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Gambling company William Hill Plc said it plans to shut 700 licensed betting offices, putting about 4,500 jobs at risk after Britain put a cap on fixed odds betting terminals.

European startup Dott has secured 30 million euros (US$34 million) in a fundraising led by existing investors EQT and South Africa's Naspers to launch an electric bike hiring business and roll out new generations of its electric scooters.

Italian premium coffee maker illycaffe is open to a strategic partnership to help accelerate the growth of its retail network and could consider selling a minority stake for the first time in its 86-year history, Chairman Andrea Illy told Reuters.

SYDNEY: Australia's upper house Senate passed on Thursday (Jul 4) A$158 billion (US$110 billion) worth of tax cuts over the next decade, the centrepiece of the conservative government's plan to boost an economy that is threatening to stall. The plan was approved by the lower house of parliament on ......

European Union nations on Thursday voted against the EU executive's proposal for a wifi-based car standard in a blow to its backer Volkswagen, an EU official said.

China's top search engine operator Baidu Inc has joined hands with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group and Japan's Toyota Motor Corp to cooperate on areas related to artificial intelligence (AI) amid a push for self-driving cars.

Top representatives of the United States and China are organising a resumption of talks for next week to try to resolve a year-long trade war between the world's two largest economies, Trump administration officials said on Wednesday (Jul 3).

BERLIN: Some 1,200 developers at BMW and Daimler will team up to develop automated driving technology, the companies said on Thursday, the latest carmakers forced to pool their development resources at a time of shrinking margins. The strategic partnership will focus on developing technologies for ...

Gambling company William Hill Plc said it plans to shut 700 licensed betting offices, putting about 4,500 jobs at risk after Britain put a cap on fixed odds betting terminals.

Gambling company William Hill Plc said it plans to shut 700 licensed betting offices, putting about 4,500 jobs at risk after Britain put a cap on fixed odds betting terminals.