Cellphone in missing Florida teens case to be reviewed by Apple
By Karen Brooks(Reuters) - A recovered cellphone at the center of a dispute between the families of two Florida teens who went missing during a fishing trip last summer will be examined by Apple Inc,...
View ArticleFacebook hit with lawsuit over plan to issue new stock
By Dan LevineSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A Facebook Inc shareholder filed a proposed class action lawsuit on Friday in a bid to stop the company's plan to issue new Class C stock, calling the move an...
View ArticleU.S. spy court rejected zero surveillance orders in 2015: memo
By Dustin VolzWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The secretive U.S. Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Court did not deny a single government request in 2015 for electronic surveillance orders granted for foreign...
View ArticleAfrica's giant eye in the sky proving worth its SALT
By Wendell RoelfSUTHERLAND, South Africa (Reuters) - South Africa’s SALT telescope has helped detect the first white dwarf pulsar, the latest co-discovery that has astronomers eager to use the largest...
View ArticleQatar National Bank says customer accounts safe despite data breach
DOHA (Reuters) - Qatar National Bank, the Middle East's largest lender by assets, said it had taken immediate steps to ensure customers would not suffer any financial loss after a security breach last...
View ArticleAustralian says he created bitcoin, but some skeptical
By Byron Kaye and Jemima KellySYDNEY/LONDON (Reuters) - Australian tech entrepreneur Craig Wright identified himself as the creator of controversial digital currency bitcoin on Monday but experts were...
View ArticleWarren Buffett says more likely to buy IBM shares than sell: CNBC
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warren Buffett, chairman and chief executive of conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway, said Monday he would be more likely to buy than sell IBM shares over the next two years, and that...
View ArticleKinnevik representatives to leave Rocket Internet board
By Emma ThomassonBERLIN (Reuters) - Rocket Internet said on Monday two supervisory board members from long-standing investor Kinnevik would step down at its annual shareholder meeting on June 9. The...
View ArticleBCE-Manitoba Telecom deal seen facing tough regulatory scrutiny
By Euan Rocha and Arathy S Nair(Reuters) - BCE Inc's C$3.1 billion ($2.5 billion) friendly bid for Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) , the latest in a string of major Canadian telecom deals, is expected...
View ArticleChina to investigate Baidu over student's death, shares dive
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Internet regulator said on Monday it will send a team to investigate Baidu Inc over the death of a university student who used the Chinese search engine to look for...
View ArticleOracle to buy utility software maker Opower
(Reuters) - Oracle Corp will buy Opower Inc , a maker of software for utilities, for about $548 million in cash.The offer of $10.30 per share is at a premium of 30.4 percent to Opower's close on...
View ArticleFidelity raises estimated value of Airbnb, Cloudera and Nutanix
By Heather Somerville and Tim McLaughlin(Reuters) - Valuations of apartment-sharing startup Airbnb Inc and other promising pre-IPO companies rose in March, according to the latest monthly estimates...
View ArticleInvestors may have profited from leaked U.S. data: ECB research paper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Investors earned millions of dollars in profits from correctly betting on market moves ahead of sensitive U.S. economic data, suggesting leaks of key indicators, a European...
View ArticleAmazon bolsters voice based-platform Alexa with investment in TrackR
By Lauren Hirsch(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc is investing between $250,000 and $500,000 in Bluetooth technology company TrackR to extend the reach of its Alexa virtual assistant, according to a source...
View ArticleCME Group to publish daily bitcoin settlement price
CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc plans to begin publishing a daily settlement price for bitcoin and real-time price data as the futures market operator moves into the world of the digital currency....
View ArticleUber drivers in New York form labor association
(This May 1st story has been corrected to delete the reference to NLRB's ruling on unionization. An NLRB petition by drivers was withdrawn in March.)(Reuters) - Uber drivers in New York state have...
View ArticleBrazil judge orders WhatsApp blocked, affecting 100 million users
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - A Brazilian judge ordered wireless phone carriers to block access to Facebook Inc's WhatsApp for 72 hours throughout Latin America's largest country on Monday, the second such...
View ArticleNvidia settles feud with Samsung over graphics patents
By Andrew ChungNEW YORK (Reuters) - Graphics chip maker Nvidia Corp announced a settlement of a patent dispute with Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Monday, hours before a U.S. trade agency was due to...
View ArticleTwitter lawsuit partly dismissed over U.S. information requests
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday partly dismissed a lawsuit filed by Twitter Inc in which the social media company argued it should be allowed to publicly disclose more details about...
View ArticleChipmaker Marvell appoints Richard Hill chairman
(Reuters) - Chipmaker Marvell Technology Group Ltd has appointed Richard Hill its chairman, as part of an agreement it reached with activist hedge fund Starboard Value LP last week. Marvell had reached...
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