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Alphabet’s Google announces deal with Indonesian telecoms on Web access

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By Deborah M. Todd MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif

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PayPal’s China, Europe transaction volumes hit by strong dollar

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Payment processor PayPal Holdings Inc , spun off from eBay Inc reported quarterly revenue slightly below analysts' expectations as a strong dollar hurt its transaction volumes in China and Europe. Shares of PayPal, which listed for the second time on the Nasdaq in July, fell 5.6 percent in extended trading on Wednesday.

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Soccer-Player receives death threat ahead of Brazilian Cup tie

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By Andrew Downie SAO PAULO, Oct 28 (Reuters) – Fluminense are “taking all the appropriate precautions” to ensure the safety of their squad after one of their players received a death threat ahead of Wednesday night’s Brazilian Cup tie against Palmeiras. A spokesman for the club said the threat to midfielder Vinicius came via a private message on Instagram that told him to think twice before helping Fluminense defend their 2-1 first-leg lead.

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Yelp quarterly revenue rises 40.1 percent

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(Reuters) – Yelp Inc reported a 40.1 percent rise in quarterly revenue as more businesses advertised on Yelp.com, its consumer review website. The company reported a net loss attributable to common stockholders of $8.1 million, or 11 cents per share, for the third quarter ended Sept.

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Trump leads on social media ahead of Republican debate

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By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – Ben Carson may be ahead of Donald Trump in the most recent national Republican presidential primary opinion poll but the celebrity billionaire is still the winner on social media. In the run up to Wednesday night's third debate for Republican candidates, Trump has averaged a score of 7.3 on Thomson Reuters social media sentiment analysis index in the six weeks since the previous debate. Carson, meanwhile, has averaged negative 3

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Twitter’s results show its turnaround Moment still far off

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Twitter Inc may be counting on Moments to drive growth, but the moment for celebrating a turnaround still looks far off. Anyone hoping that Chief Executive Jack Dorsey's plans to boost growth would have had a big impact on third-quarter results would have been disappointed.

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White House urges Congress to finalize cyber bill

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ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (Reuters) – The White House on Wednesday praised U.S. senators for passing key portions of cyber security legislation aimed at protecting the nation from computer hacks and urged them reach a final measure with counterparts in the House of Representatives

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Yahoo’s NFL debut bodes well for game streaming: media buyers

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The reach of Yahoo Inc's first global live-stream of a National Football League game on Sunday is likely to result in the league striking future deals with online distributors, media buyers said on Monday. An average of 2.36 million viewers were watching at any given time, according to preliminary data released by Yahoo and the NFL.

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Police arrest 15-year-old in Northern Ireland over TalkTalk hack

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Police arrested a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland on Monday over a cyber attack that may have led to the theft of data from among the 4 million customers of British broadband provider TalkTalk . A ransom demand was received by TalkTalk on Friday. “A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences,” London's Metropolitan Police, whose cyber-crime unit has been investigating the attack, said.

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TalkTalk’s cyber attack piles on the pressure on financial targets

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By Paul Sandle and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) – Burdened with a poor reputation for customer service, facing increasingly fierce competition and under pressure to hit challenging financial targets, the cyber attack at TalkTalk could not have come at a worse time for the British telecoms firm. Chief Executive Dido Harding shocked customers last week when she said that the broadband, TV, mobile and fixed line telephony services company had been hacked, potentially putting the private details of its 4 million customers into the hands of criminals. “TalkTalk doesn't go into this in the rudest of financial health, by any means,” Arete analyst Steve Malcolm told Reuters.