Prudential to buy Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion to widen customer base
U.S. insurer Prudential Financial Inc has agreed to acquire online insurance startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion, as it looks to tap into a...
Apple places $7 billion in return to bond market
Apple Inc said on Thursday it had sold $7 billion of bonds at yields ranging up to 103 basis points over the equivalent U.S. Treasury...
China’s Weibo takes down Instagram-like app after logo plagiarism spat
Chinese microblogging website Weibo Corp has taken down an Instagram-like app just three days after its launch and apologised following accusations of plagiarism about the...
Prudential to buy online startup Assurance IQ for $2.35 billion: WSJ
Prudential Financial Inc has agreed to acquire online startup Assurance IQ Inc for $2.35 billion, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing executives of...
Sinochem unit discussing blockchain platform with Shell, Macquarie: sources
Sinochem Energy Technology Co Ltd, a subsidiary of state oil and chemicals firm Sinochem Group, is in talks with Royal Dutch Shell and Macquarie Group...
Orange stops broadcasting Altice’s TV channels via its boxes
Orange, France’s biggest telecoms operator, stopped broadcasting free of charge TV channels controlled by rival Altice Europe in France on Thursday morning as a dispute...
Yahoo experiences outage across its services, several users impacted
Yahoo said it suffered an outage on Thursday across its services, including Yahoo Mail....
China’s Weibo takes down Instagram-like app after logo plagiarism controversy
Chinese microblogging website Weibo Corp has taken down an Instagram-like app just three days after its launch and apologized following accusations of plagiarism about the...
Deutsche Telekom 5G network goes live in 5 German cities
Deutsche Telekom said on Thursday its 5G mobile network had gone live in five German cities, timing the launch for maximum impact on the opening...
Samsung to launch Galaxy Fold in South Korea on September 6 priced $2,000
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Thursday said its first foldable smartphone, the Galaxy Fold, will be available in South Korea from Sept. 6 with fifth-generation...