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European stocks climb to 3-month high
May 8th, 2018
European stocks closed higher on Monday, boosted by a round of well-received earnings reports and an advance for heavyweight Nestlé after the consumer goods giant announced a deal to sell Starbucks products world-wide. A weaker euro after disappointing German ...
A little-known digital currency surges 70% after teaming up with firms like Microsoft
December 7th, 2017
A digital currency has added more than $3 billion to its market value after the firm behind it said it was teaming up with a number of big tech firms, including Microsoft and Samsung on a “data marketplace.” Called ...
Google and HTC Announce US$1.1 Billion Cooperation Agreement
September 21st, 2017
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) and HTC Corporation (TWSE: 2489) today announced a definitive agreement under which certain HTC employees – many of whom are already working with Google to develop Pixel smartphones – will join Google. HTC will receive ...
Deloitte announces record global revenue of US$38.8 billion
September 15th, 2017
Deloitte Global today reported aggregate member firm revenue of US$38.8 billion for the fiscal year ended 31 May 2017 (FY2017), representing a 7.1 percent revenue increase in local currency terms or a US$2 billion revenue increase and 8.3 percent ...
Visa Enables On the Go Payments With the New Fitbit Ionic
August 30th, 2017
Visa (NYSE:V) announced it is enabling Visa payments on Fitbit’s first smartwatch – Fitbit Ionic™. Eligible cardholders of participating banks will be able to make payments with Fitbit Pay™, Fitbit’s new payment function, when available. With Fitbit Pay, Visa ...
Nokia and Xiaomi sign patent deal
July 6th, 2017
Nokia and Xiaomi sign patent deal and agree to ‘explore’ areas like VR and A.I. Nokia and Xiaomi signed a cross-licensing patent deal on Wednesday focused around the data center. Both companies will “explore opportunities” in areas such as ...
The Largest Producer of Memory Chips in the World Invests Billions to Produce More of Them
July 4th, 2017
Samsung Electronics Begins Mass Production at New Semiconductor Plant in Pyeongtaek, South Korea Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that its new semiconductor fabrication line in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, has begun mass production and ...
McLaren Applied Technologies & Deloitte team up to build data-driven products
May 16th, 2017
Two firms form new partnership to develop products that solve complex industry challenges and improve clients’ business performance Partnership expected to deliver over £1bn in annual client benefits by 2022 Around 150 new jobs to be created in first ...
Bose Headphones accused in lawsuit of spying on listeners
April 20th, 2017
A new class-action lawsuit claims high-end headphone company Bose has been tracking and distributing customers’ data without telling them. According to the complaint, filed late Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Chicago, the headphone company’s Bose Connect app ...
BBVA became member of the open-source blockchain community Hyperledger
March 28th, 2017
BBVA became an official member of Hyperledger today. Hyperledger is an open-source collaborative effort to advance the use of blockchain in different economic and corporate sectors. Hosted by The Linux Foundation, this international initiative unites a large group of ...
