Starbucks links with Amazon Go for first cashier-less cafe
Starbucks Corp’s (SBUX.O) newest cafe lacks one element most customers are used to seeing: cashiers. The global coffee chain on Thursday opened its first ever…
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Oprah Winfrey, Reese Witherspoon, Bumble founder invest in Spanx
Celebrities Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon as well as Bumble Inc (BMBL.O) founder Whitney Wolfe Herd have invested in Spanx, the shapewear maker said, as…
Denmark’s Novo Nordisk to buy Dicerna Pharma for $3.3 billion
Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk (NOVOb.CO) has agreed a $3.3 billion cash deal to buy Dicerna Pharmaceuticals (DRNA.O) which specializes in therapeutics that counteract disease-causing genes,…
Europe’s gas firms prime pipelines for hydrogen highway
As world leaders hammered out a deal last week to slow climate change, gas engineer Michele Ricciardi was digging into a practical problem: How thousands…
U.S. asks Japan, China, others to consider tapping oil reserves
The Biden administration has asked some of the world’s largest oil consuming nations – including China, India and Japan – to consider releasing crude stockpiles…
EU looking to relax rules to allow funding of cutting edge chip plants
The European Union may ease state-aid rules to allow the funding of new chip plants to tackle shortages in the bloc, its competition chief said…
ASML sees around $2.3 bln of sales in China in 2021, 2022
Dutch semiconductor equipment maker ASML (ASML.AS) said on Thursday the company sees demand for its products remaining strong in China, with around 2 billion euros…