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Consumer Goods and Services

Asos joins race for Topshop, Topman and Miss Selfridge

2021-01-24 17:10:10| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

The online retailer wants to buy the brands, not their shops, suggesting any deal would cost jobs.

Category: Consumer Goods and Services

UK firms told 'set up in EU to avoid trade disruption'

2021-01-24 13:22:51| BBC News | Business | UK Edition

Firms say they have been advised by officials to set up EU hubs, but the government says it is not policy.

Category: Consumer Goods and Services

What You\'re Reading on Happi.com

2021-01-24 06:52:00| Happi Breaking News

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Category: Consumer Goods and Services

Information Technology

What IT Leaders Would Do Differently if Faced With Another Crisis

2021-01-22 14:00:00| TechNewsWorld

In the early part of 2020, the pandemic forced companies around the world to rethink their practices and determine how to accelerate the adoption of technologies that would enable remote work. After closing out on a tumultuous year, many business leaders admit where they may have gone wrong. Here are some ways they would approach a shift to remote work, if faced with the crisis all over again.

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Category: Information Technology

Microsoft, GM, Cruise Partner on Self-Driving Cars

2021-01-20 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld

A strategic partnership with Microsoft was announced Tuesday by General Motors and Cruise aimed at speeding up the commercialization of shared self-driving vehicles. In addition, Microsoft will be joining GM, Honda and some institutional investors in adding US$2 billion to Cruise's coffers, bringing the value of the shared self-driving vehicle company to $30 billion.

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Category: Information Technology

Search Milestone Gives DuckDuckGo Something to Quack About

2021-01-19 13:00:00| TechNewsWorld

DuckDuckGo reached a significant milestone last week when it racked up more than 100 million searches in a single day. While still a paltry number compared to the more than five billion daily searches performed by Google, the milestone is a major one for the search engine that doesn't store any of its users' personal information, archive their search histories, or track their search activity.

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Category: Information Technology

Real Estate

Grocery retailers ramp up COVID-19 vaccine distribution

2021-01-15 16:29:00| National Real Estate Investor

Meijer has launched a text-based process for people who want to register to receive the vaccine. Those seeking a vaccination text COVID to the number 75049 to receive a link to register. The link includes three questions that enable Meijer pharmacies to determine which vaccine phase the patient is in.

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Category: Real Estate

Telecommunications

Samsung in talks to set up USD 10 bln chip-making facility in Texas - report

2021-01-22 15:40:00| Telecompaper Headlines

(Telecompaper) Samsung is thinking of building a chipmaking plant in the US, in a bid to win more US clients and help it catch up with Taiwan Semiconductor...

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Category: Telecommunications