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Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) is set to launch its family-friendly streaming service, Disney+, later this year with a slate of new and classic TV shows and movies, as the company founded on theme parks and big-screen movies builds a digital entertainment business. The ad-free service will include movies and TV series from Disney and will […]
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China has told India not to block its Huawei Technologies [HWT.UL] from doing business in the country, warning there could be consequences for Indian firms operating in China, sources with knowledge of the matter said. India is due to hold trials for installing a next-generation 5G cellular network in the next few months, but has […]
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Walt Disney Co (DIS.N) reported a steeper earnings decline than Wall Street expected on Tuesday as the company poured money into its ambitious plunge into streaming media and began folding in assets purchased from Twenty-First Century Fox. Shares of Disney, which had risen 27% this year and hit an all-time high last week, dropped as […]
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Members of the United Nations on Wednesday signed the Singapore Convention on Mediation, an agreement it hopes will make it easier to settle cross-border commercial disputes and stabilise trade relationships. The U.N. Convention on International Settlement Agreements Resulting from Mediation, its official title, was signed in Singapore by 46 U.N. members, including the United States […]
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Barneys New York Inc filed for bankruptcy protection on Tuesday and put itself up for sale, pushed to the brink by falling revenue and soaring rent at its stores that caused many vendors to effectively stop shipping merchandise to the luxury department store chain. Barneys, which plans to slim down to seven stores after closing […]
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UK trials have begun of an e-cigarette that can be locked to prevent anyone but its owner puffing on it. The Juul C1 e-cigarette pairs with an Android smartphone to limit who can use it as well as to provide a way of monitoring how often the user vapes. Juul said the C1 could only […]
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HTC has stopped offering its phones for sale in the UK while it is involved in an intellectual property dispute. The Taiwanese company’s online store currently lists all of its models as “out of stock” despite the fact they remain available in other nations. HTC has been involved in a long-running dispute with research and […]
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The owner of the 8chan message boards says “a large community of one million people are now looking for a home”, after the site was driven offline. On Monday, cyber-security company Cloudflare withdrew its protection services from 8chan and minutes later the site was unavailable. Critics say 8chan users spread hate speech and celebrated mass […]
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Hyundai has released a version of its Sonata hybrid that has solar panels to help charge its battery. The Korean car maker said up to 60% of the power for the car’s battery could be supplied if the solar roof was used for six hours a day. The panels would provide enough power to propel […]
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The UK’s Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is seeking to use drones to aid emergency rescue operations and carry out surveillance of ships off the south-west coast of England. The agency has invited specialists to bid for a £990,000 contract before a deadline of 19 August. It says unmanned aircraft could help it cut costs […]
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