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Yahoo boosts share buyback plan by $2 billion Yahoo told US regulators that it will spend another $2 billion buying back shares as the pioneering US Internet search firm continues an effort to re-invent itself.

27 March 2015 12:37

Apple in talks with major networks over TV service: report Apple is in talks with US television networks to offer around 25 channels across any iOS device as soon as September, The Wall Street Journal reported.

17 March 2015 15:14

Twitter buys livestream app maker Periscope Twitter said it had purchased the maker of the video streaming app Periscope, amid what seems to be surging interest in live video sharing.

14 March 2015 12:53

AirAsia 'not giving up' but hunt for bodies drawing to close AirAsia boss Tony Fernandes said he was not giving up on finding more bodies from one of the airline's jets that crashed in the Java Sea.

12 March 2015 11:48

We do not pay foreigners for nothing: Samruk Kazyna CEO CEO of Samruk Kazyna National Wealth Fund Umirzak Shukeyev has spoken about the wages of the foreigners employed at the Fund.

10 March 2015 20:53

Asian firms challenge Apple with snazzy new smartphones Several big Asian phone companies launched new high-end smartphones and other wireless gizmos, hoping to challenge US giant Apple in a big year for wireless gadgets.

02 March 2015 12:41

Google hits back at rivals with futuristic HQ plan Google unveiled plans for a new campus headquarters integrating wildlife and sweeping waterways, aiming to make a big statement in Silicon Valley.

28 February 2015 14:30

Mexico's Pemex oil firm posts $17.7 billion loss Mexico's state-owned energy firm Pemex posted a $17.7 billion loss for 2014, hit by falling crude prices, fuel thefts by gangs and the peso's drop against the dollar.

28 February 2015 11:34

Mystery Apple event planned for March 9, likely on Watch Apple sent invitations for a mystery event due to take place March 9, amid speculation about an imminent launch of its much anticipated Apple Watch.

27 February 2015 13:41

Samruk-Kazyna limits forex transactions of its subsidiaries Kazakh National Wealth Fund Samruk-Kazyna has ordered its subsidiaries to avoid making unnecessary foreign currency transactions to reduce pressure on the tenge exchange rate in Kazakhstan.

25 February 2015 19:57

Sony Pictures names new head of movie group Sony Pictures Entertainment named Tom Rothman as new chairman of its motion picture group, a major move after a massive cyberattack devastated the entertainment giant.

25 February 2015 14:07

Google Wallet partners up to battle Apple Pay Google said it was teaming up with the mobile phone payment firm Softcard to ramp up its efforts to counter Apple Pay in the emerging sector.

24 February 2015 14:01

Suit says Apple 'poached' electric battery maker staff Apple has been sued by developers of an advanced automotive car battery for allegedly poaching key employees.

20 February 2015 15:23

Russian court upholds sentence of Kremlin critic Navalny A Russia court upheld a suspended three-and-a-half year prison sentence against top Kremlin critic Alexi Navalny.

18 February 2015 12:59

Britain's Tesco picks new chairman Troubled British supermarket giant Tesco named John Allan as chairman, ending a four-month search after Richard Broadbent resigned amid an accounting scandal.

18 February 2015 12:41

Nazarbayev urges state companies to support tenge President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has urged Kazakhstan's state companies to sell dollars and buy the tenge.

13 February 2015 01:41

Microsoft buys smartphone calendar app Sunrise Microsoft announced that it has acquired hit mobile calendar application Sunrise in a deal reported to be valued about $100 million.

12 February 2015 12:58

Apple becomes first company worth over $700 bn Apple became the first company to reach a market value of $700 billion.

11 February 2015 13:37

Samsung and Microsoft end patent dispute Samsung and Microsoft said they had ended a patent dispute that had seen the US software giant sue the South Korean conglomerate for breaching a 2011 licensing contract.

10 February 2015 14:36

Can Brazil president survive growing Petrobras scandal? Mounting allegations that her party received hundreds of millions of dollars in a kickbacks scandal engulfing oil giant Petrobras have sent Brazilian President's poll ratings tumbling.

10 February 2015 13:47

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