U.S. says Huawei lawyer's prior work at Justice Department poses conflict

U.S. prosecutors said on Friday that Huawei Technologies Co Ltd lawyer James Cole's prior work at the Department of Justice created a conflict of interest that should disqualify him from acting for the Chinese company in its fraud case against the U.S. government.

Trial date set for Elon Musk's 'pedo guy' tweet

A U.S. judge on Friday said Elon Musk must face a defamation lawsuit by a British diver who said he was falsely branded a pedophile and child rapist by the chief executive of electric car company Tesla Inc.

U.S. investor awarded $75 million in cryptocurrency crime case

U.S. entrepreneur and cryptocurrency investor Michael Terpin won $75.8 million in a civil judgment against a 21-year-old man who Terpin said was part of a scheme that defrauded him of digital currencies, court documents showed on Friday.

South Korea orders arrest of two Samsung Electronics officials over affiliate's accounting scandal

A South Korean court said on Saturday it had approved warrants to arrest two senior officials at Samsung Electronics in relation to an alleged accounting fraud at the tech giant's biopharma affiliate.

Uber fizzles in Wall Street debut, opens below $45 IPO price

Uber Technologies Inc's shares made a disappointing market debut on Friday, marking a rocky start for the most anticipated initial public offering of the year as other high-profile startups such as Slack and WeWork look to go public.

Symantec's CEO exit seen denting turnaround plan sends stock tumbling

Symantec Corp faces an uphill battle to turn around its business and win investor confidence, analysts said on Friday, after Chief Executive Officer Greg Clark became the fifth top executive in six months to leave the cybersecurity company.

Facebook's Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg hailed France's efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday.

Walmart Brasil to ditch e-commerce, focus on brick and mortar

Walmart Brasil will close down its e-commerce operation in Latin America's biggest retail market to focus on brick and mortar locations, converting underperforming hypermarkets into wholesale stores.

Uber tumbles 9% in rocky stock market launch

Uber Technologies Inc's shares fell nearly 9% in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday, marking a rocky start for one of the most high-profile U.S. companies to go public since Facebook Inc seven years ago.

Facebook's Zuckerberg hails French hate speech plan as EU model

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg hailed on Friday France's efforts to regulate hateful content online as a model for the European Union after meeting French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris.

Uber starts trading at $42 a share, 6.7% below IPO price

Uber Technologies Inc's stock on Friday opened down 6.7 percent in its first trade on the New York Stock Exchange, in the most high-profile U.S. market debut since Facebook Inc seven years ago.

Uber tumbles 9% in rocky stock market debut

Uber Technologies Inc's shares fell nearly 9% in their debut on Friday, marking a rocky start to one of the most high-profile U.S. initial public offerings since Facebook Inc's seven years ago.

Lyft hits record low as Uber slumps in Wall Street debut

Lyft Inc's stock slumped to a record low on Friday as Uber Technologies, another company hemorrhaging billions of dollars, fell in its Wall Street debut.

Uber tumbles 9% in rocky stock market debut

Uber Technologies Inc's shares fell nearly 9% in their debut on Friday, marking a rocky start to one of the most high-profile U.S. initial public offerings since Facebook Inc's seven years ago.

EU car wifi plan delayed as countries await legal advice

The European Commission's plan for a wifi-based standard for cars endorsed by Volkswagen faces a two-month delay as EU countries wait for legal advice on the proposal, giving a glimmer of hope to backers of the rival 5G technology.

Defiant Uber co-founder Kalanick shows up for stock market premiere

Travis Kalanick, the co-founder of Uber Technologies Inc who stepped down as CEO in 2017 amid a string of scandals, showed up for the ride-hailing giant's stock market debut on Friday even though Uber had not invited him to join executives on the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange to ring the op...

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Uber shares likely to fall in stock market debut

Uber Technologies Inc shares are likely to open below their initial public offering price of $45 in their long-awaited market debut on Friday, early price indications showed.

Foxconn's Gou to keep board seat as he bids for Taiwan's presidency

Terry Gou, chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn, will retain a seat on the company's proposed board, a company filing showed on Friday, as he plans to run in Taiwan's 2020 presidential election.

Wirecard sees profit potential of Softbank alliance at up to 273 million euros

Wirecard sees the total five-year profit potential from its alliance with Japan's Softbank Group Corp at between 209 million euros and 273 million euros ($235-$307 million), the German payments company said on Friday.

Amazon holds talks with workers in Poland as strike threatened

Amazon said on Friday it was in talks with employees in Poland after unions threatened strike action, seeking higher pay in distribution centres.

G7 countries to simulate cross-border cyber attack next month: France

Leading Western industrial powers will for the first time jointly simulate a major cross-border cyber security attack on the financial sector next month, French officials said on Friday.

Turkish watchdog says it fines Facebook $271,000 for data breach

Turkey's Personal Data Protection Authority (KVKK) said on Friday it had fined Facebook a total of 1.65 million lira ($270,976.01) in April due to a data breach.

Amazon in talks with workers in Poland as another strike looms

Amazon said on Friday it was in talks with employees in Poland after unions threatened strike action, seeking higher pay in distribution centers.

Wirecard sees five-year profit potential of Softbank alliance at 209-273 million euros

Wirecard sees the total five-year profit potential from its alliance with Softbank Group Corp at between 209 million euros and 273 million euros ($235-$307 million), the German payments company said on Friday.

Uber set to debut on NYSE, hopes to avoid Lyft's fate

Ride services giant Uber Technologies Inc is set to make its long-awaited stock market debut on Friday, after its initial public offering was priced at the lower end of its expected range.

Foxconn's Gou retains seat on proposed board as he bids for Taiwan's presidency

Terry Gou, chairman of Apple supplier Foxconn, will retain a seat on the company's proposed board, a company filing showed on Friday, as he plans to run in Taiwan's 2020 presidential election.

China's JD reports slowest revenue growth on record in first quarter

Chinese e-commerce firm JD.com's revenues grew at their slowest pace on record in the first quarter as China's tech giants start to tap out their existing user bases, though its 21% expansion marginally beat analysts' forecasts.

Exclusive: India orders anti-trust probe of Google for alleged Android abuse - sources

India's antitrust watchdog has ordered an investigation into Alphabet Inc's unit Google for allegedly abusing the dominant position of its popular Android mobile operating system to block rivals, two sources aware of the matter told Reuters.

Now you can explore a cave without actually going into a cave

Czech speleologists have come up with a way to explore flooded cave systems without strapping on scuba gear, wet suits, helmets and water-proof lamps: 3D mapping.

France seeks handle on Facebook algorithms to help combat hate speech

French authorities should have more access to Facebook's algorithms and greater scope to audit the social media company's internal policies against hate speech, a report commissioned by President Emmanuel Macron has concluded.