EU clinches copyright overhaul deal, tech giants in focus
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Union is set to rewrite its two-decades-old copyright rules which will force Alphabet Inc’s Google…
National Enquirer owner defends reporting on Amazon’s Bezos
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The owner of U.S. tabloid newspaper the National Enquirer pushed back on Friday against accusations of…
Disney profit beats, driven by theme parks, ABC network
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co’s reported quarterly earnings on Tuesday that topped Wall Street estimates thanks to the company’s booming…
Irish data watchdog investigates Twitter over privacy rules breach
FILE PHOTO: The Twitter logo in New York City, U.S., September 28, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo DUBLIN (Reuters) – Twitter’s…
EU tax on big digital companies could be struck by March: French minister
FILE PHOTO – French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire leaves following the weekly cabinet meeting at the Elysee Palace in…
Netflix shares fall as weak forecast dampens investor optimism
(Reuters) – Shares of Netflix Inc fell nearly 5 percent on Friday, as investors looked past its record subscriber numbers…
U.S. substance abuse helpline largely unknown
(Reuters Health) – The U.S. government’s toll-free substance abuse helpline, which provides free referral services to those looking for treatment,…
Chinese gay dating app halts registration after underage HIV report
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese gay dating app Blued is halting new user registration for a week, it said on Sunday,…
Exclusive: Netflix poaches CFO from Activision Blizzard – source
The Netflix logo is shown in this illustration photograph in Encinitas, California October 14, 2014. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo (Reuters) –…
Britain’s HMV faces the music as retailer calls in administrators
(Reuters) – Music retailer HMV said on Friday it was calling in the administrators, blaming a worsening market for entertainment…
Brain implants might one day help paralyzed patients use tablets
(Reuters Health) – – Paralyzed people might one day be able to operate smartphones and tablets just by thinking about…
Disney tops profit targets as fans flock to parks, movies
(Reuters) – Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) reported a quarterly profit that topped Wall Street estimates on Thursday, driven by summer…
Alphabet misses Wall Street revenue estimates; shares fall
(Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) on Thursday missed analysts’ quarterly revenue estimates for the first time in at…
Netflix adds to growing debt pile with $2 billion bond issue
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc (NFLX.O) announced on Monday it will tap debt markets for a second time this year, aiming…
Ford picks BBDO as lead creative agency in blow to Britain’s WPP
(Reuters) – Ford (F.N) has chosen Omnicom’s (OMC.N) BBDO as its lead creative advertising agency in a symbolic blow to…
Walmart partners with MGM to boost video-on-demand service Vudu
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Walmart Inc (WMT.N) said on Monday it would partner with U.S. movie studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer…
Lloyds Banking Group to merge £13 billion wealth arm with Schroders: Sky News
(Reuters) – Britain’s Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY.L) is to merge its 13 billion pounds ($17.06 billion) wealth management arm into…
Vivendi reaffirms support for TIM CEO, decries ‘rumor campaign’
PARIS/MILAN (Reuters) – Top shareholder Vivendi (VIV.PA) reaffirmed its support for Telecom Italia’s (TIM) (TLIT.MI) Chief Executive Amos Genish, while…
Amazon’s Bezos says Trump should be ‘glad’ of media scrutiny
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc (AMZN.O) Chief Executive Jeff Bezos said on Thursday the company would announce a decision on…
Unilever single holding company shares to start trading in December
LONDON (Reuters) – Consumer goods giant Unilever (ULVR.L) (UNc.AS) said simplifying its parent company structure from two UK and Dutch…
May wraps ‘suicide vest’ around UK over Brexit, says Johnson
LONDON (Reuters) – Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal wraps “a suicide vest around the British constitution” and hands the…
Department of Justice looks into social media firms over free speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Justice Department said on Wednesday it has convened a meeting with state attorneys general to discuss…
Steinhoff’s former CEO says not aware of accounting irregularities at company
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) – Steinhoff’s former chief executive, Markus Jooste, told a parliamentary inquiry investigating an accounting scandal at the…
Facebook, Twitter face U.S. Congress over foreign bids to tilt politics
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Top executives from Facebook Inc (FB.O) and Twitter Inc (TWTR.N) will defend their companies in the U.S.…
In India, Google races to parry the rise of Facebook
SAN FRANCISCO/MUMBAI (Reuters) – Google retains only a slight lead over Facebook in the competition for digital ad dollars in…
Activist Elliott argues Sky is worth over $34 billion, UK regulator says
LONDON (Reuters) – Activist hedge fund Elliott believes Walt Disney’s (DIS.N) deal to buy assets from Twenty-First Century Fox (FOXA.O)…
UK auditors, watchdog to discuss curbs on Big Four market share
LONDON (Reuters) – Britain’s top accountants will meet with competition regulators next week to discuss limiting the “Big Four” auditors’…
Tribune Media files suit, terminates Sinclair merger deal
(Reuters) – Tribune Media Co (TRCO.N) said on Thursday it had terminated a $3.9 billion deal to be acquired by…
Viacom shares gain as ‘Mission Impossible’ powers Paramount
(Reuters) – Viacom Inc’s (VIAB.O) quarterly profit beat analysts’ estimates and the media company forecast a strong current quarter, boosted…
