Technology Report: U.S. investors line up in droves to hear Alibaba’s pitch

	Click to View in Browser 09/8/2014 U.S. investors line up in droves to hear Alibaba's pitch (Reuters) - Hundreds of hedge funds, mutual funds and other institutional investors lined up on Monday to hear Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's management pitch the company's shares, as the Chinese e-commerce giant kicked off a two-week IPO marketing blitz. Canadian retailers bet on technology in fight with U.S. giants TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian retailers, scrambling to keep pace with the likes of Wal-Mart Stores Inc and Amazon.com Inc in an increasingly crowded market, are investing heavily in high-tech tools to lure shoppers. Netflix joins online protest on U.S. net neutrality LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Video streaming service Netflix Inc will join Reddit, Kickstarter and thousands of other websites on Wednesday in an online protest that calls for strong U.S. rules to ensure equal treatment of Internet traffic. Telecom mergers rein in growth for U.S. network gear makers (Reuters) - U.S. network gear makers are bracing for slower revenue growth in the second half of the year as telecom operators, their main customers, postpone spending until the dust settles on several big mergers. At U.S. wireless convention, spectrum is on everyone's mind WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This year's top U.S. wireless convention descends on Las Vegas on Monday and will no doubt be abuzz with massive telecom mergers and major policy undertakings of the industry's new top regulator. Carmakers must respect drivers who are leery of new tech features: Bill Ford DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co Executive Chairman Bill Ford said new technologies that allow cars to talk to each other and drive themselves may scare some people, so the industry will need to allow consumers to opt out of such features. EU competition regulator seeks more concessions from Google to end probe BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google will have to make more concessions to settle a four-year-old probe in Europe into alleged abuse of its dominant position in the internet search and advertising business after extremely negative feedback from rivals on its current offer, the European Commission said on Monday. Twitter testing 'buy' button on tweets (Reuters) - Twitter Inc is testing a "buy" button in some tweets that allows a mobile user to buy directly from a tweet. Facebook targets advertisers as 100 million log on in Africa JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - One in 10 Africans are logging on to Facebook every month, the world's No.1 online social network said on Monday, presenting a new target audience for advertisers. Google hosts meetings across Europe on privacy rights PARIS (Reuters) - A panel appointed by search engine Google will hold the first of a series of meetings on Tuesday to debate the balance between privacy and the free flow of information after a May court ruling reinforced Europeans' "right to be forgotten". Related Video This is Apple's one big shot for the year- Dan Ackerman Cigarette butts offer energy storage solution Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend