Rock documentary on The Band to kick off Toronto Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival opens on a decidedly Canadian note on Thursday with a documentary about influential rockers The Band kicking off 10 days...
Mobile marketing firm AppLovin invests in game studios
AppLovin Corp, the U.S. mobile marketing firm backed by private equity firm KKR & Co Inc, said on Thursday it has invested in several gaming...
Mubadala expected to invest in Vision Fund 2 in fourth quarter: sources
Abu Dhabi state fund Mubadala Investment Company is expected to invest in Japanese group SoftBank’s Vision Fund 2 in the fourth quarter of 2019, which...
Ukraine prisoner swap ‘nearly complete’: Putin
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that talks with Ukraine on an exchange of prisoners were being finalized and that the swap could involve...
Sony appeals to film lovers with slimline Xperia 5 smartphone
Sony launched the Xperia 5, a slimline version of its flagship smartphone, at the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin on Thursday as it seeks...
WeWork seeks $20 billion-$30 billion in IPO valuation: Streetinsider citing Bloomberg
WeWork owner The We Company is seeking a valuation of between $20 billion and $30 billion in its planned initial public offering, Streetinsider.com reported on...
Taliban suicide bomber kills at least 10 civilians, two foreign force members in Kabul
A Taliban suicide blast in the center of Kabul killed at least 10 people and wounded more than 40 on Thursday, destroying cars and shops...
Italy’s fashion industry expects growth to stall in 2019 then rebound
Italy’s fashion industry expects its revenues to stall this year, with growth of just 0.1%, a far cry from the average 3% annual growth rate...
Facebook’s Libra falls into ‘big gap’ in EU rules: regulator
Facebook’s proposed Libra cryptocurrency falls into a “big gap” in European Union financial regulation at a time when the bloc’s ability to tackle money laundering...
‘Everything is gone:’ Bahamians struggle in Dorian’s devastating wake
Stunned residents of the Bahamas surveyed the wreckage of their homes and officials struggled to assess the number killed by Hurricane Dorian, as the storm...
