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China's Baidu reports slower profit growth (Update)

Baidu Inc., which operates China's most popular search engine, reported slower profit growth in its latest quarter Friday as costs rose sharply and competition for its new mobile service intensified.

Blackberry Curve tops iPhone in first quarter: NPD

Research in Motion's Blackberry Curve moved past Apple's iPhone to become the top-selling smartphone in the United States in the first quarter of the year, research firm NPD Group reported Monday.

Verizon 1st-qtr profit, revenue beat expectations

(AP) -- Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday its earnings grew 5 percent in the first quarter, boosted by its acquisition of Alltel Corp. and strong demand for its wireless, Internet and TV services.

Venture-cap investments rise in 1Q

(AP) -- Funding to U.S. startups climbed during the first three months of the year, with venture capitalists putting more money into fewer companies, according to a study scheduled to be released Friday. Despite the decline ...

PC shipments slide in 1Q, HP tops Dell in US (Update)

(AP) -- Global shipments of personal computers fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year, but the decline was smaller than expected and research group IDC on Wednesday said the industry could turn around by ...

Taiwan's HTC says first quarter profit down 70%

Taiwan's top smartphone maker HTC said Friday net profit in the first three months of the year plummeted 70 percent, to the lowest since 2006, owing to falling demand.

How the 'Kimchi premium' on crypto affects overseas remittances

The "Kimchi premium" is a term used to refer to the gap between the price of bitcoins in South Korean versus Western exchanges. This difference, which was first observed in 2016, is caused due to the high demand for a limited ...

Apple extends gains in surging tablet market: survey

Apple extended its dominance in the sizzling tablet computer market in the second quarter of 2012, with the iPad grabbing 68 percent of global sales, a survey showed Thursday.

Tablet sales surge as consumers shun PCs

Global sales of tablet computers surged by 142.4 percent in the first quarter of 2013 as more and more consumers chose small-screen devices over PCs, research figures showed.

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