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Colombian regulators on Friday ordered Alphabet Inc's Google to clearly ask each user whether the world's largest search engine can use their personal data which is being captured without authorization.

SoftBank Group Corp made significant option purchases in the U.S. stock market in recent weeks as a way of temporarily investing some of its proceeds from asset sales, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.

SINGAPORE: Amendments to the COVID-19 (Temporary Measures) Act were passed on Friday (Sep 4) to update rental relief measures implementation and to extend arrangements for remote meetings during the COVID-19 crisis. The Bill also introduced temporary powers for the Law Minister to extend certain ...

With no end in sight to the coronavirus pandemic, worldwide demand for surgical gloves -- as for other types of personal protective equipment -- is booming, leaving manufacturers struggling to keep up.

U.S. rural telecom networks, which have relied on inexpensive equipment from Huawei and ZTE to run their businesses, have told the government that it would cost US$1.837 billion to replace those switches and routers, the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday.

Amazon.com Inc is planning to create 10,000 more jobs in the next few years in Bellevue, Washington, the e-commerce giant said on Friday.

U.S. job growth slowed further in August as financial assistance from the government ran out, threatening the economy's recovery from the COVID-19 recession.

Vodafone Idea Ltd said on Friday it would raise funds up to 300 billion rupees (US$4.10 billion) as the Indian telecom operator tries to pay off the hefty dues it owes to the government.

The gap in unemployment rates between Blacks and whites in the United States widened for a fourth straight month in August, and the spread between the races is now the largest in nearly six years.

Softbank-backed Oyo Hotels & Homes is extending furloughs for some Indian employees by six months, it said on Friday, as an unabated rise in domestic coronavirus cases curbs travel and hits hotel revenues.