Year: 2015

SYDNEY: Co-CEO of Samsung Electronics Shin Jong Kyun spoke at shareholder meeting that he suggested the plan for Samsung's Smartphone ...

Norway sovereign wealth fund surges 544 million kroner in 2014

OSLO: Norway’s sovereign wealth fund rose 544 billion kroner ($67 billion) last year as it broadened its holdings to capture ...

Abolishing IR35 to hit Exchequer with £550 million anual loss: UK customs

LONDON: Abolishing the IR35 regime would prove far more costly to the public purse than continuing to operate it, HM ...

Toyota recalls more than 112,000 newer model cars due to two separate safety issues

TOKYO: Toyota is recalling more than 112,000 newer model cars due to two separate safety issues. First, the company is ...

ECB’s 1.1tr euro stimulus program likely to give breathing space to Turkish economy

ANKARA: European Central Bank’s (ECB’s) stimulus program of quantitative easing (QE) will offer some breathing space to the Turkish economy, ...

Xiaomi announces to set up local data centre in India to cater to domestic demand

New Delhi: Chinese smartphone vendor Xiaomi will set up its data centre in India by June this year, an investment ...

TSB receives £1.7b takeover approach from Spain’s 5-biggest bank Sabadell

AMSTERDAM: TSB has received a £1.7 billion takeover approach from one of Spain’s biggest banks which could boost its efforts ...

NASA looking to bring smart-glasses to its astronauts

NEW YORK: Smart glasses could soon be standard equipment for NASA astronauts.The Osterhout Design Group (ODG) announced a new agreement ...

Fragile economy, unemployment: SA in top five of world’s most miserable countries

CAPE TOWN: South Africa has come in third on Bloomberg’s misery index, a list of most painful economies in which ...

20,000-year-old fossilized human teeth discovered in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO: People adapted to living in tropical rainforests thousands of years earlier than previously known, according to an analysis of ...

Apple watch effort for innovation

NEW YORK: The watch launch in California was accompanied, in true Apple fashion, by dancing girls, white tigers and zeppelins ...

Adlabs decreases IPO price band to Rs 180-215 per share, issue closure date extended March 17

Mumbai: Adlabs Entertainment decreased its IPO price band to Rs 180-215 per share and extended the issue closure date to ...

Japanese scientists make breakthrough in wireless energy transmission

TOKYO: Japanese scientists have found success with a whole new angle on wireless technology – beaming energy through space. Their ...

SBP may cut rate by 100bps as inflation declines to 3.24pc, USD at Rs101

KARACHI: For the months of March and April, the State Bank of Pakistan will announce its monetary policy statement on ...

BBC makes it Digital: making Grand Theft Auto drama series

LONDON: BBC Corporation has announced a TV drama series based on Grand Theft Auto. The series was announced as part ...

Study uncovered, early ancestors of shrimp were quite large but peaceful creatures

MEXICO: A recently conducted study revealed that early ancestors of today’s shrimp were quite large, but were known to be ...

Netherlands, Germany dairy farmers eye end of EU quota regime

AMSTERDAM: Ireland is not alone in eyeing the end of the EU quota regime as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand milk ...

Euro zone factories’ output dips 0.1% in January

BRUSSELS: Euro zone factories fell slightly in January, but Thursday’s data also showed evidence to support hopes that the bloc’s ...

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