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Fire TV: Amazon’s $99 set top box looks to rival Google and Apple

03/04/2014(0)
Amazon has entered the battle for remote control of the living room with a $99 television set top box that will give instant access to more than 200,000 films ... Read More
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Sheryl Sandberg slashes Facebook holdings

02/04/2014(0)
Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s number two executive, has shed more than half her stake in the social networking company since its initial public offering less than two years ago, according ... Read More
BMW

BMW’s March Push Narrows Mercedes’ U.S. Luxury Sales Lead

02/04/2014(0)
Bayerische Motoren Werke AG’s BMW brand posted its best March sales ever, helping the German luxury-automaker shrink Mercedes-Benz’s 2014 lead. BMW sold 32,107 vehicles last month, an increase of ... Read More
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Dashed Ikea Dreams Show Decades Lost to Bribery in Ukraine

31/03/2014(0)
Almost half of Ukrainians say they desire Ikea products more than any other global brand, yet the largest home-furnishings retailer hasn’t been able to crack the market in a ... Read More
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Amazon Web Services gets Defense security authorization

31/03/2014(0)
Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud services company, has received a security authorization that would allow it to work with all agencies within the Defense Department, the company announced last ... Read More
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Airbus to supply 70 jets to China, worth more than $10bn

27/03/2014(0)
European aviation giant Airbus has signed a deal to supply 70 jets, worth more than $10bn (£6bn), to China’s state-owned purchasing agency. The deal had been on hold because ... Read More
citic

Citic Pacific Said to Plan About $4 Billion Share Sale to Public

27/03/2014(0)
Citic Pacific Ltd. plans to sell about $4 billion of shares to restore its public float after absorbing assets from state-owned parent Citic Group Corp., people with knowledge of ... Read More
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Disney to buy YouTube network Maker Studios for $500 million

26/03/2014(0)
The Walt Disney Co has agreed to buy Maker Studios, one of YouTube’s largest networks, for $500 million, a deal that makes Disney a major online video distributor and ... Read More
apple

Apple eyes partnerships in bid to reinvent TV

24/03/2014(0)
Apple may have grand ideas about how to reinvent television, but for now, rather than attempting an end-run around the industry’s incumbents, it continues to seek partnerships with them. ... Read More
A Next store in Tamworth

Next’s profits set to overtake Marks & Spencer after 12% annual rise

21/03/2014(0)
The decline of Marks & Spencer was again brutally underlined on Thursday when Next reported soaring profits that are almost certain to have beaten its venerable high street rival ... Read More
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