Sony to name Chugai Pharma's CEO as chairman: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> <SNE.N> plans to appoint Chugai Pharmaceutical Co <4519.T> Chief Executive Osamu Nagayama as chairman, the Nikkei reported.
Nagayama's appointment will be finalized on June 20 at a board meeting to be held immediately after a shareholder...
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Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: Kyodo
(Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been leaked and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
The leaked information does...
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Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs
By Radu Marinas
VASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.
Boanta, 33, is six months into a f...
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Foxconn says needs more time to further cut workers' overtime
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge.
Apple last year commissioned the Fair Labo...
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A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.
After costly...
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Apple's Cook to propose tax changes at congressional hearing: report
(Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's overseas cash holdings and tax bills, the Washington Post reported.
Cook's proposals...
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EBay developers working on possible apps for Google Glass
By Alistair Barr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Developers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology.
...
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Yahoo says Mexico appeals court throws out $2.75 billion ruling
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that a Mexican appellate court had thrown out a $2.75 billion ruling by a lower court against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a contractual dispute with two Mexican firms.
The appellate decision overturned all monetary awards against Yahoo and u...
...Read More »
A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.
After costly...
...Read More »
Bond guru Gundlach of DoubleLine goes prime time
By Sam Forgione and Jennifer Ablan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investor and co-founder of DoubleLine Capital LP, Jeffrey Gundlach fancies himself as more than just a fixed-income guru, making successful predictions on everything from shares in Apple Inc. to Japan's Nikkei stock market in...
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Sony to name Chugai Pharma's CEO as chairman: Nikkei
(Reuters) - Sony Corp <6758.T> <SNE.N> plans to appoint Chugai Pharmaceutical Co <4519.T> Chief Executive Osamu Nagayama as chairman, the Nikkei reported.
Nagayama's appointment will be finalized on June 20 at a board meeting to be held immediately after a shareholder...
...Read More »
Yahoo Japan suspects 22 million user IDs leaked: Kyodo
(Reuters) - Yahoo Japan Corp said on Friday night it suspected that up to 22 million of its user IDs may have been leaked and it detected an unauthorized attempt to access the administrative system of its web portal Yahoo Japan, the Kyodo news agency reported.
The leaked information does...
...Read More »
Penitent Romanian hacker aims to protect world's ATMs
By Radu Marinas
VASLUI, Romania (Reuters) - Valentin Boanta, sitting in his jail cell, proudly explains the device he has invented which, he says, could make the world's ATMs impregnable even to tech-savvy criminals like himself.
Boanta, 33, is six months into a f...
...Read More »
Foxconn says needs more time to further cut workers' overtime
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Foxconn Technology Group said on Friday it needs more time to reduce overtime at its China factories after labor monitors appointed by top client Apple Inc said cutting workers' hours by a July 1 target would be a challenge.
Apple last year commissioned the Fair Labo...
...Read More »
A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.
After costly...
...Read More »
Apple's Cook to propose tax changes at congressional hearing: report
(Reuters) - Apple Inc CEO Tim Cook will propose tax changes that would encourage firms to bring home more of their offshore funds when he faces congressional queries next Tuesday over his company's overseas cash holdings and tax bills, the Washington Post reported.
Cook's proposals...
...Read More »
EBay developers working on possible apps for Google Glass
By Alistair Barr
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Developers at eBay Inc are working on potential applications for Google Inc's Glass project, opening up the possibility that shopping and broader commercial activities might be conducted through the wearable technology.
...
...Read More »
Yahoo says Mexico appeals court throws out $2.75 billion ruling
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Thursday that a Mexican appellate court had thrown out a $2.75 billion ruling by a lower court against Yahoo and Yahoo Mexico in a contractual dispute with two Mexican firms.
The appellate decision overturned all monetary awards against Yahoo and u...
...Read More »
A stretched Samsung chases rival Apple's suppliers
By Miyoung Kim
SEOUL (Reuters) - Overtaking Apple Inc as the world's leading maker of smartphones has stretched Samsung Electronics Co's in-house supply lines, and the South Korean firm is now courting some of its rival's main parts suppliers.
After costly...
...Read More »
Bond guru Gundlach of DoubleLine goes prime time
By Sam Forgione and Jennifer Ablan
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bond investor and co-founder of DoubleLine Capital LP, Jeffrey Gundlach fancies himself as more than just a fixed-income guru, making successful predictions on everything from shares in Apple Inc. to Japan's Nikkei stock market in...
...Read More »
