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Revenue of China’s top 100 property developers drops 40 percent in July

DuetoasalespeakinJuneandthegovernment’stighteningpolicies,ChineserealestatedeveloperssawasignificantrevenuedropinJulybuttheindustrystillexpectstohitanewsalesrec

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Apple shares up as iPhone 8 appears on track

Appleappearstohavesoothedinvestorconcernsoverthereleaseofits10thanniversaryiPhonerangewhilereportingaleapinsmartphonesales.Theworld'smost-valuablelistedcompany'

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Facebook posts $3.89bn quarterly profit, up 71% from last year

Facebookhasdeliveredamuchhigher-than-expectedquarterlyprofit,drivenbyasharpincreaseinsalesofmobilevideoads,sendingitssharestoanall-timehigh.Totalrevenuerose44.8

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Alphabet rakes in a $26 billion quarter, but the stock is sliding

Google'sparentcompanyAlphabetbeatexpectationsforitssecond-quarterearningsonthetopandbottomlines,butinvestorswhohavebidupthestocknearly30%thisyearwantedmoreandth

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Facebook expands ad testing on Messenger globally

Facebookwillbetestingadvertisingonitsinstantmessagingapplication,Messenger,globallyastheworld'slargestsocialmediacompanylookstofurthermonetizeitspopularchatserv

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Australia's cricket pay dispute set to miss deadline

CricketAustraliaandthecountry'splayerslookedsettomissadeadlinetoresolveapaydisputeonFriday,potentiallyleavingplayersunemployedandthreateningfixturesincludingthi

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Time Inc, Barclays to launch Fortune 500 stock indices

TimeIncsaidMondayitwouldlicenseitsFortunebrandforstockindexesbasedontheFortune500inanewpartnershipwithBarclaysPLCinanefforttodiversifyTime'srevenueintothegrowin

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China's fiscal revenue growth slows in May

China's fiscal revenue registered slower growth in May, climbing 3.7 percent year on year to 1.61 trillion yuan (236.95 billion U.S. dollars), the Ministry of Finance (MOF) said Monday.

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Twitter numbers paint grim profitability picture

Twitter Inc's desultory earnings report on Thursday show a company with no evident path to profitability, as core costs climb more quickly than revenue while user growth stagnates.

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Disney CEO Iger says he is open to extending his term

Chief Executive Bob Iger said on Tuesday he is open to extending his term as the head of Walt Disney Co (DIS.N), offering investors a sign of potential stability at the media company as it reported a dip in quarterly advertising at ESPN.

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Instagram adds advertising to Instagram Stories

Facebook Inc's Instagram is bringing more than 30 advertisers into one of its fastest-growing features, Instagram Stories, in a bid to boost advertising revenue, the company said on Wednesday.

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Macao's gaming revenue rises for fifth straight month

​ The revenue of Macao's gaming industry registered a rise of 8 percent to 19.82 billion patacas (about 2.48 billion U.S. dollars) in December 2016, the special administrative region's gaming watchdog said Wednesday.

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Google parent Alphabet profit surges on mobile, video ads

Google parent Alphabet Inc bested analysts' estimates for third-quarter profit and revenue on Thursday as the search company showed it has honed its core business for the mobile era and is closing in on the next wave of computing.

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BlackBerry avoids smartphone risk with outsource move: CEO

BlackBerry Ltd's decision to outsource the development of its smartphones helps it avoid the risks of a competitive market and focus on its more lucrative businesses of software and managing rival devices, its chief executive said on Wednesday.

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IBM revenue beats estimates as shift to cloud pays off

​International Business Machines Corp's quarterly revenue beat analysts' expectations as the company's shift to high-growth areas such as cloud-based services begins to yield results.

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Is Snapchat preparing for an I.P.O.?

The launch of the social-media platform’s advertising A.P.I. might be about more than just revenue.

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Tencent warns of challenges to ad business, despite strong results

Growth in advertising revenue slowed from the fourth quarter amid China’s economic slowdown