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Video gamers compete for millions of dollars in Seattle championship

August 8, 2015 admin curtis-skinner, dixons-carphone, full-time-job, grand-finals, international, mobile, over-the-past, past, said-the-attack, several-years, sold-out-crowd

By Curtis Skinner SEATTLE (Reuters) – Teams of video gamers playing characters ranging from wizards to monsters have exchanged virtual punches, fireballs and lightning strikes over the past five days as they battle at the Dota 2 International tournament in Seattle. Now in its fifth year and playing to a sold-out crowd in the 17,000-seat Key Arena, the International has grown every year in size, popularity and possible winnings for players. Video games have long been a moneymaker for the tech sector, forecast to generate some $111 billion in revenue this year by consultants Gartner Inc

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German retailer REWE steels for Amazon move into food

March 12, 2015 publisher british, downing, food-delivery, opportunity, our-opportunity, schwarz, schwarz-group, several-years, text-messages

By Matthias Inverardi and Nikola Rotscheroth COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) – Germany’s second-biggest supermarket group REWE is investing heavily in grocery ecommerce even though it does not expect to turn a profit soon, as it braces for Amazon to expand its food delivery service. “We know that we will still not work profitably for several years, but it is not blowing money,” REWE Chief Executive Alain Caparros told Reuters in an interview.

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Liberty Global’s Unitymedia eyes expansion in B2B, mobile

March 12, 2015 creative already-rents, british, downing, europe, expand-its, food-delivery, incumbent, kabel, liberty-global, opportunity, schwarz, several-years, telefonica, text-messages, upgraded

By Julia Fioretti BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Liberty Global’s German unit has set its sights on business-to-business (B2B) broadband and mobile as part of its strategy to keep expanding in Europe’s biggest cable market, ramping up the pressure on established telecom players.