Tennis-Wimbledon top grand slam for social media – survey

By Michael Roddy LONDON, July 1 (Reuters) – Wimbledon is the top grand slam championship for attracting social media-savvy tennis fans, with more followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram than any of the other three, a survey released on Wednesday said. The tournament’s 4.1 million followers on the social media websites put Wimbledon on top, with the French Open second on 3.7 million and the U.S

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EU quizzes e-retailers on sanctions against cross-border online sales

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators have asked e-commerce retailers to spell out the kind of sanctions imposed on them for going against digital content companies’ orders to restrict cross-border online sales, as part of a broad probe to root out anti-competitive online practices. The European Commission, which launched the investigation last month, is looking to overhaul the 28-country bloc’s digital market to boost growth and innovation and catch up with the United States and Asia.

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