Tablet sales slow in absence of new iPad model: IDC
Sizzling hot tablet sales have cooled a bit but should re-ignite with the release of a new iPad model later this year.
Amazon's Bezos buys Washington Post for $250 mn
The Washington Post, the legendary newspaper that broke the Watergate scandal, is being sold to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as it seeks to survive the onslaught of the Internet.
We have stricken oil: Oil and Gas Minister
The Minister briefed President Nazarbayev on drilling works at Zhambyl block in the Caspian offshore.
National Bank suspends licenses of three banks for currency exchange services
The three banks “had violated the country’s legislation on counteraction to laundering illicitly obtained income and interaction to financing of terrorism”.
Kazakhstan to harvest over 16 million tons of grain
Kazakhstan expects to harvest around 16.3 million tons of grain (net weight) by the end of the agricultural year.
Virgin Australia expects loss of $98 mln for year
Virgin Australia said Monday it was expecting a full-year loss of Aus$95-$110 million (US$84-98 million).
New York Times sells Boston Globe to baseball team owner
The New York Times Company announced Saturday that it has agreed to sell The Boston Globe newspaper for $70 million cash to the principal owner of the Boston Red Sox baseball team.
US antitrust regulators bid to rein in iTunes
The US Department of Justice on Friday launched a bid to more tightly regulate Apple's wildly lucrative iTunes storefront, after the tech giant lost a price-fixing case.
US stocks see modest gains after busy week
A jam-packed week of economic data and corporate earnings amounted to only modest movement in US equities, as stocks closed out a hectic week of news Friday only somewhat higher.