Panasonic to raise $3.9 billion, partly to finance Tesla plant investment
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp said on Friday it would raise up to 400 billion yen ($3.86 billion) in corporate bonds, partly because it needs to bring forward its investment in a Tesla...
View ArticleDon't play Pokemon on the railway tracks, Bulgaria says
SOFIA (Reuters) - This one might seem obvious, but.... Bulgarian state railway company BDZ is urging players of Pokemon GO to keep off the railway tracks.The game - in which people stare at a screen...
View ArticleXerox's quarterly revenue falls 4.4 percent
(Reuters) - Xerox Corp's quarterly revenue fell 4.4 percent, the sixth straight quarter of decline, as sales of its printers and copiers slid further and a strong dollar ate into revenue from markets...
View ArticleGoogle meets Italy's demands on data use practices
MILAN (Reuters) - Italy's data privacy regulator said on Friday Alphabet Inc's Google had met its requests to change the way it treats and stores user data to bring practices into line with Italian...
View ArticleSamsung Elec expects Galaxy Note 7 sales to beat predecessor's
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean tech giant Samsung Electronics Co Ltd expects sales for its new Galaxy Note 7 smartphone to exceed those of the previous version launched last year, the head of the...
View ArticleDesigners come out for Apple in patent fight with Samsung
By Andrew ChungNEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc deserved the hundreds of millions of dollars in damages Samsung Electronics Co Ltd <005930.KS> paid for infringing patented designs of the iPhone,...
View ArticleIndonesian ride-hailing app Go-Jek raises over $550 million from investors
By Eveline DanubrataJAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian ride-hailing service Go-Jek has raised fresh funding of more than $550 million from KKR, Warburg Pincus and other investors, giving it more ammunition...
View ArticleFacebook's News Feed to show fewer 'clickbait' headlines
By Yasmeen AbutalebSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc's News Feed will show fewer "clickbait" headlines over the next few weeks, the company announced Thursday, as it seeks to establish itself as...
View ArticleU.S. judge dismisses part of Alibaba counterfeit goods lawsuit
By Nate RaymondNEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed part of a lawsuit filed last year by Gucci, Yves Saint Laurent and other luxury brands accusing Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba...
View ArticleGermany's new electric car discount scheme draws nearly 2,000 applicants
BERLIN (Reuters) - Nearly 2,000 people in Germany have applied for the government's electric car discount scheme, introduced on July 1, and a third of them are buyers of BMW models, a government agency...
View ArticleTheories of cover-ups and police violence in black deaths rankle online...
By Ayesha RascoeWASHINGTON (Reuters) - "Black people do not hang themselves from trees."Weeks after a black man was found hanged in an Atlanta park, social media was rife with theories surrounding the...
View ArticleTwitter loses another corporate communications executive
(Reuters) - Jim Prosser, Twitter Inc's head of corporate, revenue and policy communications, said on Thursday he was leaving the microblogging website to join online lender SoFi."Some news: after four...
View Article'Grand Theft Auto' publisher Take-Two's revenue jumps 13 percent
(Reuters) - Videogame publisher Take-Two Interactive Software Inc reported a 13 percent rise in revenue, helped by strong sales of its "Grand Theft Auto V" and "NBA 2K16" titles.Take-Two, like its...
View ArticleActivision revenue surges on "Overwatch" launch, "Candy Crush" deal
By Anya George Tharakan(Reuters) - Activision Blizzard Inc reported a 50.4 percent surge in quarterly revenue on Thursday, propelled by the popularity of the newly-launched "Overwatch" game and the...
View ArticleZynga forecasts bookings largely below estimates; shares slump
By Anya George Tharakan(Reuters) - "FarmVille" creator Zynga Inc forecast current-quarter bookings largely below estimates, sending its shares down as much as 12 percent in extended trading on...
View ArticleFireEye plans layoffs, cuts forecasts; shares plunge
By Jim Finkle and Alan John Koshy(Reuters) - Cyber security firm FireEye Inc said on Thursday it planned to lay off 300 to 400 of its 3,400 workers as it announced quarterly sales below its own...
View ArticleSymantec results, forecast boosted by strong enterprise demand
(Reuters) - Symantec Corp reported better-than-expected revenue for the first quarter and its revenue forecast for the current quarter also topped analysts' estimates, helped by strong demand for its...
View ArticlePixar-inspired Cozmo robot has big personality, big screen hopes
By Piya Sinha-RoyLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A new palm-sized robot is vying to become a favorite toy, equipped with a cheeky personality and hopes for a possible future entertainment franchise.Cozmo, a...
View ArticleApple offers big cash rewards for help finding security bugs
By Jim FinkleLAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Apple Inc said it plans to offer rewards of up to $200,000 (£152,433) to researchers who find critical security bugs in its products, joining dozens of firms that...
View ArticleSelf-driving start-up Otto to test with truckers by year's end
By Alexandria SageCONCORD (Reuters) - Self-driving trucking start-up Otto is poised to put its software in the hands of long-haul truckers by the end of this year for testing, its co-founders said on...
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