Facebook invests $5.7 billion in Dependence device to get to little Indian grocers – Reuters

BENGALURU (Reuters) – Facebook (FB.O) will invest $5.7 billion for 10% of Dependence Industries’s (RELI.NS) electronic organisation, as the social networks firm seeks to utilize its preferred WhatsApp messenger to provide digital settlement solutions to little grocers in India. FILE PHOTO: A 3D printed Facebook logo is positioned between small>>>

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Grocers limit food purchases, urge shoppers not to hoard. Kroger is hiring

As U.S. grocery stores respond try to keep shelves stocked during the coronavirus outbreak, some major chains have begun to limit purchases of food items and ramp up hiring. Texas grocery chain H-E-B is limiting purchases of at least a dozen popular food items, including eggs, milk, bread and boxed pasta.>>>

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