7 years ago092(Reuters) - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc and John Malone's Liberty Media Corp are exploring an investment of between $10 billion and $20 billion in U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Corp, people familiar with the matter said.
Masayoshi Son, the chief executive of Japan's SoftBank Group Corp, which controls Sprint, met Buffett and...
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TFS is pleased to announce the appointments of Mr. Ryan Shortreed, Mr. Martin Filippides and Mr. Young Shon, three global executive positions in Finance, Human Resources and Technology. The executive trio will be joining the Global Management Team and will report to Mr. Daniel Spasic, Chief Executive Officer at...
7 years ago078German firms have lost millions of euros to organized crime in a scam dubbed "CEO Fraud" that uses faked memos from top executives to entice accounting personnel to transfer funds, Germany's federal cyber agency said on Monday.
The BSI agency said officials investigating the new scam had secured a list of 5,000 potential targets, and...
7 years ago077Germany's BSI federal cyber agency said on Friday that the threat posed to German firms by recent cyber attacks launched via a Ukrainian auditing software was greater than expected, and some German firms had seen production halted for over a week.
Analyses by computer experts showed that waves of attacks had been launched via software...
7 years ago058China's latest maneuver in a sweeping crackdown on internet content has sent a chill through a diverse community of filmmakers, bloggers, media and educators who fear their sites could be shut down as Beijing tightens control. Over the last month, Chinese regulators have closed celebrity gossip websites, restricted what video people can...
7 years ago077The dollar extended its losses on Friday as major central banks signalled that the era of cheap money was coming to an end in a boon to sterling, the euro and the Canadian dollar, while Asian shares were hit by dismal performances of European and U.S. markets.
European markets were set to open a little lower, with financial...
7 years ago078Tech giant IBM is building a blockchain-based platform for seven big European banks, including HSBC and Deutsche Bank, that is aimed at simplifying trade finance transactions for small- and medium-sized companies.
Trade finance was identified by a survey of banks carried out by IBM and the Economist Intelligence Unit last year as one...
7 years ago092Telecom network equipment maker Nokia has completed lay-off talks in its home country Finland and will as a result cut 170 jobs, the company said on Friday.
Announcing the talks in May, the company said it was preparing to cut up to 200 jobs from network operations and support functions.
Nokia, which currently has 6,100 employees...