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South Korean Samsung hits back at China’s Huawei with patent suit
24 July 2016 4:55 AM ISTSouth Korea’s Samsung Electronics said on Friday it had filed a patent infringement suit in China against Huawei, adding fuel to a growing legal...
IMF boss Lagarde to stand trial for $445-mn state payout to tycoon
24 July 2016 4:52 AM ISTIMF chief Christine Lagarde was ordered on Friday to stand trial in France over a massive state payout to a colourful tycoon when she was French...
Tesla plans new truck, bus and car-sharing system
23 July 2016 4:34 AM ISTTesla plans to build a new pick-up truck, and an urban bus, and launch a sharing system of self-driving cars, the company's founder Elon Musk...
South Korea anti-trust agency probing US Google’s misdeeds
23 July 2016 4:34 AM ISTSouth Korea’s anti-trust agency is investigating Google for alleged abuse of its market dominance, a report said on Thursday, a week after the EU...
World’s biggest online piracy site Kickass Torrent’s ‘boss’ nabbed
23 July 2016 4:29 AM ISTThe alleged boss of the world’s biggest online piracy site, Kickass Torrents, was hit with US criminal charges accused of distributing over $1 billion...
China's Wanda to sell historic Madrid skyscraper
22 July 2016 4:45 AM ISTChina's property and entertainment giant Wanda has agreed to sell a historic Madrid skyscraper, a source close to negotiations said today, after...
Unilever buys US male grooming start-up Dollar Shave Club for $1 bn
22 July 2016 4:42 AM ISTAnglo-Dutch food and consumer products giant Unilever on Wednesday said it had bought the Dollar Shave Club, a US start-up that has shaken up the...
Bangladesh says over 260 missing amid hunt for extremists
20 July 2016 6:32 PM ISTThe country's elite security force, Rapid Action Battalion, published the list on Facebook around midnight and called on citizens to report the...
Japan’s SoftBank to buy British iPhone chip giant ARM for $32 bn
20 July 2016 3:33 AM ISTÂ "We have long admired ARM as a world renowned and highly respected technology company that is by some distance the market-leader in its field,"...
Thousands rally for Turkey president after coup fails
17 July 2016 8:04 PM ISTAfter facing down the bloodiest challenge to his 13-year rule, Erdogan triumphantly addressed flag-waving supporters in Istanbul following Friday's...
Chinese economy grows 6.7% in April-June, beats forecasts
17 July 2016 4:18 AM IST The world’s second biggest economy grew 6.7 per cent year on year in April-June, slightly quicker than forecast in an AFP survey and the same as the...
Pak captiain Misbah set to finally realise Lord's dream
14 July 2016 5:20 PM ISTSelection rows and fall-outs with previous Pakistan regimes mean that experienced batsman Misbah is now making his first Test tour of England at the...