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Delta offers upbeat outlook on travel demand, lifting shares
Delta offers upbeat outlook on travel demand, lifting shares
by  AFP

Shares of Delta Air Lines rocketed higher Thursday after the carrier reported better-than-expected profits and reinstated its full-year forecast based on a reassuring travel outlook. For the quarter ending June 30, Delta reported profits of $2.1 billion, up 63 percent from the year-ago period.

Snap, crackle and pay: Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1 bn
Snap, crackle and pay: Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1 bn
by  AFP

The Ferrero Group will acquire US cereal mainstay WK Kellogg for $3.1 billion as the Italian food giant expands further in North America, the companies announced Thursday. "Over recent years, Ferrero has expanded its presence in North America," said Giovanni Ferrero.

Shein faces 150-mn-euro fine in France
Shein faces 150-mn-euro fine in France
by  AFP

E-commerce giant Shein faces a possible 150-million-euro ($175-million) fine in France for failing to properly get consent to track users on the internet. It also found during a 2023 inspection that when users refused the tracking cookies Shein continued to read information from them.

EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
EU opens new probe into TikTok data transfer to China
by  AFP

An Irish regulator helping police European Union data privacy said Thursday it had launched an investigation into TikTok over the transfer of European users' personal data to servers in China. The DPC on Thursday said it had been informed by TikTok in April that "limited EEA user data had in fact been stored on servers in China," contrary to evidence presented by the company.