LG Electronics estimates first quarterly operating loss in six years
By Se Young LeeSEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc <066570.KS> estimated on Friday it fell to its first quarterly operating loss in six years in October-December, a drop that...
View ArticleChina nibbles at Samsung share to take 50 percent of India's smartphone market
By Sankalp PhartiyalMUMBAI (Reuters) - Chinese brands took their largest ever slice of the $10-billion Indian smartphone market in late 2016, accounting for more than one in every two phones sold - a...
View ArticleExclusive: China's ZTE to slash about 3,000 jobs - sources
By Sijia JiangHONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese telecom equipment maker ZTE <000063.SZ>, which is facing U.S. trade sanctions that could severely disrupt its supply chain, is slashing about 3,000...
View ArticleChina central bank urges rational investment in bitcoin
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's institutional and individual investors should take a rational approach to investing in virtual currencies such as bitcoin, the central bank said on Friday.Bitcoin prices had...
View ArticleBitcoin extends losses, slides another 12 percent on China warning
LONDON (Reuters) - Bitcoin plunged another 12 percent on Friday after China's central bank urged investors to take a rational approach to the digital currency, which has is on track for its heaviest...
View ArticleCanada's competition watchdog closes two-year Apple probe
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's Competition Bureau on Friday said it had not found sufficient evidence that Apple Inc had engaged in anti-competitive conduct, closing a two-year investigation into the...
View ArticleAmazon's Alexa moves in on Google's Android system
By Julia Love(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc’s digital assistant appeared almost everywhere at the CES technology show this week in Las Vegas, even making an unexpected appearance on rival Google’s Android...
View ArticleHMD Global launches first Nokia smartphone
HELSINKI (Reuters) - HMD Global, the Finnish company that owns the rights to use Nokia's brand on mobile phones, announced on Sunday its first smartphone, targeted for Chinese users with a price of...
View ArticleAutomakers, suppliers team up to share costs of self-driving cars
By Paul Lienert and Alexandria SageLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Automotive suppliers and automakers are expanding alliances to develop self-driving car technology that can serve multiple automakers, as the...
View ArticleSaudi embrace of ride-hailing apps drives economic, social change
By Celine AswadDUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia hopes its plan to bring a further 1.3 million women into the workforce by 2030 will be given a lift from ride-hailing apps Uber and Dubai-based rival...
View ArticleGoogle shows improved self-driving system in Chrysler Pacifica
By Alexandria Sage and Paul LienertDETROIT (Reuters) - Google unveiled its latest self-driving system in a Chrysler Pacifica minivan during a Sunday preview ahead of the Detroit auto show, saying the...
View ArticleBig China bitcoin exchange says no government pressure on outflows
By John RuwitchSHANGHAI (Reuters) - The head of a major bitcoin exchange in China says few people there use the cryptocurrency to get around rules on how much money they can take out of the country,...
View ArticleMicrosoft, Qualcomm back Israel's Team8 cybersecurity firm
By Tova CohenTEL AVIV (Reuters) - The venture arms of Microsoft and Qualcomm have invested in Team8, an Israeli creator of cybersecurity start-ups, as big multinational companies get behind Israel's...
View ArticleFlipkart names former Tiger Global executive head of its core business
MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - India's leading e-commerce company Flipkart shook up its top management for the second time in a year on Monday, naming a former executive of U.S. hedge fund Tiger Global...
View ArticleU.S. Supreme Court will not examine tech industry legal shield
By Andrew Chung(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday boosted one of the tech industry's go-to defenses in suits to hold websites liable for content posted by others, rebuffing an appeal by women...
View ArticleBitcoin exchange operator pleads guilty in U.S. case tied to JPMorgan hack
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A Florida man pleaded guilty on Monday to charges that he conspired to operate an illegal bitcoin exchange, which prosecutors said was owned by an Israeli who...
View ArticleLithuania bars data center project over fears of Russian spying
VILNIUS (Reuters) - Lithuania, at the front line of growing tension between the West and Russia, barred construction of a data center last year over concerns it could be infiltrated by Russian...
View ArticleAlibaba's Ma meets Trump, promises to bring one million jobs to U.S.
NEW YORK/BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Executive Chairman Jack Ma met U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday and laid out the Chinese e-commerce giant's new plan to bring one million small U.S....
View ArticleYahoo to be named Altaba, Mayer to leave board after Verizon deal
(Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said Monday that it would rename itself Altaba Inc and Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would step down from the board after the closing of its deal with Verizon...
View ArticleSouth Korea prosecutor says undecided on whether to seek arrests of Samsung...
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecution office said on Tuesday it had not yet decided whether to seek arrest warrants for two Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] executives as part of a widening...
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