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Business Aug 2, 2018

Siemens shares nosedive on overhaul plan, energy woes

Shares in Siemens plummeted Thursday after falling demand for gas turbines weighed on quarterly earnings, and the German conglomerate announced a major revamp of its industrial units.

Space Exploration Jul 20, 2018

How satellites and other aerial technologies have changed society

Satellites have changed the way we experience the world, by beaming back images from around the globe and letting us explore the planet through online maps and other visuals. Such tools are so familiar today we often take ...

Telecom Jul 5, 2018

India's richest man unveils broadband plan

India's richest man Mukesh Ambani, who turned the country's mobile market upside down by offering free voice calls for life, is zeroing in on a new market—broadband internet.

Business Jun 15, 2018

AT&T closes mega-merger with Time Warner

Wireless and broadband colossus AT&T on Thursday announced the close of its $85 billion merger with media-entertainment conglomerate Time Warner.

Business Jun 13, 2018

AT&T antitrust win may herald a new wave of media mergers

Brace yourself for the likely new era of media megamergers.

Business Jun 12, 2018

Fate of massive AT&T-Time Warner merger in US judge's hands

The fate of the AT&T-Time Warner merger, a massive media deal opposed by the government that could shape how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies, rests in the hands of a federal judge.

Business May 4, 2018

Flipkart board approves $15 bn deal with Walmart: report

Indian e-commerce giant Flipkart has agreed to sell 75 percent of the company to US retail behemoth Walmart for about $15 billion, a report said Friday, in what would be a blow to rival Amazon.

Telecom Apr 20, 2018

Airbus, Bill Gates and others back video imaging satellite venture

Airbus, Bill Gates and Japanese billionaire Masayoshi Son have joined to back a spinoff from Bellevue, Wash.-based Intellectual Ventures that aims to launch a constellation of imaging satellites "that will deliver real-time, ...

Internet Apr 12, 2018

To serve a free society, social media must evolve beyond data mining

As Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal, many people are now realizing the risks data collection poses to civic institutions, public discourse and individual privacy. The U.K.-based ...

Business Mar 13, 2018

China's bike-share app Ofo raises $850 mn to expand overseas

Chinese bike-sharing start-up Ofo announced Tuesday that it has raised around $850 million from investors including e-commerce giant Alibaba, to finance its overseas expansion while it battles rivals in China.

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