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Apple delivers record profit, seeks to allay iPhone X fears
AFP, Published on 02/02/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple on Thursday said its earnings in the final three months of last year set new records, with sales of its flagship iPhone X topping its expectations.
Zara, H&M shore up defences as internet threatens
AFP, Published on 18/03/2018
» CORUNNA, Spain: Logistics investments, new technology... Faced with fierce online competition from the likes of Amazon, affordable fashion giants Zara and H&M are shoring up their defences, trying to use their stores to boost internet sales.
Sony buys EMI Music Publishing in $1.9bn deal
AFP, Published on 22/05/2018
» TOKYO - Japanese entertainment giant Sony on Tuesday announced a US$1.9-billion deal to acquire EMI Music Publishing, one of the world's largest music publishing companies with rights to songs by the likes of Queen and Pharrell Williams.
Facebook boss to apologise to European Parliament
AFP, Published on 22/05/2018
» Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg will say sorry to the European Parliament on Tuesday, pledging that the social media giant has learned hard lessons from a massive breach of users' personal data.
Jury tells Samsung to pay big for copying iPhone design
AFP, Published on 25/05/2018
» SAN JOSE: - A federal court jury on Thursday ordered Samsung to pay Apple $533 million for copying iPhone design features in a patent case dating back seven years.
Australian media giants Fairfax and Nine to merge
AFP, Published on 26/07/2018
» SYDNEY: Publisher Fairfax Media and Nine Entertainment on Thursday announced plans to merge, creating an integrated Australian media giant across television, online video streaming, print, and digital.
Samsung Electronics profit dips as phone sales fall
AFP, Published on 31/07/2018
» SEOUL: Samsung Electronics said Tuesday its second-quarter net profit dipped slightly from a year earlier, with a fall in smartphone sales mitigated by strong demand for its memory chips.
Apple Q2 profits leap, near $1 trillion value
AFP, Published on 01/08/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Apple said Tuesday that its profit had jumped more than 30% to $11.5 billion in the recently ended quarter, besting market expectations despite selling fewer iPhones than analysts projected.
Google developing censor-friendly search engine for China
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» BEIJING: Google is crafting a search engine that would meet China's draconian censorship rules, a company employee told AFP on Thursday, in a move decried by human rights activists.
Apple becomes 1st private company worth $1 trillion
AFP, Published on 02/08/2018
» NEW YORK: Apple became the first private-sector company to surpass US$1 trillion in market value Thursday following its latest surge after reporting strong quarterly earnings.