Category: Business

Category Archives: Business

02Mar/15

Gates back on top of billionaires list, Jordan joins

March 2, 2015FinanceAliko Dangote, Amancio Ortega, BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY INC., Bill Gates, Billionaire, Billionaires, Black billionaires, Bobby Murphy, Business/Finance, Businesspeople, Carlos Slim, Carlos Slim Helu, China, Christy Walton, Economy, Evan Spiegel, FACEBOOK INC., Forbes, Forbes list of billionaires, France, Germany, India, Inditex SA, L'Oreal SA, Larry Ellison, Liliane Bettencourt, Mark Zuckerberg, Mexican people, Mexico, Michael Jordan, Microsoft Corp, Nationality, Nike Inc., Oracle Corp, Philanthropists, Russia, Snapchat, The World's Billionaires, United States, USD, Wal-Mart Stores Inc, Warren Buffett, Wealthsmbale

Bill Gates tops Forbes rich list with $79.2 billion and basketball great Michael Jordan joins billionaires club.
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02Mar/15

The tech challenges facing automakers

March 2, 2015TransportCar body styles, Cars, China, Daimler, FIAT CHRYSLER, Hatchbacks, Jakob Neusser, JEREMY STRETCH, Mid-size cars, Peugeot, Renault, Sedans, Station wagons, Touring cars, United States, Volkswagen, Volkswagen Groupsmbale

(BVO) – The Volkswagen Passat is Europe’s new car of the year.

Unveiled at the Geneva International Motor Show, the award is the Oscars for the world’s automakers.
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26Feb/15

Tougher Internet rules hit US cable, telecom companies

February 26, 2015LegalAjit Pai, Barack Obama, Broadband, Comcast Corp, Federal Communications Commission, Federal government of the United States, Government, Internet service provider, Net neutrality, Net neutrality in the United States, Net neutrality law, NETFLIX INC., Telecommunications, Tom Wheeler, United States, Washington D.C.smbale

U.S. regulators impose the toughest rules yet on Internet service providers, aiming to ensure fair treatment of all web traffic through their networks.
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23Feb/15

Satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo unveils new front page

February 23, 2015MediaAngela Merkel, Atheism in France, Charlie Hebdo, Charlie Hebdo issue No., Charlie Hebdo shooting, Criticism of religion, France, Germany, Hebdo, Islamic terrorism in France, Je suis Charlie, Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy, Luz, Magazines, Mass media, Mohammed, Paris, Pope, Publishing, Renald Luzier, Suis Charlie, Twittersmbale

“Here we go again!” reads the new Charlie Hebdo cover by attack survivor Luz, as 2.5 million copies are about to hit Paris news stands on Wednesday.

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23Feb/15

Burberry goes live online

February 23, 2015BusinessBritish culture, Burberry, BURBERRY Deutschland GmbH, Business/Finance, Cara Delevigne, Cara Delevingne, Caroline Rush, CEO, Christopher Bailey, Culture, Eddie Redmayne, English people, Fashion, Greece, Jourdan Dunn, Jourdan Dunne, LGBT people, London, London Fashion Week, Mintel, Paloma Faith, Sam Smith, Twitter, United Kingdom, Yanis Varoufakissmbale

(Reuters Business Report) – Britain’s Burberry brings London Fashion Week even closer to home.

For the first time its catwalk show has been broadcast live to the world via the internet.
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23Feb/15

How many times can HSBC say sorry?

February 23, 2015Financebank, Banking in Switzerland, Banks, BGC Partners, BGC PARTNERS MENKUL DEGERLER ANONIM SIRKETI, Business/Finance, Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange, Douglas Flint, Finance, Financial economics, financial services, HSBC, HSBC HOLDINGS PLC, Investment, Investment banks, Ivor Bennett, Mike Ingram, Primary dealers, Private banking, Switzerlandsmbale

(BVO) – Can it get any worse for HSBC? On this evidence probably not.

Europe’s biggest bank reporting a 17 percent drop in annual profit as a tax evasion scandal at its private banking business in Switzerland continues to deepen.
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23Feb/15

Property tax fears fuel UK rental rise

February 23, 2015EconomyAnthony Payne, Business, Equity sharing, GBP, head, head of Super Prime lettings, Land law, London, Louise Brooks, Property tax, Real estate, Real property law, Savills, SAVILLS PLC, Tax, United Kingdomsmbale

(Reuters Business Report) – A smart family home in the heart of London.

It would cost several million pounds to buy.

But this one’s not for sale.

It’s one of a select number of multi-million pound homes up for rent.
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23Feb/15

Struggling Zimbabweans place their bets on chance

February 23, 2015EconomyBetting in poker, Countries, Entertainment, Gambling, Gaming, Geography of Africa, Harare, Horse racing, John Robertson, Peter Barr, Roulette, Sports betting, Wagering, Zimbabwesmbale

With the Zimbabwe economy in a continued spiral and the unemployment rate at above 80 percent a new craze of making money has emerged with betting and punting taking centre stage. Hundreds if not thousands of mostly males of various age groups are now taking to betting on sports especially football and horse racing in the fight to make a living.
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16Feb/15

Lance Armstrong Loses $10 Million Lawsuit

February 16, 2015LegalAmerican Tour de France stage winners, Arbitral tribunal, Arbitration, Bob Hamman, Cycle racing, Dallas, disgraced cyclist, Doping at the Tour de France, Doping in sport, France, Frankie Andreu, Jeffery Tillotson, Lance Armstrong, Lance Armstrong doping case, Road bicycle racing, SCA PROMOTIONS INC, Sports, Thibault de Montbrial, THOMSON REUTERS GROUP LIMITED, Tim Herman, Tour de France, United States, USDsmbale

Lance Armstrong ordered to pay $10M over “unparalleled pageant of international perjury, fraud & conspiracy”
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16Feb/15

LG Electronics takes fight with Samsung over washer damage to YouTube

February 16, 2015LegalBerlin, Chaebol, Companies, Conglomerate companies, Electronic engineering, Electronics, Executive, Exynos, Germany, Home appliances, Industries, Jo Seong, Jo Seong-jin, LG Corp, LG Corporation, LG Electronics, LG ELECTRONICS INC., Publicly traded companies, Samsung, Samsung Electronics, SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO .LTD, South Korea, Technology, Technology/Internet, Videotelephony, Washing machinesmbale

Footage from surveillance cameras show South Korea’s LG Electronics executive Jo Seong-jin , who has been indicted on a charge of damaging washing machines of Samsung Electronics, touring a Samsung exhibit at a shop in Berlin.
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