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Vodafone’s Australia merger blocked by regulator

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SYDNEY • A planned US$7.7 billion (RM31.95 billion) merger of Vodafone Group plc’s struggling Australian business with TPG Telecom Ltd was ...

Wirecard boosts profit forecast on payment growth

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BERLIN • Wirecard AG raised its earnings forecast for the year after first-quarter (1Q) profit jumped on growing transactions, suggesting ...

Tencent swaps out PUBG for Chinese game

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By BLOOMBERG
HONG KONG • Tencent Holdings Ltd unveiled its latest entry in the battle royale death-match genre yesterday, allowing China’s largest ...

Singapore takes step toward offering 5G in 2020

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By BLOOMBERG
SINGAPORE • Singapore’s mobile phone carriers are being asked to take a step toward introducing 5G wireless services as early as next ...

U Mobile and Chubb collaborate to offer general insurance products

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By AZALEA AZUAR / Pic By MUHD AMIN NAHARUL
U MOBILE Sdn Bhd and Chubb Insurance Malaysia Bhd have agreed to offer Chubb general insurance products of ...

Amazon workers are listening to what you tell Alexa

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A global team reviews audio clips in an effort to help the voice-activated assistant respond to commands
By MATT DAY, GILES TURNER & NATALIA ...

Canadian banks to verify client identities via blockchain

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TORONTO • Canada is making a big leap in modernising identity verification, tapping blockchain technology to let consumers digitally prove who they are to ...

Apple says it pulled parental control apps over privacy concerns

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According to Apple, apps barred relies on MDM, meant for enterprises that manage groups of devices for employees
SAN FRANCISCO • Apple Inc said it ...

Bayer AG has a tough audience scrutinising its latest crop technology

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CHICAGO • Bayer AG has a tough audience scrutinising its latest crop technology.
Brazil’s most influential soybean growers group, along with ...

Boost to diversify into academia environment

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It has plans to enter schools in the primary and secondary levels, says CEO
By NUR HAZIQAH A MALEK / Pic By ISMAIL CHE RUS Homegrown e-wallet Boost is ...

Bed Bath & Beyond appoints independent chairman

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NEW YORK • Bed Bath & Beyond Inc yielded to some demands of a trio of activist investors, naming an independent chairman and replacing ...

Making Internet faster and cheaper

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Gobind is making the national agenda of high-speed Internet across every nook and cranny of the country a priority
By DASHVEENJIT KAUR / Pic By ISMAIL ...