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Facebook market cap tops $200bn
September 9th, 2014
Facebook’s market capitalisation topped $200bn for the first time on Monday, beating rival Google in the time it took since going public to reach the symbolic figure. As well as outstripping the valuation of much older technology companies including ...
Telefonica trials to take AT&T home security technology overseas
September 9th, 2014
AT&T Inc (T.N) on Monday said Spain’s Telefonica SA (TEF.MC) will license its home security technology for limited trials in Europe as the U.S. carrier hopes it has found a new way to profit from its nascent connected-home business. ...
Australia 200 – Looks for Any Support at 5550
September 9th, 2014
Australia 200 for Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Over the last few days the Australia 200 Index has declined from its multi-year high after running into resistance around 5650. For the last couple of weeks the Australian 200 Index has ...
AMF warns against fraudulent calls
September 8th, 2014
The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF) issued an alert for the public regarding the activities of certain individuals claiming to belong to the Autorité des Marchés Financiers and contacting retail investors by telephone. Certain individuals introducing themselves using a ...
Australian Job Ads at 17 Month High
September 8th, 2014
Australian job advertisements in newspapers and on the Internet rose for a third straight month in August to hit a 17-month high, offering hope that a recent spike in unemployment might prove temporary. A survey by Australia and New ...
Alibaba announces share sale details
September 8th, 2014
China’s biggest e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding says it expects to price its initial public offering (IPO) at between $60 and $66 per a share. It has filed to sell up to $24.3bn (£15bn) stock, which would make it ...
A Chinese E-Commerce Company Is Born and enters competition with Alibaba
August 29th, 2014
Dalian Wanda Group, the Chinese real estate, cinema and retail conglomerate controlled by the billionaire Wang Jianlin, announced on Friday that it would enter the e-commerce industry in an $800 million partnership with Baidu and Tencent, two of China’s ...
Irish Panel to Pick Privacy Regulator With Global Reach
August 29th, 2014
In the coming weeks, an Irish government committee is set to pick the country’s new data privacy regulator, a relatively obscure position but one with global sway. The five-person panel of civil servants and privacy experts will choose a ...
Mega-IPO to rekindle the ‘bromance’ behind Alibaba’s rise
August 28th, 2014
Masayoshi Son’s nose for an investment has turned a $20 million start-up punt on Alibaba into a stake worth maybe $50 billion or more as the Chinese e-commerce giant co-founded and led by Jack Ma heads to what could ...
China antitrust regulator claims Microsoft sales information not transparent
August 26th, 2014
Microsoft Corp’s internet browser and media player are being targeted in a Chinese antitrust probe, raising the prospect of China revisiting the software bundling issue at the heart of past antitrust complaints against the firm in the West. Microsoft ...
