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By Subrat Patnaik (Reuters) -Microsoft Corp is buying “Call of Duty” maker Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion in the biggest gaming industry deal in history as global technology giants stake…

By William Schomberg and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s economy grew strongly in November to finally surpass its size just before the country went into its first COVID-19 lockdown,…

DIGIDOE, the London-based startup which is on a march to revolutionise the world’s outdated payments infrastructure, has secured more than £850,000 from new investors. The initial funding round was closed…

TEL AVIV, Israel, Jan. 13, 2022 — Radware® (NASDAQ: RDWR) announced today the  appointment of Guy Avidan as its new chief financial officer (CFO) effective February 18, 2022. Mr. Avidan…

Thursday 13 January 2022   The Zinc group saw a solid end to 2021 with successfully completing two significant bids in the banking and finance sectors, which further consolidated their…

MyFintech Week 2022 will focus on issues affecting the future of Malaysia’s  economic and financial landscape. Malaysia’s Financial Sector Blueprint  2022-2026 will be launched.  Workshop-style masterclasses will provide hands-on learning…

By Jeroen Hölscher, Global Cards & Payments Practice lead, Capgemini Financial Services and Elias Ghanem, Global Head of Market Intelligence, Capgemini Financial Services For years, the Payments industry has undergone…

By Dominique Vidalon and Aislinn Laing PARIS (Reuters) – France imposed travel restrictions on travellers from Britain on Thursday due to surging COVID-19 cases there, and several European countries also…

By Michael Erman and Deena Beasley NEW YORK (Reuters) – Pfizer Inc on Tuesday said final analysis of its antiviral COVID-19 pill still showed near 90% efficacy in preventing hospitalizations…

(Reuters) – Tesla Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable…

By Stephanie Nebehay and Ludwig Burger GENEVA (Reuters) – The Omicron coronavirus variant, reported in more than 60 countries, poses a “very high” global risk, with some evidence that it…

By Kylie MacLellan and Alistair Smout LONDON (Reuters) – British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is not planning further restrictions in England to contain the significant growth of the Omicron coronavirus…

By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Joe Biden gathered over 100 world leaders at a summit on Thursday and made a plea to bolster democracies…

By Francesco Guarascio and Stephanie Nebehay (Reuters) -The World Health Organization’s chief scientist told the Reuters Next conference on Friday the Omicron variant could become dominant because it is highly…

By Joseph Nasr and Alessandra Galloni BERLIN/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Germany decided on Thursday to bar the unvaccinated from all but the most essential businesses and the United States was due to…

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) -Prime Minister Boris Johnson issued a “call to get jabs in arms” on Wednesday as Britain stepped up its COVID-19 booster programme to fend off…