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...So a sort of one stop shop for social media content, payments, e-commerce, for example. It may well be that it’s a combination of both Elons at play here when it comes to the decision to buy Twitter....
...Enjoy your weekend, Elaine MooreDeputy head of Lex...
...My ex-husband [a French obstetrician, François Olivennes] said this brilliant thing: he loves his grandchildren so much that the children are just a byproduct.”...
...Mary McDougall, bonds and currencies reporter This is quite random but I loved this — heartwarming and lovely amid all the doom and gloom: Richard E Grant: My lifelong infatuation with Barbra Streisand...
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...Don’t miss Lex deputy editor Elaine Moore’s great take on what it all means. Hint: it’s all in the margins. Have a great weekend. Pan Kwan YukLex writer...
...The EQS is set to go on sale in late summer and will be followed by an all-electric E-Class saloon and two sport utility vehicles within two years. 4....
...Now that offices are reopening, perhaps there is a way to moderate constant, unnecessary contact, writes Elaine Moore....
...National ID card drive to promote e-payments in the Philippines The Philippines saw millions of citizens registered on its national identification system at the start of this week, reports Jun Endo in Nikkei...
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...Elaine Moore says dockless e-bikes and scooters are going to be a good alternative to public transport when the lockdown lifts....
...Earlier this year, Amazon announced that it was closing its local e-commerce business in China. Across Asia, the Tencent-SoftBank industrial complex is winning. Probability rating - two out of ten....
...Elaine Moore says investors have already been unnerved by a report of a $322m loss in the first nine months of 2019, after a profit of $200m the previous year....
...I didn’t realise how familiar I was with Uber, Airbnb and Twitter logos until I looked at a screen containing DiDi and Yu’e Bao....
...Enjoy the rest of your week, however you get around, Elaine Moore Deputy editor of Lex lexfeedback@ft.com...
...Elaine Moore Will China become world leader in 5G telecoms? Yes....
...Elsewhere Canada-based fusion energy start-up General Fusion has raised $65m in a Series E financing round led by Singapore’s Temasek....
...The industry is bracing for a clampdown on e-cigarettes. Recent reports of “severe respiratory disease” linked to smoking e-cigarettes have done little to assuage those fears....
...The government shutdown is being felt at CES: US transportation secretary Elaine Chao was a no-show for her big keynote speech on self-driving and drones on Wednesday....
...And it wants to introduce the mandatory use of the government's E-Verify system that allows employers to make sure they hire workers who are in the country legally....
...The resulting pictures were very much in line with Weber’s dreamy fetishisation of Americana — there’s the 1990s-era supermodel Elaine Irwin, sunlit in a straw hat and denim; a corn-fed jock sewing jeans...
...Indian officials claim the attack was perpetrated by Pakistan-based terrorist group, Jaish-e-Mohammad, and have vowed tough action in response....
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