Baidu ready to beat Google if U.S. firm returns to China: CEO
BEIJING (Reuters) – Baidu Inc (BIDU.O) is prepared to win against Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google in China, its chief executive…
U.S. argues judge failed to take its arguments into account in AT&T trial
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. government said on Monday the judge in the trial to stop AT&T Inc’s (T.N) purchase…
Bayer hits back at new Netflix medical device documentary
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bayer AG disputed accusations in a new Netflix documentary that claims medical device makers and the…
CBS probes misconduct claims against CEO Moonves amid legal battle
(Reuters) – U.S. broadcasting and media company CBS Corp (CBS.N) said on Friday it was investigating allegations of personal misconduct…
Netflix shares tank after big miss on subscriber growth
(Reuters) – Netflix Inc’s subscriber growth fell short of Wall Street expectations on Monday, sending shares of the normally high-flying…
AT&T CEO confident Time Warner deal on solid ground
(Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department has only a remote chance of overturning AT&T Inc’s takeover of Time Warner, Chief…
Sky shares leap as Comcast and Fox lock horns in bid battle
LONDON (Reuters) – Sky (SKYB.L) shares leapt to an 18-year high on Thursday as investors bet a transatlantic battle for…
TECH parenting style could help kids manage their media use
(Reuters Health) – The TECH parenting style, an acronym for Talk, Educate, Co-view and House Rules, could help families manage…
Fox spirits and demons: China’s tech giants splash out in cartoon arms race
HANGZHOU, China (Reuters) – Growing up in the Chinese port city of Dalian in the 1990s, Zhang Hongchang spent hours…
AT&T wins court approval to buy Time Warner over Trump opposition
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – AT&T Inc won court approval on Tuesday to buy Time Warner Inc for $85 billion, rebuffing an…
Microsoft launches program for women returning to work
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp is stepping up its hiring of women seeking to rejoin the workforce, following a…
Experts outline ethics issues with use of genealogy DNA to solve crimes
(Reuters Health) – With recent revelations that U.S. law enforcement can – and already has – dipped into consumer genealogy…
China vows to protect its interests from ‘reckless’ U.S. trade threats
BEIJING (Reuters) – China lashed out on Wednesday at renewed threats from the White House on trade, warning that it…
T-Mobile says ex-Trump campaign manager advising on Sprint merger
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – T-Mobile US (TMUS.O) said it is getting advice on its proposed $26 billion merger with Sprint Corp…
Audi CEO says diesel crisis not over and vows to stay on: report
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – Audi Chief Executive Rupert Stadler said the diesel emissions affair was not over and promised to stay…
New privacy law forces some U.S. media offline in Europe
LONDON (Reuters) – Major U.S.-media outlets including the LA Times and Chicago Tribune were forced to shutter their websites in…
China relieved, U.S. business ambivalent over easing of trade tensions
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s government on Monday praised a significant cooling of trade tensions with the United States, saying agreement…
China relieved U.S. trade war is ‘on hold’; U.S. business ambivalent
BEIJING (Reuters) – China on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States, with the…
China praises positive steps in U.S. trade row, says didn’t give in
BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese state media on Monday praised a significant dialing back of trade tension with the United States,…
Apple pays Ireland first tranche of disputed taxes
DUBLIN (Reuters) – Apple has paid 1.5 billion euros ($1.18 billion) into an escrow account set up by the Irish…
CBS votes to end Redstone control, needs court approval
(Reuters) – CBS Corp’s (CBS.N) board on Thursday approved a special dividend that would cut controlling shareholder Shari Redstone’s stake…
Exclusive: RBS lawyers ask ex-staffer to destroy documents, DOJ informed
LONDON (Reuters) – Lawyers for Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) asked an ex-employee to destroy confidential documents, according to a…
Netflix’s next act: feeding the service with its own movies
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – As Hollywood studios unleash their summer blockbusters into theaters, Netflix Inc is trying to give film…
CBS sues controlling Redstone family in bid for independence
(Reuters) – CBS Corp filed a lawsuit on Monday to reduce the voting power of controlling shareholder National Amusements Inc,…
CBS sues controlling shareholder Redstone to stop Viacom merger plan
(Reuters) – CBS Corp on Monday filed a lawsuit to stop controlling shareholder Shari Redstone continuing with her plan to…
CBS sues Redstones firm over Viacom merger
(Reuters) – CBS Corp (CBS.N) on Monday asked a court to block controlling shareholder Shari Redstone from interfering at a…
Vodafone challenges Deutsche Telekom with $21.8 billion Liberty deal
LONDON (Reuters) – Vodafone (VOD.L) has agreed to pay $21.8 billion to buy Liberty Global’s (LBTYA.O) assets in Germany and…
Britain’s Sainsbury’s and Asda agree 13.3-billion-pound merger
LONDON (Reuters) – Sainsbury’s (SBRY.L) and Asda, the UK arm of Walmart (WMT.N), confirmed on Monday they had agreed a…
Outrage breaks out after Whole Foods partners with Yellow Fever eatery
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Amazon.com’s Whole Foods Market sparked social media outrage after its newest store in its 365 grocery…
Facebook fuels broad privacy debate by tracking non-users
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Concern about Facebook Inc’s (FB.O) respect for data privacy is widening to include the information it…