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Amazon clinched a deal to buy 100 percent of the Middle East online retailer Souq.com
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Souq.com will expand its workforce and operations after Amazon clinched a deal to buy 100 percent of the Middle East online retailer, executives from both firms said. Amazon and Souq.com said earlier on Tuesday... -
Square Inc launched in the United Kingdom in its first European foray
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Square Inc, the payments company led by Twitter Inc Chief Executive Jack Dorsey, has launched in the United Kingdom in its first European foray. The San Francisco-based company said on Tuesday that small-and medium-sized... -
Uber to withdraw it’s services in Denmark next month
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Ride-hailing group Uber Technologies will withdraw services in Denmark next month due to a taxi law that sets out new requirements for drivers such as mandatory fare meters, the company said on Tuesday. Uber... -
BRAC in Sierra Leone celebrated International Women’s Day 2017
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: BRAC in Sierra Leone celebrated International Women’s Day 2017 by organising an event celebrating the contributions of women at the workforce. All BRAC staff were in attendance and the there was a discussion around... -
Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings signed a loan deal of $4.65 billion
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Chinese tech giant Tencent Holdings has signed a $4.65 billion loan deal, Basis Point reported, amid a flurry of fund-raising by China’s internet giants. Tencent, which had an original target of about $2 billion... -
Lionel Messi suspended by Fifa
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: The FIFA Disciplinary Committee – in application of articles 77 a) and 108 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) – has reached a decision in relation to the case of Lionel Messi following an... -
Tesaro Inc’s ovarian cancer drug niraparib approved by FDA
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Tesaro Inc’s drug, niraparib, for the treatment of recurrent ovarian cancer. Epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube or primary peritoneal cancer affects the tissue covering the ovary... -
Facebook will be shut down on govt order in Bangladesh
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) will shut down Facebook if the government orders them to do so, BTRC Chairman Dr Shahjahan Mahmood said on Tuesday. Sources at the Ministry of Home Affairs have... -
Meat import ban lifted by Hong Kong, says Brazil
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Hong Kong has lifted a ban on Brazilian meat imports, a spokesperson for Brazil’s Agriculture Ministry said on Tuesday. Brazil is still blocking exports from the 21 meatpacking plants targeted in a police investigation... -
Cambodia banned the export of breast milk
Mar 28, 2017News Hour: Cambodia on Tuesday banned the export of breast milk, putting a stop to the business of a U.S.-based company that had been selling the milk in the United States. The decision was welcomed by...
