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Daniel Liss Contributor Share on Twitter Daniel Liss is the founder and CEO of Dispo, the digital disposable camera social network. More posts by this contributor Move fast and break Facebook: A bull case for antitrust enforcement The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday reported Silicon Valley’s worst-kept secret: Instagram harms teens’ mental health; in fact, […]

September 15, 2021 By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A group of Afghan diplomats from the deposed government in Kabul has issued a first-of-its-kind joint statement calling on world leaders to deny the Taliban formal recognition and chiding them for “leaving our people at the mercy of a terrorist group.” The statement https://ift.tt/3tILv7a, which was […]

September 15, 2021 BEIJING (Reuters) – Xpeng Heitech, a flying car startup backed by electric vehicle maker Xpeng Inc, said on Wednesday that it would deliver flying cars to customers in 2024. The startup, founded in 2013 and funded by Xpeng and Xpeng’s Chief Executive He Xiaopeng, now employs 400 people and will expand workforce […]

September 15, 2021 By Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Federal Trade Commission staff presented data on Wednesday on small acquisitions by five big technology companies, and the agency scrapped guidelines on vertical mergers which combine a company with a supplier — both steps indicating plans to be tougher on deals. Following a study begun during […]

September 15, 2021 WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Australia, the United States and Britain are expected to jointly announce a new trilateral security partnership that will see Australia scrap a multi-billion dollar program to build French-designed submarines and build a nuclear-powered fleet with U.S. and British technology instead, Australian media reported. Australia’s ABC News, which cited no sources, […]

September 15, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French utility Engie has selected five out of seven bidders for its Equans services unit and hopes to elicit binding offers in the coming weeks, two sources familiar with the matter said. The gas and power group is simplifying its sprawling structure, which includes a Belgian nuclear arm that […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – Reigning champions France will kick off this year’s Billie Jean King Cup Finals in Prague against Canada on Nov. 1, with the final scheduled for Nov. 6, the International Tennis Federation said on Wednesday. Formerly called the Fed Cup, the women’s team competition featuring 12 nations was originally scheduled to […]

September 15, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – French media conglomerate Vivendi said on Wednesday it had agreed to buy Amber Capital’s 17.9% stake in Lagardere, adding to its own holding and putting it in position to launch a takeover offer for the owner of Paris Match. Vivendi already owns 27% of Lagardere, and its stake will […]

September 15, 2021 By Julie Gordon OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s annual inflation rate accelerated to an 18-year-high in August, driven by broad upward price pressures, data showed on Wednesday, just days before a hotly contested federal election that could see Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals ousted. The rate rose to 4.1% in August, its fastest clip […]

September 15, 2021 By Ann Saphir (Reuters) – With little fanfare, all of the Federal Reserve’s regional banks have followed the Minneapolis Fed’s July decision to require employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, with the Philadelphia Fed telling its staff of the new mandate on Wednesday. The regional Fed banks of New York, Boston, St. […]

September 15, 2021 MILAN (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc has struck a deal with Italian trade unions promising to engage with them more in the running of operations in the country. The framework agreement, seen by Reuters, comes shortly after news that a group of Canadian workers are seeking to unionize as Amazon continues to manage […]

September 15, 2021 DAKAR (Reuters) – The United Nations has sent home all 450 Gabonese troops from its peacekeeping mission in Central African Republic and opened an investigation after allegations of the sexual abuse of five girls, it said on Wednesday. The mission, known as MINUSCA, said the allegations related to unidentified Gabonese peacekeepers operating […]

September 15, 2021 (Reuters) – Shares of Roger Federer-backed On Holding AG jumped more than 47% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Wednesday, valuing the shoemaker at about $11.35 billion. (Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain in Bengaluru; Editing by Amy Caren Daniel) Source Link Federer-backed shoemaker On valued at over $11 billion in […]

September 15, 2021 PARIS (Reuters) – Bemused tourists in Paris reacted with a mix of surprise and disdain when they discovered the Arc de Triomphe monument had been enveloped in a shimmering shroud, a posthumous installation conceived by the late artist Christo. Workers on harnesses spent several days enveloping the 50-meter, 19th century arch in […]

September 15, 2021 By James Oliphant and Sharon Bernstein WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democrats are breathing easier on Wednesday after California Governor Gavin Newsom handily survived a Republican attempt to oust him through a recall election. With midterm elections looming next year that will determine which party controls the U.S. Congress, here are four takeaways from […]

September 15, 2021 By Zeba Siddiqui (Reuters) – Afghan youth rights activist Wazhma Sayle says she was shocked to see a photograph online, apparently of women dressed in black all-enveloping niqabs and gowns, staging a demonstration in support of the country’s new Taliban rulers at Kabul University. The 36-year-old, who is based in Sweden, later […]

September 15, 2021 By Martin Quin Pollard BEIJING (Reuters) -A Beijing court late on Tuesday ruled against the plaintiff in a high-profile Chinese sexual harassment case, saying there was insufficient evidence to support her claims, a decision likely to deal a blow to China’s #MeToo movement. Zhou Xiaoxuan, 28, in a series of social media […]

September 15, 2021 By Jill Serjeant (Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry and his wife Meghan on Wednesday graced the cover of Time magazine’s annual 100 most influential people in the world issue. The list also includes singers Billie Eilish and Britney Spears, and Olympic gymnast Simone Biles. Harry and Meghan, who quit their royal duties […]

Nagaraj Nadendla Contributor Share on Twitter Nagaraj Nadendla is SVP of development at Oracle Cloud HCM, where he leads the development of cloud recruitment solutions including Oracle Recruiting and Taleo. Social media has served as a launchpad to success almost as long as it has been around. The stories of going viral from a self-produced […]

The “eBay of NFTs” is running into a scandal as it admits one of its employees traded the crypto digital assets using insider information from the platform. Yesterday, a top executive at NFT platform OpenSea was accused of front-running sales on the platform, purchasing pieces from NFT collections before they were featured on the homepage […]