In response to Alphabet backing EU's proposed ban on facial-recognition technology, the President of Microsoft Brad Smith stated that there is an alternative to a ban.
The CEO of Google and Alphabet Sundar Pichai on Monday agreed with EU officials that facial recognition should be regulated.
On Monday, Reuters revealed that European Union officials had proposed a ban of facial-recognition technology. The event created responses from Microsoft and Alphabet.
On Monday, the French anti-trust regulator has cleared a plan by France's billionaire Xavier Niel to acquire the Nice Matin newspaper, not disclosing the price of the potential deal.
The BBC Director General Tony Hall is set to step down in half-a-year, ahead of the negotiations with the British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his government about the publicly-funded broadcaster's financing model.
China's Tencent Holdings is seeking to accelerate its investment overseas, as well as in smart retail, by investing in over 800 companies, where 70 of the firms are listed, while more than 160 are valued at least at $1.0B.
On Monday, Alphabet's CEO Sundar Pichai has supported a proposal made by the EU to temporarily block the facial-recognition technology due to potential threat of the tool's misuse.
Samsung Display is planning to invest about $500M investment to construct a new display factory in India, due to its parent Samsung Electronics' intention to expand smartphone production in the South Asian country.
On Monday, the Belgian labour authority has launched a court case against Deliveroo, the British food delivery company, severing working conditions for its 3,5K riders in Brussels.
China's Sinopec, which is expected to become the following major buyer of the US liquefied natural gas, is set to review the potential $16B supply deal with Cheniere Energy amid a sharp plunge in LNG prices.
Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech businessman, and Patrik Tkac, his junior partner, announced on Monday they had boosted up their stake in the supermarket group Casino from 4.63% to 5.64%, supporting the struggling French retailer.
BAE Systems, the British defence company, is spending $2.2B to boost its US-based electronic systems operations, acquiring two businesses that had been offloaded due to the merger of the US competitors United Technologies and Raytheon.
During Monday's European trading hours, crude oil price benchmarks surged, as oil production in Lybia was shut down.
Guoxuan High-Tech is continuing negotiations with Volkswagen over possible strategic cooperation in product, technology and capital, China's battery maker reported in its filing on Monday.
Samsung Display is potentially planning to make about $500M investment into building a new plant in India, Reuters reported on Monday.
On Monday, Samsung Electronics has appointed the youngest president as the company's new smartphone head, seeking to defend the handset market lead from increasing challenges from such rivals as Huawei Technologies.
According to experts, the negative interest rate policy conducted by the Bank of Japan had minimum effect of the growth of the economy.
The Japanese car maker Subaru Corp announced on Monday its plan to electrify each its car produced starting from 2030.
According to a statement from Downing Street, UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the French President Emmanuel Macron restated their commitment to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.
Thierry Breton, the European Union Chief of Industrial Policy, is set to dismiss claims that strict security conditions might delay the rollout of 5G network in Europe.
On Sunday, the EU Chief of Industrial Policy Thierry Breton stated that there are no security reasons to delay the implementation of a 5G network.
The US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday expressed outrage to the President of Egypt Abdel Fattah al-Sisi about the death of a detained US citizen.
On Sunday, Turkish officials called for the EU to stop prejudice against Turks in Cyprus and launched a new round of drilling for carbon resources near the Island.
On Sunday, the Speaker of Iranian Parliament Ali Larijani stated that the country would re-evaluate its cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency of the UN.