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Italy's competition watchdog has launched proceedings against Facebook for non-compliance with a previous request it had made regarding improper commercial practices in the group's treatment of user data, the agency said on Friday.

Dutch online food ordering service Takeaway.com said on Friday that 90.2per cent of Just Eat shareholders have tendered shares to its takeover offer, and that the company will begin a squeeze-out process to acquire the rest.

Food group Nestle has teamed up with Canadian plant-based food ingredient makers Burcon and Merit to speed up innovation in the fast-growing business segment, it said on Friday.

SHANGHAI: Shanghai Disneyland will close until further notice this weekend due to a deadly virus outbreak that has infected hundreds of people in China, the amusement park said Friday (Jan 24). The closure comes as China entered its nearly week-long Chinese New Year holiday, and the home of Mickey ......

Swedish telecoms equipment group Ericsson reported a sharp rise in fourth-quarter core earnings on Friday, but said the quarter, seasonally its best, had nevertheless been hit by a slowdown in its previously surging U.S. business.

Bayer AG is set to face a fourth U.S. jury trial over allegations that its popular weed killer Roundup causes cancer, with four cancer patients in the hometown of its agricultural subsidiary Monsanto scheduled to make their case beginning on Friday.

SINGAPORE: Singapore's manufacturing output declined for a second consecutive month in December 2019, according to data released by the Economic Development Board (EDB) on Friday (Jan 24). Output dropped 0.7 per cent year-on-year last month, following the larger than expected 9.3 per cent fall in ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore transport operator ComfortDelgro said on Friday (Jan 24) that it has increased its "level of preparedness" in response to the Wuhan coronavirus threat.  Surgical masks have now been placed at all ComfortDelGro fuel kiosks, workshops and general counters for distribution to ...

The first phase of battle over whether Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou should be extradited to the United States wrapped up on Thursday after four days, with lawyers for Meng challenging prosecution claims that her alleged actions are a crime in Canada.

FOSTER CITY, California: Gilead Sciences Inc said on Thursday (Jan 23) it was assessing whether its experimental Ebola treatment could be used against the new coronavirus that has sickened hundreds of people in China and led to at least 18 deaths. "Gilead is in active discussions with researchers ......