BEIJING – Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba Group Holding Ltd unveiled its first direct-to-consumer online shop in the United States on Wednesday, looking to take on Amazon.com...
SHANGHAI — Smartphones as cheap as $25 powered by Mozilla Corp.’s software will be available in India and Indonesia later this year, a senior company executive...
BEIJING – Alibaba Group Holding Ltd will fully acquire mobile browser firm UCWeb in the biggest merger in Chinese internet history, upping the stakes in its...
DUBLIN – The European Commission will launch a formal investigation on Wednesday into Apple Inc’s tax arrangements in Ireland, Irish state broadcaster RTE reported, without naming...
NEW YORK – Analog Devices Inc. maker of semiconductors used in wireless-phone systems, will acquire Chip-maker Hittite Microwave Corp. for about $2 billion to gain chips...
LONDON – Cyber crime costs the global economy about $445 billion every year, with the damage to business from the theft of intellectual property exceeding the...
SAN FRANCISCO – Uber Inc has raised $1.2 billion in funding from mutual funds and investors, valuing the fast-growing rides-on-demand startup at $18.2 billion, the company...
BRUSSELS – Companies based outside the European Union must meet Europe’s data protection rules, ministers agreed on Friday, although governments remain divided over how to enforce...
SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter Inc said Wednesday it will acquire mobile advertising startup Namo Media, a technology firm specializing in “native advertising” for mobile devices. Terms...
BEIJING – In a speedy deal hatched over a few drinks, China’s biggest e-commerce company Alibaba is buying half of the country’s most successful soccer club...
