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CES 2017: China vows to innovate not imitate

China's disregard for intellectual property, and a turn-a-blind-eye culture when it comes to blatant counterfeiting, is notorious - the butt of many jokes.

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Wall St stays bullish on Alibaba

Wall Street remains bullish about China's internet giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd amid a spate of stock selling by its principal stakeholders in the past six months.

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Toshiba shares lose quarter of value after loss warning

Toshiba shares dived more than 25 percent Thursday, their third straight double-digit plunge, following the company's warning of a possible one-time loss of several billion dollars over its US nuclear business.

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Twitter CTO Adam Messinger to leave in latest executive exodus

Twitter Inc's Chief Technology Officer Adam Messinger said in a tweet on Tuesday he would be leaving the company, the latest in a string of high-profile executive departures.

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Companies support family-friendly business trips

What should parents do with their children when they go on business trips? An increasing number of companies are allowing their employees to take their young family members with them.

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Stolen Yahoo e-mail database reportedly on sale; three buyers pay almost S$433,000 each

Some time around August 2013, hackers penetrated the e-mail system of Yahoo, one of the world's largest and oldest providers of free e-mail services. The attackers quietly scooped up the records of more than one billion users, including names, birth dates, phone numbers and passwords that were encrypted with an easily broken form of security.

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Yahoo says one billion accounts exposed in newly discovered security breach

Yahoo Inc warned on Wednesday that it had uncovered yet another massive cyber attack, saying data from more than 1 billion user accounts was compromised in August 2013, making it the largest breach in history.

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Amazon opens line-free grocery store in challenge to supermarkets

Amazon.com Inc said on Monday it has opened a brick-and-mortar grocery store in Seattle without lines or checkout counters, kicking off new competition with supermarket chains.

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Dad flooded with criticism after journals about daughter's leukemia go viral

A child named Luo Yixiao has become a buzzword on WeChat, as tens of thousands of users repost her father's heart-wrenching missives. The father's journals, which contain a call for help in curing his daughter's leukemia, have already raised 2 million RMB, including 500,000 RMB of promised "aid" from a company for the father.

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Samsung Electronics reviews holding company structure

​Samsung Electronics Co. said Tuesday it has been reviewing the "possibility" of creating a holding company structure to improve the company's corporate structure and enhance its transparency.

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St Petersburg Ballet coming to The Venetian in Macau

Dancer Irina Kolesnikova is behind the success of the St Petersburg Ballet, which will display its magic at performances of Swan Lake in Macau

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Twitter says COO Adam Bain to leave, Noto to take his place

Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that Chief Operating Officer Adam Bain, widely credited with building a robust advertising business at the company even as it struggled with user growth, is leaving to explore other opportunities.

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Samsung seeks redemption with artificial intelligence-infused

Samsung Electronics Co. plans to equip its next Galaxy S smartphones with a Siri-like digital assistant, seeking to make a comeback after the global debacle that precipitated the death of its flawed Note 7 lineup.

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Company delays paying salaries until after Singles' Day shopping holiday

A catering company in Chongqing recently announced plans to delay paying its employees' salaries until next month, in an effort to curb the potential excesses of shopaholics on Alibaba’s Nov. 11 online shopping festival.

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Dongle dilemma provokes Apple price cut

A tweet posted shortly after Apple’s recent Macbook launch event underlined the absurdity: Apple now sells 17 different types of dongle.

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China expects a fair environment for investment

China on Friday responded to a decision by the German government to review a planned Chinese acquisition of lighting manufacturer Osram's Ledvance unit.

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Amazon forecast for holiday season disappoints as investment rises

Amazon.com Inc on Thursday said high spending on warehouses and video production would drag on profits in the holiday quarter, disappointing investors who are weary of roller coaster results from the e-commerce giant and sending its shares down 6 percent.