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Uber Canada urged the Canadian government to retain a tax advantage available to ride-services companies
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: Uber Canada on Thursday urged the Canadian government to retain a tax advantage available to ride-services companies, a day after the country’s Liberal administration proposed removing the measure. The new national budget unveiled on... -
Micron Technology forecast current-quarter revenue as prices for memory chips climb amid tight supplies
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: Micron Technology Inc forecast current-quarter revenue and profit far ahead of analysts’ estimates as prices for memory chips climb amid tight supplies and demand surges for storage chips used in smartphones. Shares of the... -
Twitter may collect subscription fees from some users for the first time
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: Twitter Inc is considering whether to build a premium version of its popular Tweetdeck interface aimed at professionals, the company said on Thursday, raising the possibility that it could collect subscription fees from some... -
Amazon.com wins more than $1.5 billion tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: Amazon.com Inc on Thursday won a more than $1.5 billion tax dispute with the Internal Revenue Service over transactions involving a Luxembourg unit more than a decade ago. Judge Albert Lauber of the U.S.... -
Brazil’s meatpacking industry could wipe more than 10 percent off its global market share
Mar 24, 2017News Hour: A police investigation into alleged unsanitary and corrupt practices has badly damaged the reputation of Brazil’s meatpacking industry and could wipe more than 10 percent off its global market share, Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi... -
Tata Consultancy Services to step up local hiring in the United States
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: India’s top software services exporter Tata Consultancy Services will step up local hiring in the United States and has no plans to cut investments there as it continues to expect robust growth from its... -
Shares of Snap Inc jumped 9 percent after Snapchat received a second analyst buy rating
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: Shares of Snap Inc jumped 9 percent on Wednesday after the owner of messaging app Snapchat received a second analyst “buy” rating following a red-hot public listing this month and with Wall Street skeptical... -
Mobileye to stimulate investment in the late-stage startups of Israel
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: Intel’s $15.3 billion acquisition of Mobileye has catapulted Israeli hi-tech into the global league, and is likely to stimulate investment in the sector’s other late-stage startups, where funds are most needed. Fundraising in late-stage... -
Chery Automobile files a complaint with the China’s trademark regulator over Mercedes-Benz’s use of the EQ name
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: Chinese automaker Chery Automobile Co Ltd has filed a complaint with the country’s trademark regulator over Mercedes-Benz’s use of the “EQ” name for a line of green-energy vehicles, throwing up a potential road block... -
Fujitsu Ltd and Lenovo Group to postpone plans to integrate personal computer
Mar 23, 2017News Hour: Japan’s Fujitsu Ltd and China’s Lenovo Group Ltd will postpone plans to integrate their personal computer operations until next month or later, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported on Thursday on its website. The companies...
