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Taiwan’s Foxconn Says Toshiba Deal ‘not Over’

The head of Taiwan's tech giant Foxconn said Thursday its pursuit of Toshiba "is not yet over", a day after the...

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Swedes End Japan Challenge At America’s Cup

Sweden's Team Artemis eliminated SoftBank Team Japan from the America's Cup Challenger series on Friday to set up a...

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Blow For Ainslie At America’s Cup Yacht Race As Kiwis Take Lead

Ben Ainslie's America's Cup hopes suffered a devastating bodyblow on Monday after his badly damaged Land Rover BAR boat...

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Lack of Wind Delays America’s Cup Challenger Semi-Finals

Light winds postponed the scheduled start of the America's Cup challenger semi-finals on Sunday, but the one-day delay...

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Oracle Team USA Beat Kiwis In Key America’s Cup Qualifier

Holders Oracle Team USA defeated Emirates Team New Zealand on Saturday to win the round-robin phase of qualifying for...

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No Wind, No Racing In America’s Cup Qualifiers

Light winds postponed Wednesday's four scheduled races in the second round-robin phase of America's Cup qualifying on...

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35th America’s Cup Off To Dramatic Start

Oracle Team USA rallied to edge Emirates Team New Zealand Saturday as the 35th America's Cup got underway with two wins...

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SoftBank-Saudi High-Tech Vision Fund Raises $93bn

Japanese mobile carrier SoftBank said, with Saudi partners, it has raised nearly $100 billion in pledges to launch a...

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UK Virtual Reality Firm Improbable Raises $500m

A London-based virtual reality firm has raised $500m (£388m) in one of the biggest investments in an early stage...

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Apple Starting US Tech Manufacturing Fund With $1 Bn

Apple chief Tim Cook announced Apple is creating a fund to get more people in the US to do "advanced manufacturing,"...

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Apple Eyes Backing Hon Hai Bid For Toshiba Chip Unit

Tech giant Apple is considering backing Hon Hai's multi-billion dollar bid for Toshiba's lucrative memory chip...

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India’s Flipkart Raises $1.4 Bn From Microsoft, EBay, Tencent

A record funding round worth $1.4 billion has shored up India's top e-commerce company Flipkart in its fight against...

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India’s Flipkart Raises $1.4 Bn From Microsoft, EBay, Tencent

India's top e-commerce company Flipkart announced Monday it had raised $1.4 billion in a record funding round that...

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Deutsche Telekom CEO Says Keen On U.S. Mobile Consolidation

Deutsche Telekom is keen for its T-Mobile US subsidiary to take part in a consolidation of the U. S. mobile market and...

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Donald Trump’s Congress Speech

PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP'S ADDRESS TO A JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS Remarks as prepared for delivery TO THE CONGRESS OF...

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OneWeb, Intelsat Merge To Advance Satellite Internet

Satellite telecom firms OneWeb and Intelsat announced plans Tuesday to merge, and a fresh $1.7 billion investment from...

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Japan Punches Time Clock Early For ‘Premium Friday’

Japan's Prime Minister will spend Friday afternoon meditating while staff at some of the country's biggest firms are...

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Robots and Drones Take Over Classrooms

Classrooms are noticeably more hi-tech these days – interactive boards, laptops and online learning plans...

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Hammond Admits ‘Brexit Fog’ Impact On Investment

Chancellor Philip Hammond has acknowledged that Brexit uncertainty may cause firms to delay investment. Speaking at...