7 years ago074Two Afghan girls refused visas to the United States for a robot-building competition said on Tuesday they were mystified by the decision, as the contest's organizers said teams from Iran and Sudan as well as a de facto Syrian team had gained visas.
The unusual story of the Afghan all-girl team of robotics students emerged as the...
7 years ago044Facebook Inc (FB.O) is challenging a gag order from a U.S. court that is preventing the company from talking about three government search warrants that it said pose a threat to freedom of speech, according to court documents.
Facebook said it wants to notify three users about the search warrants seeking their communications and...
7 years ago071Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) said on Sunday it will start selling a refurbished version of the recalled Galaxy Note 7 smartphone in South Korea on July 7, using batteries different from those that caused some handsets to catch fire last year.
Samsung said in a statement it will offer 400,000 phones, dubbed the Galaxy Note 7...
7 years ago063Facebook Inc said on Friday it was changing the computer algorithm behind its News Feed to limit the reach of people known to frequently blast out links to clickbait stories, sensationalist websites and misinformation.
The move is another step by the world's largest social network to weed out spam, a battle Facebook has fought for...
7 years ago077Sprint Corp used confidential information from its alliance with RadioShack Corp to open competing mobile phone stores, dooming the comeback by the electronics retailer and destroying jobs, according to a lawsuit filed on Wednesday by RadioShack creditors.
RadioShack emerged from bankruptcy in 2015 with a deal to co-brand about 1,400...
7 years ago071The 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 ago073Wipro Ltd (WIPR.NS), India's third-largest software services exporter, said on Wednesday that more than half its workforce in the United States consists of locals after it hired more than 1,600 people in the last six months.
The statement comes as U.S. President Donald Trump has asked federal agencies to review a visa program that...
7 years ago083Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) may be on the verge of becoming Bank of America Corp's (BAC.N) largest shareholder, after the bank raised its dividend in the wake of a positive assessment of its ability to handle market stresses.
Bank of America on Wednesday boosted its annual dividend 60 percent to 48 cents per share...
7 years ago074JPMorgan Chase & Co is shifting control of heating, air-conditioning and lighting in 4,500 of its branches to an operations center hosted in the internet cloud.
Sol Gindi, chief administrative officer for JPMorgan's consumer bank, said the company is making the change so that bank branch managers and loan officers can do their...
7 years ago084EU antitrust regulators are likely to impose a record fine on Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google over its shopping service as soon as Tuesday, two people familiar with the matter said on Monday, concluding one of three cases against the company.
The European Commission's case was triggered by scores of complaints from both U.S. and...
7 years ago081Apple Inc is leasing a small fleet of cars from rental company Hertz Global Holdings Inc to test self-driving technology, Bloomberg reported on Monday.
Hertz shares were up 13.5 percent at $10.82, while shares of Apple were slightly down.
Apple is renting Lexus RX450h sport-utility vehicles from Hertz's Donlen fleet-management...
7 years ago073Tech 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 ago064Facebook (FB.O) said it would not disclose information about political campaign advertising or related data such as how many users click on ads and if advertising messages are consistent across demographics, despite arguments from political scientists who want the data for research.
Details such as the frequency of ads, how much money...