[ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – The chief executive of Japan’s largest bank expects new business opportunities to appear as digital currencies allow collection of data on how people use their money. While Japan’s big banks have…

[ad_1] ZUG, Switzerland/NEW YORK (Reuters) – Just three months ago, a tech project called Tezos raised $232 million online in a wildly successful “initial coin offering,” in which new digital currency is parceled out to…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Twitter Inc plans to toughen its rules on online sexual harassment and impose stronger penalties for misconduct, according to an email it sent to a group of safety advocates, academics and researchers…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – IBM shares surged 5 percent on Wednesday after the world’s first big computing company beat expectations on third-quarter revenue and gave an outlook that hinted it was back on a growth track…

[ad_1] SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc began offering electronics from third-party sellers to Brazilian shoppers on Wednesday, expanding beyond books in the fiercely competitive e-commerce market in Latin America’s largest economy. The long-awaited move…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Magic Leap, a well-funded and secretive startup, said on Tuesday it has raised $502 million in a new capital funding round led by Temasek Holdings [TEM.UL], an investment firm owned by the…

[ad_1] CHICAGO (Reuters) – U.S. online retail sales will surpass $1 trillion by 2027 compared with $445 billion this year, according to a forecast by business advisory firm FTI Consulting Inc, as more Americans move…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Netflix Inc added more subscribers than expected around the world in the third quarter and projected growth in line with Wall Street forecasts, saying it had a head start on rivals as…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Two of the best-known names in the smartphone hardware business are squaring off in court over new technology that allows phones to connect to devices like cameras without wires or metal connectors.…

[ad_1] HONG KONG (Reuters) – Kazakhstan’s largest telecom operator may be the first of three big state-run companies to list abroad in 2018, an executive at the Kazakh sovereign wealth fund said on Monday, as…

[ad_1] SAO PAULO (Reuters) – A group of bondholders that are Oi SA’s (OIBR4.SA) largest creditors demanded on Sunday that the company’s top executives meet them as soon as possible to renegotiate a debt plan.…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Luxury electric vehicle maker Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) fired about 400 employees this week, including associates, team leaders and supervisors, a former employee told Reuters on Friday. The dismissals were a result of…

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Uber [UBER.UL] lodged a court appeal on Friday to overturn a decision by London’s transport regulator that stripped the taxi app of its operating license in its most important European market,…

[ad_1] TORONTO (Reuters) – A key attorney executing BlackBerry Ltd’s patent licensing strategy has left the company, the second recent departure from the team tasked with making money from the Canadian company’s intellectual property. Victor…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. investors including Digital Currency Group have taken part in a pre-sale of basecoin, a crypto-currency to be created by three Princeton University computer science graduates, Intangible Labs CEO and…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – Student online lender Social Finance Inc said on Friday that it is withdrawing its application for a bank license in the wake of the departure of a number of senior…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) confirmed an earlier report that the chipmaker had filed lawsuits in China, seeking to halt the manufacture and sale of Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhones in the country. Qualcomm filed…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Representatives of Facebook, Twitter and Google have been asked to appear on Nov. 1 at hearings on alleged Russian interference in U.S. politics called by the U.S. Senate and House Intelligence…

[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its CEO and Vice Chairman Kwon Oh-hyun plans to step down from management, deepening concerns over a leadership vacuum at the tech giant after…

[ad_1] SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co Ltd said on Friday its third-quarter operating profit likely nearly tripled from a year earlier to a new record, beating analyst estimates, as strong memory chip prices fattened…

[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – AT&T Inc’s (T.N) third-quarter video losses sent pay-TV industry shares down on Thursday after Wall Street analysts raised concerns about the continued threat of consumers cancelling their cable and satellite…

[ad_1] SAN FRANCISCO(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Waymo sought at least $1 billion in damages and a public apology from Uber Technologies Inc as conditions for settling its high-profile trade secret lawsuit against the ride-services company,…

[ad_1] BRASILIA/RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) – Brazilian phone carrier Oi SA on Wednesday submitted a plan to cut its 65.4 billion-real ($21 billion) debt burden to a commercial court. The plan was approved by the…

[ad_1] SHANGHAI/BEIJING (Reuters) – German luxury automaker BMW is looking to form a joint venture with Great Wall Motor in China, which could focus on electric vehicles, according to two sources familiar with the matter…

[ad_1] BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s top e-commerce firm, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd [BABA.N], is launching a $15 billion drive to build overseas research hubs as the deep-pocketed firm looks to compete with global leaders in…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Tuesday sharply criticized technology companies that have built strongly encrypted products, suggesting Silicon Valley is more willing to comply with foreign government demands for…

[ad_1] WASHINGTON(Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Trump administration for its views on whether to hear Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) bid to avoid a class-action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of inflating…

[ad_1] LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp Chairman Howard Schultz on Tuesday will debut the second season of the coffee chain’s inspirational video series “Upstanders” on Amazon Prime, and the outspoken executive said he would…

[ad_1] (Reuters) – Ethical hackers will team up with U.S. governors, academics and others to help prevent election results from being hacked, according to a person familiar with the plan. The coalition’s members include organizers…

[ad_1] BRUSSELS (Reuters) – U.S. smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm has offered concessions in an attempt to allay EU antitrust concerns over its $38-billion bid for NXP Semiconductors, the largest ever in the semiconductor industry. Qualcomm, which…