Reuters Technology Report: February 3, 2016

Click to View in Browser Wednesday, February 3, 2016 Google's search business chief Amit Singhal to leave (Reuters) - Amit Singhal, the senior vice president of Google's Internet search business at Alphabet Inc , said he would leave at the end of the month after 15 years with the company. Mall CEO walks back his Amazon bookstore plans claim (Reuters) - General Growth Properties Inc said on Wednesday that a statement concerning Amazon.com Inc made by its chief executive, Sandeep Mathrani, was not intended to represent Amazon's plans. Google expands self-driving car testing to Washington State WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc said Wednesday its self-driving car project will expand testing to Kirkland, Washington later this month, the third city where it is testing autonomous vehicles. EU watchdog says needs time to study data deal with United States BRUSSELS (Reuters) - An EU watchdog said on Wednesday it needed time to study a new EU-U.S. agreement on data transfers to determine whether the United States was committed to limiting intelligence surveillance of Europeans. Yahoo to look at strategic alternatives, cut jobs as it pursues spin-off (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Tuesday it would consider "strategic alternatives" for its core Internet business and cut about 15 percent of its workforce, even as it continues with its plan to revamp the business and spin it off. 'Grand Theft Auto' maker Take-Two raises full-year forecast (Reuters) - Video game publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported quarterly revenue that fell less than expected and raised its full-year forecast, helped by strong sales of "Grand Theft Auto V" and wrestling game "WWE 2K16" in the holidays. Alphabet overtakes Apple in market value - for now (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc might win the market cap battle against Apple Inc , but will it win the war? China's $7.6 billion Ponzi scam highlights growing online risks BEIJING (Reuters) - Once China's biggest peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, Ezubao collected 50 billion yuan ($7.6 billion) in less than two years from more than 900,000 investors through savvy marketing and the promise of big returns. France rules out negotiating with Google over back taxes PARIS (Reuters) - French Finance Minister Michel Sapin on Tuesday ruled out striking a deal with Google over back taxes as the British government recently did with the U.S. internet giant. Delta software outage delays boarding for two dozen flights (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc delayed boarding for about two dozen flights on Tuesday as a result of a brief outage in its software that powers ground operations, a spokesman said. Related Video Smart band-aids on the horizon Russian cosmonauts begin spacewalk Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook