Tag Archives: Europe

Klarna is expanding into the competitive world of price comparisons, with the launch of a new tool that compares prices across thousands of retailers. The company quietly rolled out the price comparison service in the U.S. a few weeks back, and is now extending this into additional markets in Europe including The U.K. and the Nordics. The European “buy now, pay later” fintech has had a turbulent year, laying off 10% of its workforce in May followed by a second… Source link

China has been supplying LNG to Europe after Russia curbed supply to the region.Hoëgh LNG China told state-owned natural gas importers like Sinopec and CNOOC to halt LNG sales to Europe, per Bloomberg. The order to halt resales comes as Beijing looks to protect domestic gas supplies for the winter. China has been a crucial supplier of gas to Europe as the region faces a Russia-driven energy crisis. Beijing has reportedly told state-owned natural gas importers to halt resales of cargoes to… Source link

Neeva, an ad-free search engine launched last year by a former engineer and executive best known for spearheading Google’s advertising tech business, is about to land in Europe. The Mountain View, California-based company officially launched a subscription-only search engine in its domestic U.S. market in June last year, later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. In the intervening months, Neeva said it has amassed more than 600,000… Source link

Neeva, an ad-free search engine launched last year by a former engineer and executive best known for spearheading Google’s advertising tech business, is about to land in Europe. The Mountain View, California-based company officially launched a subscription-only search engine in its domestic U.S. market in June last year, later going on to add a free “basic” tier to the mix with certain restrictions in place. In the intervening months, Neeva said it has amassed more than 600,000… Source link

Google is facing a damages claim of up to €25 billion in the latest class action against it in Europe.  Two claims are being brought in the Netherlands and the U.K. over the tech giant’s alleged misuse of advertising technology, following the French Competition Authority’s 2021 finding that Google had misused ‘adtech’ to benefit ad servers it owned.  The collective actions are being brought on behalf of online publishers by a range… Source link

Google is expanding Maps’ eco-friendly routing mode, rolling the feature out in dozens of European countries and making it even more powerful by letting you pick what type of fuel your car runs on. The feature, originally launched in the US and Canada last year, will highlight routes that use less energy if they have a similar ETA to other alternate routes. Google says that starting today, it is rolling out to users in “nearly 40” European countries, including France, Ireland,… Source link

Google is bringing its Workspace Individual subscription plan to Europe, a little more than a year after first introducing the service to other markets. Workspace is Google’s productivity and collaboration software suite formerly known as G Suite, constituting Gmail, Meet, Drive, Docs, Tasks, Forms, among other key applications. While many of these apps are available for free individually, Google monetizes the products by charging businesses to access additional… Source link

Germany is one step closer to having to ration its gas usage as supply from Russia starts to dry up, and the country’s top economic affairs official is warning that it could lead to an even larger economic spillover effect. As of Thursday, Germany has entered the second alert level of its emergency gas plan, according to Robert Habeck, Germany’s minister for economic affairs and climate action. At this level, “security of supply is currently ensured, but the situation is tense,”… Source link

More than three centuries after he sought to bring Russia closer to Europe, Russians on Thursday marked the 350th birthday of tsar Peter the Great with the country deeply isolated over the Ukraine conflict. Inspired by time spent abroad, Peter made huge efforts to modernize his vast and under-developed nation during his rule from 1682 to 1725, most famously building St. Petersburg as Russia’s “window to Europe.” Celebrations will be held in his namesake city and Moscow to mark the… Source link

Novavax (NVAX) is awaiting the outcome of a June 7 meeting of the FDA’s vaccine advisory committee, which could finally bring its COVID-19 vaccine to the U.S. market. Chief Commercial Officer John Trizzino told Yahoo Finance in an exclusive interview Wednesday that the company is optimistic about the upcoming meeting. Novavax ran into manufacturing quality problems in early 2021 and experienced subsequent delays in its Phase 3 trial in the U.S., forcing the company to push back its timeline… Source link