Technology
Amazon hit by first strike in Germany
FRANKFURT (AFP) - German employees of Amazon staged their first-ever walkouts on Tuesday as the US Internet retail giant was hit by a dispute over pay.
May 14, 2013, 9:59 pm
Nokia unveils new metal-body Lumia smartphone
By Brenda Goh and Ritsuko Ando
May 14, 2013, 9:25 pm
LONDON/HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia unveiled a lighter, metal model in its Lumia smartphone range, as it tries to catch the eye of buyers to close the huge ...
Nokia's market share slumps in first quarter - Gartner
LONDON (Reuters) - Nokia, battling to keep up with Samsung and Apple in the global phone race, lost almost 5 percentage points of market share in the first quarter, research company Gartner said on Tu...
May 14, 2013, 8:31 pm
Hedge fund billionaire Loeb says Sony reminds him of Yahoo
By Chikafumi Hodo and Tim Kelly
May 14, 2013, 7:58 pm
TOKYO (Reuters) - Billionaire hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb says Sony Corp reminds him of Yahoo Inc before he waged a bitter proxy fight that triggered ...
Sony says entertainment businesses not for sale
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp, responding to a shareholder's call for it to spin off its entertainment operations, said its entertainment businesses were important to its growth strategy and "are not fo...
May 14, 2013, 7:47 pm-
CVC ends $1.5 billion pursuit of Betfair
By Anjuli Davies and Keith Weir
May 14, 2013, 6:34 pm
LONDON (Reuters) - Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners has ended a 1 billion pound ($1.5 billion) attempt to buy online betting exchange Betfair aft... 
Amazon workers in Germany strike for pay, benefits
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Several hundred warehouse workers at global internet retailer Amazon.com's German operations went on strike on Tuesday in a dispute over pay and benefits.
May 14, 2013, 5:33 pm
Amazon e...
Amazon workers in Germany set to strike for pay, benefits
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German labor union Verdi called on workers at Amazon.com to stage a strike in the country on Tuesday to put pressure on the global internet retailer to improve pay and benefits. ...
May 14, 2013, 5:32 pm-
2degrees continues the 'Fight for Fair'
2degrees today launched Prepay Plus, the only Prepay plan in New Zealand that allows customers to keep their unused minutes for up to a year with new Carryover Value Packs. 2degrees is one of the first mobile companies in the world to offer Carryover Minutes using a Prepay technology platform.
May 14, 2013, 1:51 pm -
Updated Budget 2013 app goes interactive
The Government will launch an update of its Budget app for smartphones and tablets on Thursday with interactive features that allow users to see how much tax they pay and how their tax dollars are spent, Finance Minister Bill English says.
May 14, 2013, 1:08 pm 
PayPal co-founder Thiel invests in London start-up TransferWise
LONDON (Reuters) - London-based start-up TransferWise, a peer-to-peer international money transfer business, has secured an investment from Valar Ventures, the venture fund set up by PayPal co-founder...
May 14, 2013, 12:03 pm-
Head of hacker-powered stock scam sent to prison
SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) - A US man was sent to prison on Monday for orchestrating a hacker-powered scam to pump up stock prices and then dump inflated shares, raking in millions of dollars.
May 14, 2013, 10:26 am 
Documents in case against Internet activist Swartz to be released
BOSTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday ordered the release of previously sealed documents in the criminal hacking case against deceased Internet activist Aaron Swartz.
May 14, 2013, 9:54 am
Swartz committ...
Sharp to tap Samsung, banks for survival after $5.4 billion loss
By Reiji Murai and Tim Kelly
May 14, 2013, 9:05 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese display maker Sharp Corp, a supplier to Apple Inc, will aim to boost sales to the iPhone maker's rival Samsung Electronics Co und...
Verizon Wireless to pay $7b dividend
By Sinead Carew
May 14, 2013, 9:00 am
(Reuters) - Verizon Wireless, the biggest U.S. mobile service provider, said on Monday it would pay its parents Verizon Communications and Vodafone Group Plc a dividend ...
FBI says more cooperation with banks key to probe of cyber attacks
By Joseph Menn
May 14, 2013, 7:32 am
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The FBI last month gave temporary security clearances to scores of U.S. bank executives to brief them on the investigation into the cyber attacks t...
Amazon buys Liquavista from Samsung, launches digital currency
By Alistair Barr
May 14, 2013, 7:28 am
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it had acquired Liquavista NV from Samsung Electronics Co to help the world's largest Internet retailer develop ...
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