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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South Korean BlackBerry bid not seen raising Canadian concerns
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A possible bid for BlackBerry Ltd by South Korea’s Samsung Electronics Co Ltd would be unlikely to raise Canadian government security concerns, sources familiar with Ottawa’s thinking said on Wednesday.
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.
Canada PM’s office won’t comment on reported Samsung bid for BlackBerry
OTTAWA (Reuters) – A spokesman for Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday declined to comment on a Reuters report that said Samsung Electronics Co Ltd had approached BlackBerry about a buyout.
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.