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Verizon out to be more than 'dumb pipe' with Yahoo buy
15 Sept 2016 3:40 AM ISTVerizon is focusing on synergies, not job cuts, with its multi-billion-dollar buy of faded internet star Yahoo, executives have said at a TechCrunch...
Facebook Messenger now allows for direct merchant sales
15 Sept 2016 3:28 AM ISTFacebook announced on Tuesday a new online payment system that will allow businesses to sell directly to consumers on its Messenger application....
Samsung scrip explodes by 7% over smartphone blast debacle
14 Sept 2016 3:54 AM ISTSamsung shares plunged on Monday after the South Korean electronics giant urged global consumers to stop using its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone due to a...
Yahoo CEO Mayer may reap $44 mn if she leaves now
12 Sept 2016 3:44 AM ISTYahoo CEO Marissa Mayer stands to collect a $44 million severance package if she leaves after Verizon completes its purchase of the once-mighty...
Mother Teresa declared Saint by Pope Francis
4 Sept 2016 8:27 PM IST"We may have some difficulty in calling her 'Saint' Teresa," the pontiff said. "Her holiness is so near to us, so tender and so fruitful that we...
World first driverless buses take passengers in France
4 Sept 2016 4:51 AM ISTDriverless minibuses will begin taking passengers in the eastern French city of Lyon at the weekend in a year-long experiment that officials are...
Singapore beats Uber to put first driverless taxis on public trial
27 Aug 2016 5:08 AM ISTThe world's first driverless taxis went into operation on Thursday in Singapore in a limited public trial, beating giants like Uber in the race to...
EU tax dodgers Apple, Amazon, Starbucks get US Govt support
27 Aug 2016 4:57 AM ISTThe US stepped up its fight against the European Commission’s crackdown on tax avoidance by Apple and other multinational companies, accusing the...
VW suspends production of Golf amid supplier row
22 Aug 2016 4:05 AM ISTEmbattled automaker Volkswagen has been forced to suspend manufacture of the popular Golf model at its main production plant in Germany, a spokesman...
Potter, Bond films’ studio Pinewood to be sold for £323 mn
30 July 2016 4:56 AM ISTBritain's Pinewood Studios, where Harry Potter and James Bond movies were filmed, could be sold to a property company for 323 million pounds (384...
WTO ‘a disaster’, may pull USA out if I’m elected Prez: Trump
27 July 2016 4:45 AM ISTRepublican White House nominee Donald Trump has suggested that the United States could pull out of the World Trade Organisation if he is elected...
A chicken sandwich, hot coffee, donuts... delivered by a drone!
25 July 2016 3:19 AM ISTWashington DC: With a chicken sandwich, hot coffee and donuts, aviation history has been made. These were among the items in the first drone delivery...