Hints and tips:
...Confused by this unusual bespoke news alert, I asked why....
...Ever alert to the dark cloud inside any silver lining, though, I suggest we be careful what we wish for....
...Over the last several years, Amazon’s expenses have risen steadily as proportion of revenue, a pattern that accelerated during the pandemic: Management is alert to this....
...SMBC Nikko, in contrast with other brokerages, allowed these trades to go through despite alerts from the compliance department....
...He preached staying alert so as not to be caught out by the next big shift in tech. But there are signs lately among Big Tech companies of a more unhealthy, inward-looking paranoia....
...Barclays and Santander — two of the biggest UK lenders — have in recent weeks stopped their customers from sending funds to Binance through their payment cards, citing a consumer alert issued last month...
...Venture capitalists have taken a particular interest in apps that promise to deliver groceries in as little as 10 minutes, thanks to a network of “dark stores” across urban centres in London, Berlin and...
...Verizon and rivals T-Mobile US and AT&T have all spent heavily to build faster networks. They have loaded up on more debt as a result....
...Japan Post, which will take an 8.3 per cent stake, will help Rakuten skip a costly logistics network buildout....
...One of the companies approached by Instacart, Massachusetts-based Alert Innovations, is currently working with Walmart to build up its own network of “dozens” of robotic micro-fulfilment centres....
...Engadget says the coin-sized $29 (£29) devices have a user-replaceable battery, Bluetooth radio, NFC for pairing, “and a little speaker that plays a surprisingly loud alert tone when you need it”....
...It later paid a record $2.6bn for failing to alert authorities to the suspicions that led it to pull out $250m of its own money. Regulators did no better....
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...“[W]e should make clear that there will be consequences for any broader impact on private networks, critical infrastructure, or other sensitive sectors,” he said in a statement....
...Yet Sony’s reported discussion about acquiring US podcast network Wondery is a telling sign of its ambition....
...Walmart’s bricks-and-mortar footprint is seen as a significant competitive advantage against Amazon, which while investing heavily in its last-mile network of delivery partners relies mostly on facilities...
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on July 28 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...The health department said that mobile network operators, including Vodafone, Three, EE and O2, Sky and Virgin, had agreed that “in-app activity” would not come out of customers’ data allowance....
...Citi’s hefty client funds and global network would otherwise position the bank to prosper in Chinese custody....
...For those who prefer rowing, there is Hydrow, which has its network-connected oars linked with a 22-inch monitor....
...Microsoft can at least cobble together an industrial logic argument from its ownership of the Xbox brand and LinkedIn, a workplace social network. Oracle has a lot less to work with....
...Investors in PE groups have to stay alert The Dodd-Frank Act is more than just about bank oversight....
...In just six years, it has built up a network of 30,000 vehicles, 20,000 trailers and dozens of aircraft....
...A chief criticism is that not enough people would download them for the network to be effective....
...Uber and Lyft came within hours of suspending ridesharing in the state, sending alerts to users and panicking drivers....
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