New Uber CEO to meet London transport boss next Tuesday

LONDON (Reuters) - Dara Khosrowshahi, the new chief executive of Uber Technologies [UBER.UL], will meet with the head of the London Transport system next Tuesday to discuss the decision to strip its license in the British capital, the two sides said.

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Japan's FSA approves 11 companies as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Financial Services Agency approved 11 companies as operators of cryptocurrency exchanges, the financial watchdog said on Friday.

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Japan's FSA approves 11 companies as operators of crypto-currency exchanges

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Financial Services Agency approved 11 companies as operators of crypto-currency exchanges, the financial watchdog said on Friday.

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Italy may fine Telecom Italia over Vivendi control: source

ROME (Reuters) - Italy has launched a process that could end with Telecom Italia being fined for failing to notify Rome that French media group Vivendi had assumed de facto control of the phone company, a government source said.

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Amazon's Whole Foods Market Suffers Credit Card Breach In Some Stores

Another day, another data breach. This time Amazon-owned grocery chain has fallen victim to a credit card security breach. Whole Foods Market—acquired by Amazon for $13.7 billion in late August—disclosed Thursday that hackers were able to gain unauthorized access to credit card information for its customers who made purchases at certain venues like taprooms and full table-service restaurants

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China's bitcoin market alive and well as traders defy crackdown

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Weeks after Beijing banned fundraising through token launches and ordered some bitcoin exchanges to shut, casting a chill over the cryptocurrency industry, traders say that the market is far from dead.

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Apple sees sharp increase in U.S. national security requests

(Reuters) - Apple Inc has received more than three times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, according to a company report on Thursday.

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RBC's CEO pushes back on suggestion bitcoin is a fraud

TORONTO (Reuters) - The chief executive of Canada's biggest lender on Thursday pushed back on a suggestion by JPMorgan Chief Executive Jamie Dimon that bitcoin is a fraud, though he said the cryptocurrency needs monitoring.

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Twitter suspends Russia-linked accounts, but U.S. senator says response inadequate

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Twitter said on Thursday it had suspended about 200 Russian-linked accounts as it probes online efforts to meddle with the 2016 U.S. election, but an influential Democratic senator slammed its steps as insufficient.

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RBC's CEO says AI helping to curb credit card fraud

TORONTO (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive, Dave McKay, said on Thursday that artificial intelligence (AI) is helping the bank reduce credit card fraud, and the bank expects to use blockchain technology in its loyalty programs next year.

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Whole Foods says taprooms, restaurants hacked

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc's Whole Foods Market on Thursday said payment card information has been stolen from taprooms, restaurants and other venues located within some of its stores.

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RBC CEO McKay says AI helping to curb credit card fraud

TORONTO (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Canada's chief executive, Dave McKay, said on Thursday that artificial intelligence (AI) is helping the bank reduce credit card fraud, and he said the bank expects to use blockchain technology in its loyalty programs next year.

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Backers withdraw two proposals to list U.S. bitcoin funds

(Reuters) - An effort to allow investors to trade digital currencies as easily as stocks stumbled when backers withdrew two proposals to list bitcoin funds.

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