Asia Tonight: Business news in brief July 13
Business Briefs on Asia Tonight, July 13: – Google to invest $10 billion in India over next five to seven years – Jack Ma has cut his stake in Alibaba…
Asia Tonight: Business news in brief June 24
Business Briefs on Asia Tonight, June 24: – Indonesia’s Tokopedia has reportedly secured around $500 million from Singapore’s Temasek – Ride-hailing firm … source
Google claims quantum computing 'supremacy' — but IBM disagrees
Google says its so-called quantum computer solved a problem in minutes that would take today’s best supercomputer thousands of years to crack.… READ … source
Google sets 2025 leadership diversity goal, ends ‘tailgater’ ID checks
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Wednesday announced a new hiring goal and security policy to address racial issues at its offices, as protests over police brutality against…
Google’s new rules clamp down on discriminatory housing, job ads
FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen in Davos, Switzerland Januar 20, 2020. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google said on Thursday it was tackling…
Judge Orders Google To Hand Over Jussie Smollett’s Data
An Illinois judge has ordered Google to turn over a year’s worth of digital information belonging to former “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett as part of a special prosecutor’s investigation into…
Factbox: Alphabet’s ‘Other bets’ in focus as Google’s Pichai takes helm
(Reuters) – Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai will replace Larry Page as CEO of parent Alphabet Inc, heralding a new chapter for the company that helped reshape the global…
Google co-founders step aside as Pichai takes helm of parent Alphabet
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping aside as leaders of the Internet behemoth they founded 21 years ago, ending an extraordinary run that…
Trump administration threatens tariffs of ‘up to 100%’ on certain French goods
The Trump administration threatened the possibility of slapping additional duties of “up to 100 percent on certain French products” in response to a digital services tax France has leveled against…
Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin stepping down as CEO and president
Google‘s founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin — who built the tech giant 20 years ago with servers in a garage — announced on Tuesday that they are stepping down…