Africa’s Richest Woman Isabel Dos Santos Withdraws Bid For Portugal Telecom
Africa’s richest woman Isabel dos Santos has reportedly withdrawn her $1.5 billion takeover bid for Portugal Telecom SGPS SA, after the Portuguese Securities Market...
Black Friday sees record-breaking online shopping
Although there was no shortage of in-store mayhem this Black Friday, shoppers are increasingly opting to take advantage of the major discounts online—and on...
South African Billionaire Christoffel Wiese Makes History With Pepkor Deal
STEINHOFF International advanced more than 6% on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange on Tuesday — touching levels last seen in early July as shareholders cheered...
Amazon to launch travel service in January 2015
Amazon will attempt to break into the travel category in January 2015, starting with offering booking for independent hotels and resorts, according to a...
ISIS wants to mint its own jihadi coins
The Islamic State (ISIS) is planning to mint its own currency. The well-funded militant group released mockup designs for bronze, silver and gold coins...
Apple Mac now has the highest PC market share in Q3...
Apple’s Mac marketshare hit record highs during the third calendar quarter of 2014, according to research firm IDC. Official numbers from the firm’s quarterly...
Google’s New Bookmarking Service, Has Gone Live
Google Stars, the long-rumored bookmarking service from Google, has now publicly launched, but with little fanfare. That Google was working to update its bookmarking...
Apple CEO Tim Cook officially comes out as gay
Apple CEO Tim Cook has come out as gay for the first time, declaring his sexual orientation is one of the 'greatest gifts God...
Victoria Beckham listed as Most Successful British Entrepreneur
Victoria Beckham was yesterday named Britain’s most successful entrepreneur.
The 40-year-old fashion designer top a list of the country’s 100 business people, beating Sir James...
Zuckerberg Speaks Chinese, Internet Soils Itself
Mark Zuckerberg may only own one hoodie, as far as we can tell, but he is multilingual. The Facebook founder was interviewed at business...
Facebook Is a Bigger Source for Political News Than CNN, Fox
Facebook is the second-biggest source where Americans with Internet access get their political news, trailing only local TV, according to a Pew Research study.
The...
U.S. Government Says 7.8 Million Vehicles Have Faulty Airbags
The U.S. government is telling 3 million more car owners to get their air bags repaired immediately, but its message has generated some confusion...