Amazon, pharma firms should help COVID-19 vaccine reach poorest: German minister

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: German Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Gerd Mueller attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Chancellery in Berlin, Germany September 16, 2020. Michael Sohn/Pool via REUTERS BERLIN…

GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares look for rebound following tech earnings

[ad_1] Oct 30 (Reuters) – Asian markets looked to continue an upward swing on Friday, after a rebound in U.S. equities and strong corporate earnings set the stage. Australia’s ASX…

RPT-Microsoft to invest $1.5 bln in Italian cloud business

[ad_1] (Repeats story from Friday, May 8, to include codes for wider distribution; no changes to text) MILAN, May 8 (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said on Friday it would create…

The media has a big problem, Reuters Institute says – Who will pay for the news?

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – News organisations are being challenged by technology giants and unsettled by a broader lack of trust but they have a much deeper problem: most people don’t…

French supermarkets to face same lockdown limits as small shops: minister

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – French supermarkets will face the same limits on selling non-essential goods as small shops but shopowners are not allowed to challenge government’s new COVID lockdown rules,…

GLOBAL MARKETS-Shares slump on China virus economic concerns, gold gains

[ad_1] (Adds oil, gold settlement prices) * World share index heads for worst month since August * U.S., European equity markets fall more than 1% * Dismal Chicago PMI adds…

French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online…

Wall Street jumps for second day; Amazon says Bezos to step down from CEO role

[ad_1] (Reuters) – U.S. stocks finished sharply higher for a second straight day on Tuesday, helped by gains in Amazon.com and Google-parent Alphabet ahead of their results and by optimism…

Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in Italian cloud business

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen next to a cloud in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said…

DS Smith resumes dividend as demand picks up on online shopping surge

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: An employee transports a giant reel of paper at the carboard box manufacturing company DS Smith Packaging Atlantique in La Chevroliere, near Nantes, France, April 25, 2019.…