MORE than 40 global satellite events from around the world will join in as part of the Singapore FinTech Festival (SFF) x Singapore Week of Innovation & TeCHnology (SFF x SWITCH) 2020, in a first for the annual affair.
Verizon Media, a unit of Verizon Communications Inc , said on Thursday it would sell its news website HuffPost to BuzzFeed, in a deal that will make it a minority shareholder in the online media firm.
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Thursday asked the Federal Reserve to return more than US$400 billion in unused funds from the massive March pandemic relief package so that Congress can reappropriate it to deliver economic stimulus.
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden on Thursday said he supports the way the Federal Reserve has managed interest rate policy and that he has selected a person to run the Treasury Department.
The most intense US coronavirus outbreak yet appears to have slowed hiring and may have begun to drag on retail spending on the cusp of the holiday shopping season, even as overall economic activity proves more resilient than in the spring.
Amazon said on Thursday (Nov 19) it would postpone its "Black Friday" discount shopping sales in France to Dec 4, joining other retailers in delaying the event amid a nationwide lockdown slated to last until Dec 1.
Verizon Media, a unit of Verizon Communications Inc , said on Thursday it would sell its news website HuffPost to BuzzFeed, in a deal that will make it a minority shareholder in the online media firm.
Tyson Foods Inc said on Thursday it suspended employees without pay and hired former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder to conduct an investigation in response to a wrongful death lawsuit that alleges managers at an Iowa pork plant took bets on how many employees would catch COVID-19.
Apple Inc and Verizon Communications on Thursday announced a program in which Verizon will subsidize the replacement of corporate customers' entire fleet of smartphones with any of Apple's iPhone 12 models.
General Motors Co on Thursday stepped up its challenge to electric vehicle leader Tesla Inc, boosting planned spending on future electric models by 35per cent to more than US$27 billion and outlining plans to increase battery output to meet ramped-up vehicle production targets.
