingviews) - It may be days before America’s presidential election produces a clear winner. That’s an eternity for markets used to prices that move over microseconds. But whether Donald Trump or Joe Biden
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