Citibanamex reports bank transfer delays in echo of possible hack

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican bank Citibanamex, the local unit of Citigroup Inc, said on Friday that some of its clients had experienced delays in interbank transfers, symptoms that afflicted local banks in April after a potential hack of the central bank.

VMware CFO likely to turn down Uber finance chief job: WSJ

(Reuters) - VMware Inc's Chief Financial Officer Zane Rowe has indicated he will turn down the offer to be become Uber Technologies Inc's [UBER.UL] finance chief, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people familiar with the matter.

In an interplanetary first, NASA to fly a helicopter on Mars

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - NASA said on Friday it will send a small helicopter to Mars as part of the U.S. space agency's 2020 mission to place a next-generation rover on the Martian surface, marking the first time such an aircraft will be used on another world.

SpaceX launches new rocket primed for future crewed missions

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - An updated version of the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, tailored for eventual crewed missions into orbit, made its debut launch on Friday from Florida's Cape Canaveral, carrying a communications satellite for Bangladesh.

U.S. court revives challenge to Seattle's Uber, Lyft union law

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a leading business group's challenge to a Seattle law, the first of its kind, that would allow drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft to unionize.

U.S. court revives challenge to Seattle's Uber, Lyft driver union law

(Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday revived a business group's challenge to a Seattle law, the first of its kind, that would allow drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft to unionise.

Apple is almost a $1 trillion company, but watch out for Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple is on the verge of becoming the first $1 trillion publicly listed U.S. company, but even if it gets there, it could soon be overtaken as Amazon.com surges from behind.

Britain's HSBC joins the fintech fray with multi-account app

LONDON (Reuters) - HSBC's Connected Money app, providing a single platform for users to see their accounts with a range of providers, registered 13,000 downloads within a day of its launch, the British lender's digital banking head said on Friday.

Didi says to halt hitching business in China for a week for driver checks

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's biggest ride-sharing company, Didi Chuxing, said on Friday it would halt for a week one of its domestic services, which it calls "ride-hitching", following the death of a female passenger that sparked questions about safety.

Bank of Canada, TMX say blockchain feasible for securities settlement

TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's central bank, Toronto Stock Exchange operator TMX Group , and non-profit organization Payments Canada said on Friday that tests had shown blockchain technology can be used for automating instantaneous securities settlements.

Xiaomi sued for alleged patent infringement ahead of blockbuster IPO

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese smartphone maker Coolpad Group said its unit has sued three group firms of Xiaomi, which last week filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could be worth up to $10 billion, for patent infringement.

Didi says to halt "ride-hitching" in China for a week for driver checks

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's biggest ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing said on Friday it would halt one of its services, which it calls "ride-hitching", in China for a week following the death of a passenger that has raised questions about safety.

Didi says to halt ride-sharing in China for a week for driver checks

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's biggest ride-sharing company Didi Chuxing said on Friday it would halt its business in China for one week following the death of a passenger that has raised questions about safety.

Cisco pulls all online ads from YouTube

(Reuters) - Network gear maker Cisco Systems Inc is pulling all online ads from YouTube due to fears of the ads appearing on sensitive content on the platform, Cisco's chief marketing officer, Karen Walker, said in a blog on Wednesday.

Chinese gaming firm Huya prices IPO in New York at $12 per share: source

(Reuters) - The initial public offering of Chinese game-streaming platform Huya Inc on the New York Stock Exchange was priced at $12 per share, a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday, at the upper-end of the indicated price range.

Chipmaker Nvidia sees fewer crypto miners, more gamers in future

(Reuters) - Too many cryptocurrency clients and fewer cloud computing orders than expected underwhelmed Nvidia Corp investors on Thursday, although the graphics chip maker said a supply shortage that hit its core video game audience had eased.

Dropbox tops estimates in first results since IPO

(Reuters) - File sharing and storage company Dropbox Inc beat Wall Street expectations for quarterly results and topped estimates for paying subscribers in its first financial report as a publicly traded company.

SpaceX postpones first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - A last-minute technical glitch prompted SpaceX on Thursday to postpone for at least 24 hours the first commercial flight of its updated Falcon 9 rocket, a launch vehicle tailored for eventual crewed missions into orbit.

SpaceX halts countdown of first commercial launch of updated Falcon 9 rocket in Florida

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - SpaceX on Thursday aborted the launch of its planned first commercial flight of an updated Falcon 9 rocket from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, on a mission to carry a satellite into orbit for the government of Bangladesh.

Chipmaker Nvidia's stock falls on data center miss

(Reuters) - Nvidia Corp's sales in its closely watched data center unit fell short of Wall Street expectations and the microchip maker disclosed a heavier-than-expected reliance on the volatile cryptocurrency mining market for revenue growth, pressuring shares despite overall revenue topping expecta...

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