Microsoft's market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant's stock rose following another quarter of results that beat...
View ArticleBitcoin firm gets approval to operate in Switzerland
By Brenna Hughes NeghaiwiZURICH (Reuters) - Bitcoin wallet provider Xapo said it has received conditional approval from Switzerland's financial market watchdog to operate in the country in a regulatory...
View ArticleToshiba chairman Shigenori Shiga ready to step down: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Toshiba Corp <6502.T> Chairman Shigenori Shiga is ready to step down to take responsibility for the huge write-downs looming over the Japanese group's U.S. nuclear power unit...
View ArticleFlorida bitcoin exchange operator's dad avoids prison
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - The father of a Florida man who prosecutors said operated an illegal bitcoin exchange avoided prison on Friday after pleading guilty in a case that stemmed from an...
View ArticleBosch, Cisco, BNY Mellon, others launch new blockchain consortium
By Anna IrreraNEW YORK (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc , Bosch Ltd and several other companies, have set up a consortium to work on how blockchain can be used to secure and improve "internet of things"...
View ArticleFBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI appeared to go beyond the scope of existing legal guidance in seeking certain kinds of internet records from Twitter as recently as last year, legal experts...
View ArticleSnapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources
By Lauren Hirsch and Liana B. Baker(Reuters) - Snap Inc, the secretive technology company that owns the popular messaging service Snapchat, is due to reveal its financials within a week as it moves...
View ArticleSnap selects New York Stock Exchange for IPO: source
By Lauren Hirsch(Reuters) - Snap Inc, the owner of the popular messaging service Snapchat, has chosen Intercontinental Exchange Inc's New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) for its initial public offering...
View ArticleDropbox targets deep-pocketed businesses to increase revenue
By Heather SomervilleSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A decade after its founding as a file-sharing business, Dropbox Inc is trying to become a new kind of company.On Monday, the highly valued digital storage...
View ArticleArgentine judge orders Uber blocked, declines detention
By Hugh BronsteinBUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - A Buenos Aires judge on Monday denied a prosecutor's request to jail local executives of ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc, though the court did order...
View ArticleDropbox on track for more than $1 billion in annual revenue: CEO
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - File sharing and storage company Dropbox is on track to make more than $1 billion in annual revenue, company chief executive Drew Houston said at an event on Monday.The San...
View ArticleMicrosoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order
(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it has been cooperating with the Washington State Attorney General's Office, which is suing in federal court to stop President Donald Trump's order restricting...
View ArticleEU's digital chief underlines public demand to end mobile roaming charges
By Julia FiorettiBRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union's digital chief has said that failure to solve the last remaining barrier to abolishing mobile roaming charges across the bloc in June would...
View ArticleRaymond James to roll out robo-adviser in 2017
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Raymond James Financial is rolling out a new digital platform with robo-adviser-like technology this year, the St. Petersburg, Florida-based firm said on Monday.Called Connected...
View ArticleTech companies to meet on legal challenge to Trump immigration order
By Dan Levine and Jeffrey DastinSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A group of technology companies plans to meet on Tuesday to discuss filing an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit challenging U.S. President...
View ArticleCanada's Wealthsimple takes on crowded U.S. robo-adviser market
By Solarina HoTORONTO (Reuters) - Wealthsimple, a Canadian-based robo-adviser startup, announced a C$20 million ($15.25 million) investment from Power Financial Corp, and formally launched in the...
View ArticleCanon sees first profit gain in three years after medical unit acquisition
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese camera and printer maker Canon Inc forecast full-year operating profit to climb 11.4 percent, its first rise in three years, bolstered by earnings from a medical equipment...
View ArticleNintendo returns to profit on mobile gaming but weak software sales drag down...
By Makiko YamazakiOSAKA (Reuters) - Nintendo Co Ltd on Tuesday reported its first quarterly profit in a year as its nascent mobile games division started to bring in revenue, though not enough to...
View ArticleCanon unlikely to help Toshiba with investment in memory chip business
By Kentaro Hamada and Tim KellyTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Canon Inc said would be difficult to invest in Toshiba Corp's memory chip business, dousing hopes that the struggling conglomerate could count...
View ArticleOcado says will deliver delayed overseas deal
By James DaveyLONDON (Reuters) - British online supermarket Ocado said it was increasingly confident that it would deliver an overseas technology deal first targeted before the end of 2015.Partnerships...
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