WASHINGTON (Reuters) – China has put a hold on a draft counter-terrorism law that would require technology firms to hand over sensitive information to government officials, a senior U.S. official said in a good sign for Western businesses who saw the rule as a major impediment to working in the world’s second largest economy.
A man types on a computer keyboard in Warsaw in this February 28, 2013 illustration file picture.
(Reuters) – Intel Corp (INTC.O ) slashed nearly $1 billion from its first-quarter revenue forecast as small businesses put off upgrading their personal computers, sending the chipmaker’s shares down more than 5 percent.
Visitors look at tablets at the Intel booth during the 2014 Computex exhibition at the TWTC Nangang exhibition hall in Taipei June 3, 2014.
A Qualcomm sign is pictured in front of one of its many buildings in San Diego, California November 5, 2014.