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Angry Birds maker Rovio plans initial public share offering

RovioEntertainment,theFinnishmakerof"AngryBirds"andotherpopularmobilegames,saysitplansaninitialpublicofferingandalistingofitssharesontheHelsinkistockexchange.Ch

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South Korean court rejects Qualcomm's request to suspend antitrust order

QualcommInc'srequesttosuspendanorderbythecountry'santitrustagencytotakecorrectiveactiononthewayitlicensespatentswasrejectedbyaSouthKoreancourtonMonday.InDecembe

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Alphabet finishes reorganization with new XXVI company

AlphabetInc.isforminganewholdingcompanydesignedtofinalizeitsevolutionfromGoogle,thewebsearchgiant,intoacorporateparentwithdistinctarmsthatprotectsindividualbusi

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Uber hires former Facebook exec and Firefox founder Blake Ross

UberhashiredFirefoxco-founderBlakeRosstoworkwiththemonproductstrategy.BlakeRossRosswillbeworkingwiththeridesharingcompanypart-timefromLosAngeles.Heannouncediton

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Explosions hit flood-swamped Arkema chemical plant in Texas

Twoexplosionshittheflood-swampedArkemaSAchemicalplant25milesnortheastofHoustonearlyonThursday,andasheriff'sdeputywastakentoahospitalafterinhalingfumes,theFrench

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New Uber CEO promises change, sees IPO in 18-36 months

FreshlyhiredUberchiefDaraKhosrowshahimetwithemployeesonWednesday,promisingtofightforthecompanyandhintingastockmarketdebutisinitsfuture.KhosrowshahiworeanUbert-s

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New Uber chief sees IPO in its future: report

FreshlyhiredUberchiefDaraKhosrowshahimetwithemployeesonWednesday,promisingtofightforthecompanyandhintingastockmarketdebutisinitsfuture.KhosrowshahiworeanUbert-s

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U.S. probes Uber for possible bribery law violations

UberTechnologiesInc[UBER.UL]saidonTuesdayitwascooperatingwithapreliminaryinvestigationledbytheU.S.DepartmentofJusticeintopossibleviolationsofbriberylaws.Theprel

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Bunch wants to be ‘Google Analytics for company culture’

Bunch,anewly-launchedstartupoperatingoutofBerlin,isaimingtobesomethingakintoa“GoogleAnalyticsforcompanyculture”.ItoffersaSaaStoletcompaniesandcompanyteamsquanti

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New chief challenged to steady the wheel at Uber

UberappearedonMondaytohavefoundanewhandtosteadythewheelatthesmartphone-summonedrideservice,whichhasskiddedfromonecontroversytoanother.Uberhasyettoconfirmreports

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Infosys chairman says to focus on CEO search, new board and strategy

InfosysLtd’snewchairmansaidhewouldfocusonfindingachiefexecutive,reconstitutingtheboardandfuturestrategy,seekingtocalminvestorsrattledbytherecentshockexitofthefi

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Social Capital to help startups go public without an IPO

SiliconValleyventurefirmSocialCapitalplanstohelpstartupsgopublicwithoutthedreadedIPOprocess.Andit’ssomethingdifferentthanwhatSpotifyisdoing.SocialCapitaliscreat

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Madcap monikers! Odd company names to be banned in China

"BeijingAfraidofWifeTechnology"and"WhatYouLookingatTechnology"arejusttwoexamplesofthekindofcompanynamethatwillsoonbeathingofthepast.Afterlaunchingacampaigntoeli

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Fujitsu to sell mobile phone operations: Nikkei

FujitsuLtd(6702.T)islookingtooffloaditsmobileoperationsastheJapaneseinformationtechnologycompanyfacesstiffcompetitionfrombiggerrivalsinahighlylucrativemobilepho

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India's Infosys approves up to $2 billion buyback of shares

India'ssecond-biggestITfirmInfosys(INFY.NS)saidonSaturdayitwillbuybacksharesworthupto130billionrupees($2billion),adayafterVishalSikkaresignedaschiefexecutiveaft

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What major tech companies are doing to fight hate groups

MajortechcompaniessuchasGoogle,FacebookandPayPalarebanishingagrowingcadreofextremistgroupsandindividualsinthewakeofthedeadlyclashatawhite-nationalistrallylastwe

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Facebook test adds news stories customized to users' interests

Facebook’sNewsFeedistestingafeaturebyprovidingcustomizedlinkstonewsontopicsofinteresttoindividualusers,asthecompanycontinuestosearchforwaystoincreasetheamountof