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Facebook is hoping that its 2.6bn users will begin shopping on its platform, as it unveiled a service that puts it in direct competition with Amazon and eBay.“Facebook…
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Facebook is positioning itself as a rival to Amazon and eBay with a new ecommerce feature that will bridge the gap between users and brands — a bold play that could…
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TikTok is clever to appoint a Disney character as its new chief executive. US lawmaker concerns about the app’s security have weighed on Chinese parent company…
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Activist investor Daniel Loeb of Third Point believes spin-offs are the way for Sony to realise value. Sony boss Kenichiro Yoshida is going in exactly the opposite…
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Sony has launched a $3.7bn offer to buy out shareholders in its financial services arm, taking advantage of a coronavirus-depressed market to capture a unit that generates a large…
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EasyJet has said it was the target of a cyber attack in which the email addresses and travel details of about 9m customers were breached. The low-cost airline on…
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The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted Baidu’s weaknesses as advertising dollars desert China’s online search giant for the apps of nimbler competitors.Baidu said first-quarter…
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FT premium subscribers can click here to receive Due Diligence every day by email.One twist in the bitter Barclay brother feud: Frederick Barclay has released footage…
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The past two months have been challenging for fashion. To the world outside, our individual identities have been reduced to just another set of head-and-shoulders on a…
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In March, as the leading self-driving car companies in the US suspended testing because of coronavirus, the Chinese start-up AutoX accelerated its plans. It opened…
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