Facebook Inc. agreed to buy messaging company WhatsApp for $19 billion in cash and stock, a blockbuster transaction that dwarfs the already sky-high prices that other startups have been able to recently ...
Falling domestic and export demand hit Germany's key mechanical engineering sector in December, and 2013 as a whole was a difficult year for the sector, the VDMA industry federation said on Tuesday.
The ...
Foreign direct investment (FDI) into China increased 16.1 percent in January, the government said Tuesday, with cash infusions from Asian economies and the United States showing ...
Big Data, mobile, sensors, social media are already in use, but security and privacy are issues.
Smart cities aren’t a science fiction, far-off-in-the-future concept. They’re here today, with ...
Wearables Market Heating Up, With More Than 17M Bands Forecast To Ship This Year, Says Canalys
The wearables device market is still in its infancy but it’s growing fast — with more than ...
The German government has proposed a new fee that will affect companies generating their own electrictiy. Critics say the fees will drive companies away from renewables altogether.
Trucks rumble in ...
The Irish construction sector maintained its recent run of improvement at the start of 2014 as further new business growth led to another strong rise in activity.
Firms increased their employment at ...
Malaysia’s industrial production index (IPI) in December rose at a slower-than-expected 4.8% on-year, which was below expectations of 5.3%.
The Statistics Department said on Monday the increase ...
Economists will be looking for Federal Reserve chairman Janet Yellen to explain worrying trends in the labour market when she testifies before the House Financial Services Committee on Tuesday in ...
Microsoft named company veteran Satya Nadella as its next CEO, ending a longer-than-expected search for a new leader after Steve Ballmer announced his intention to retire in August.
Nadella is only ...