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Yahoo Sports scores wide-ranging deal with NBA

Yahoo Sports has agreed a deal to become an official marketing partner of the National Basketball Association (NBA), and will work with the league on a range of fantasy and sports betting initiatives. The agreement will see Yahoo will continue to operate the exclusive season-long fantasy game of the NBA, as well as create NBA-branded daily fantasy and sports betting integrations. The deal will also permit Yahoo Sports to deliver expanded NBA content across its platforms, including… Source link

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Google Fitbit deal faces EU antitrust probe, per sources

Fitbit Charge 2 Heart Rate & Fitness Wristband. Source: Amazon Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker Fitbit will face a full-scale EU antitrust investigation next week, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday. Alphabet unit Google this month offered not to use Fitbit’s health data to help it target ads in an attempt to address EU antitrust concerns. The opening of a full-scale investigation suggests that this is not sufficient. The deal, announced last November, would see… Source link

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EU demands major concessions from Google over Fitbit deal

The EU has demanded that Google make major concessions relating to its $2.1bn acquisition of fitness-tracking company Fitbit if the deal is to be allowed to proceed imminently, according to people with direct knowledge of the discussions. Since it was announced last November, the acquisition has faced steep opposition from consumer groups and regulators, who have raised concerns over the effect of Google’s access to Fitbit’s health data on competition. EU regulators now… Source link

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E.U. Deal, U.K. Extradition Treaty, Google: Your Tuesday Briefing

(Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. We’re covering the E.U.’s landmark stimulus deal, the suspension of the U.K.’s extradition treaty with Hong Kong and the last days of a famous Parisian store. E.U. agrees on a groundbreaking stimulus package After days of intense talks in Brussels, European Union leaders on Tuesday stepped up to confront one of the gravest challenges in the bloc’s history, agreeing on a 750 billion euro spending package to rescue… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Reliance Industries is pictured in a stall at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show at Gandhinagar, India, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms | News

Monday, July 20, 2020 7:09 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms | News

Monday, July 20, 2020 7:09 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s <GOOGL.O> Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries <RELI.NS> on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said Google would build an Android operating system (OS) to power a low-cost “4G or even 5G”… Source link

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