Chinese taxi app gains $600 million investment from Softbank, Alibaba: source
A man holding an umbrella walks past the logo of Softbank Corp at its branch in Tokyo April 22, 2014.
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Exclusive: Samsung talks to BlackBerry about $7.5 billion buyout – source
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics recently offered to buy BlackBerry Ltd (BBRY.O ) (BB.TO ) for as much as $7.5 billion, seeking its valuable patents as it battles Apple (AAPL.O ) in the corporate market, according to a person familiar with the matter and documents seen by Reuters.
BlackBerry options activity surges on Samsung approach report
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Options activity in BlackBerry Ltd jumped after a Reuters report that Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had approached the Canadian company about a possible takeover deal.
Google partners with auto suppliers on self-driving car
DETROIT (Reuters) – Internet search company Google Inc has begun discussions with most of the world’s top automakers and has assembled a team of traditional and nontraditional suppliers to speed efforts to bring self-driving cars to market by 2020, a Google executive said on Wednesday.
In cyberattacks such as Sony strike, Obama turns to ‘name and shame’
U.S. President Barack Obama answers a question about the cyberattack on Sony Pictures after his end of the year press conference in the briefing room of the White House in Washington December 19, 2014.
U.S. states ask JPMorgan Chase for security data as they probe hack
A sign outside the headquarters of JP Morgan Chase & Co in New York, September 19, 2013. JPMorgan Chase & Co will pay $920 million in penalties in two countries to settle some of its potential liabilities from its ”London Whale” derivatives trading losses last year, according to terms made public by regulators on Thursday.