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By Sarah N. Lynch | WASHINGTON WASHINGTON Shareholder activists are pushing back against a major business trade group’s request that the White House use its influence on the U.S. securities regulator to make it harder to get governance, political or environmental issues onto corporate ballots, according to a letter seen by Reuters on Monday. Company boards and CEOs have increasingly faced requests by investors to include various […]

Perched atop the Delta IV rocket as it blasted off in Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on March 18 was a US Air Force’s Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS-9) satellite. The WGS-9 will be the ninth member of the planned network of 10 military communication satellites in space. “WGS provides anytime, anywhere communications for soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines and international partnership through broadcast, multicast, and point-to-point connections,” Robert Tarleton, […]

Rivlin speaks in Jerusalem at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. (photo credit:AVI HAYUN) In Hanoi and Beijing, they’re talking about Israel’s public broadcasting crisis, or more accurately why the crisis should not be a pretext for holding new elections. Reporters traveling in Vietnam with President Reuven Rivlin and in China with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were more inclined to report on […]

NEW YORK Billionaire philanthropist David Rockefeller, former head of Chase Manhattan Corp and patriarch of one of the most famous and influential American families, died on Monday, a family spokesman said. He was 101. Rockefeller, who reportedly gave away nearly $2 billion in his lifetime, died in his sleep of congestive heart failure at his home in Pocantico Hills, New York, spokesman Fraser Seitel said in a […]

U.S. stocks reversed course to trade slightly higher in late morning trading on Monday, helped by a rise in technology stocks including Apple. Apple (AAPL.O) rose nearly 1 percent, hitting a new record-high of $141.34, lifting the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index to yet another intraday high. The iPhone-maker’s stock could rise another 10 percent in six months, Barron’s wrote in an article posted Saturday. The U.S. stock […]

IBM IBM and Wanda Internet Technology Group have agreed to form a new joint venture to bring IBM Cloud services to China. On Sunday, the two companies announced the plans in Beijing, which includes the formation of Wanda Cloud Company, a JV which will push Wanda into the public cloud business. Based on IBM’s cloud platform, Wanda’s new offerings will focus on Chinese enterprise customers seeking to […]

Kodi, a free open source media player software that gives users access to a massive content library, is steadily growing in popularity. While the app is easy to use on PCs and laptops, users can also install Kodi in a variety of other devices. Here is a tutorial on how to get the software into three TV-focused hardware namely the Amazon Fire TV Stick, the Roku TV, […]

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March 20, 2017 by: Aliya Ram in New Delhi and Simon Mundy in Pune Vodafone, the UK-based mobile phone operator, has struck a deal to merge its Indian operations with local rival Idea Cellular to create one of the world’s largest telecoms groups, with a combined implied enterprise value of more than $23bn. The two companies on Monday confirmed the deal, which is the second merger in the […]

20 March 2017 Doha, Qatar – Al Meera Consumer Goods Company (Q.S.C) held its Annual Ordinary General Assembly on Sunday, 19 March 2017 at the La Cigale Hotel Doha, in the presence of Sheikh Thani Bin Thamer Bin Mohamed Al Thani, Chairman of the Board of Directors, as well as members of the Board of Directors, shareholders and investors. All items on the agenda were discussed, such […]

Silicon Valley startup accelerator and venture capital firm 500 Startups has chosen Melbourne as the location of its Australian headquarters after securing a grant from the Victorian government’s AU$60 million startup fund LaunchVic. The Victorian government said that the new location, 500 Melbourne, will support at least 40 startups over the next two years, providing them access to its global network of businesses, mentors, and venture capitalists. […]

Tim Byrnes is an unlikely symbol of China’s bid to become the world’s high-tech superpower. For a start he is Australian. Yet the 39-year-old quantum physicist’s decision to swap a research post in New York for Shanghai goes some way to explaining the lengths to which Beijing is going in its efforts to upend the world order. “Quantum physics is very strong in China,” says Mr Byrnes. […]

In the months since the election, America’s major newsrooms have been recruiting investigative journalists with the knowledge and skills to dig into government institutions at the federal, state and local levels. The New York Times, BuzzFeed, ProPublica, The Washington Post and CNN have all posted or filled investigative reporting jobs in the days since the election, and announcements of new hires come on a near-weekly basis. “It’s […]

18 March 2017 Dubai, UAE – The UAE’s wise leadership has worked tirelessly to anticipate the future, as a fundamental element of its strategies and plans. The vision of the UAE’s leadership, led by HH Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, President of the UAE; HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai; and HH Sheikh […]

Jumeirah Central, Dubai’s upcoming new urban mixed-use district, is already attracting “significant interest” from international investors, according to a senior executive. The mega project, which has no deadline for completion yet, will make its international debut at MIPIM 2017, the annual gathering of the world’s most influential international property players being held in Paris. Master planned by Dubai Holding, Jumeirah Central is already attracting significant interest from […]

A security researcher has published a way to gain the highest level of a network’s access — without needing a password. Alexander Korznikov said in a blog post that a privileged user, such as a local administrator with system rights and permissions, can use built-in command line tools to hijack the session of another logged-in user who has higher privileges. He said that if that other logged-in […]

DUBAI // The notorious Dubai-Sharjah traffic could soon be eased after a series of new roads serving residential areas along the route was completed. The Roads and Transport Authority finished road works in 16 residential districts of Dubai at a cost of Dh835 million. In April, new internal roads at Al Mamzar and Al Nahda 1 will open, and improvements to streets in Nad Al Sheba 4 […]

The advent of spring heralds many changes such as a rising temperature, the melting of ice, and the blooming of flowers. This transition from winter to the growing season is called the “vernal window” by scientists. According to a new study conducted led by researchers at the University of New Hampshire, there is an early opening of the vernal window and the phase may last longer. This indicates […]

● Areas along the Green Line provide residents with the most affordable one-bedroom options, starting at an average of AED 55,000 a year in Hor El Anz ● Al Barsha and Karama receive a large volume of searches last year, with 49 million and 22 million searches respectively, highlighting demand for properties in close proximity to the popular public transport means 18 March 2017 Dubai – […]

A man was shot dead by security forces after seizing a soldier’s gun at Paris Orly airport on Saturday while in a separate incident a police officer was shot and injured north of the French capital, the French Interior Ministry said.  The incident is being investigated as a terrorist attack ???? #BREAKING – Orly airport incident and northern Paris shooting being investigated as terrorist attacks https://t.co/LZOaUn14uh pic.twitter.com/iS7aME9tpb […]

Revealed: New York airport’s wave of security lapses US and UK intelligence allegedly hacked smart TVs for surveillance purposes Easily hacked IoT devices can turn a university’s network against itself Major US cities are plagued by millions of exposed IoT devices New malware uses browser to destroy European hard drives What you need to know about the Yahoo breach (via PCMag)

During his trip to the Korean Demilitarized Zone Friday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson excluded the pool reporter representing U.S. networks from a meeting, allowing a team from Fox News to be admitted instead. Tillerson was visiting the United Nations Command, Military Armistice Commission meeting room in the DMZ’s Joint Security Area, the so-called “truce village” where negotiations between North Korea and South Korea have historically taken […]

(Image: IBM) IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on Friday announced plans to hire 2,000 more US military veterans over the next four years, as part of the company’s plan to hire 25,000 US workers through 2020. Many of the positions are “new collar jobs” that don’t always require a four-year college degree, IBM said. Rometty’s announcement was made at the White House during a meeting with President Donald […]

DHAKA Bangladesh police shot and killed a suspected militant who tried to enter a security checkpost on a motorcycle armed with explosives on Saturday, the latest in a string of security incidents since a deadly attack on a cafe in July. The latest incident came a day after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a security forces base near the international airport in the South Asian […]

Sprint and U.S. Cellular have also announced the sale of LG G6 on their networks. This move comes close on the heels of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile sharing their offers for the LG G6. What Is Sprint Offering? Like Verizon, Sprint is also ready to accept pre-orders for the LG G6. The latter has also put up a lucrative offer, wherein it is offering a Google Home […]

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