Chirpy Angry Birds maker eyes IPO golden egg Daily Press | HELSINKI (Reuters) - Angry Birds maker Rovio Entertainment said sales jumped tenfold to $100 million last year as gamers flocked to download its titles, adding business was now strong enough for a stock market listing. | The Finnish startup making Angry Birds games -- in which players use a slings...
Berkshire Holders Trust Buffett On Health Outlook National Public Radio | OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett insists that he's feeling good after his recent prostate cancer diagnosis. Based on the questions he got at Berkshire Hathaway's annual meeting, shareholders are taking him at his word. | Despite the fact that Buffett just disclosed his cancer diagnosis last mon...
Want a business like Facebook? Mark Zuckerberg's 8 lessons for entrepreneurs The Times Of India Tweet We won't pretend you can't learn these things somewhere else or from some other person. But he's the man of the moment: the face of tremendous success in business, the kind that defines a generation. So for all 20-something entrepreneurs (other...
The app crisis alarming retail Canberra Times | As consumers increasingly consult their smartphones during their shopping trips, the old ways of doing business are facing irrelevancy. | ON DECEMBER 10 the world's biggest online retailer, Amazon, sent chills down the spines of traditional retaile...
How the humble app is changing the face of shopping - and retailers Canberra Times | The online shopping revolution, enabled through smartphones, is coming whether stores like it or not, writes Adele Ferguson. | On December 10 the world's biggest online retailer, Amazon, sent chills down the spines of traditional retailers when it ...
miner Abbott may collect millions from LME sale The Guardian By Susan Thomas LONDON (Reuters) - From straitened origins in coal mining and the rag trade, Martin Abbott is in line for a major windfall as the 135-year-old London Metal Exchange goes under the hammer. If the deal goes through, the LME's chief exec...
UPDATE 1-Ex-miner Abbott may collect millions from LME sale Reuters | * Incentive scheme may be worth up to 21 million pounds | * Abbott, selected LME officials, take part in scheme | * Abbott could get 7 million pounds - sources | By Susan Thomas | LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - From straitened origins in coal mining an...
How trips abroad can endanger your data Toronto Sun | Sonia Bovio, tired but unable to sleep after her long journey from Phoenix to London last week, settled into her hotel room and was fiddling around on her laptop. One inadvertent click later, a file downloaded and she realized she had made a big mi...
LME CEO Abbott may gain millions in sale deal Reuters | * Incentive scheme could be worth as much as 21 million pounds | * Abbott, selected LME officials, take part in scheme | * Abbott could get 7 million pounds - sources | By Susan Thomas | LONDON, May 18 (Reuters) - London Metal Exchange (LME) Chief ...
Bain, TPG's Lilliput woes a warning on India investing Reuters | HONG KONG May 18 (Reuters) - Last September, less than two weeks after an IPO plan was approved, the private equity owners of India's Lilliput Kidswear got a call that set off a chain of events that could wipe out their investment. | According to s...
Investments up, stocks tumble in the Philippines Xinhua | By Alito L. Malinao | MANILA, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The Philippine economy was marked by both positive and negative developments in the past few days, with a huge surge in investments registered last month and a big slide in the country's stock market. | In a report released Wednesday, the Board of Investments (BOI) said that in April, total investm...
Cathay Pacific launches cargo services from RGIA The Hindu The Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA) in Hyderabad is growing fast as an air cargo hub in the South Central region of the country with a third international airline starting operations from here. The cargo terminal at RGIA has handled about 81,000 tonnes of domestic and international cargo during 2011-12. | The launch of freighter services ...
Study: Most myopic school-leavers in Asia Al Jazeera | A new study has found that up to 90 per cent of school-leavers in Asia's major cities are suffering from myopia, or short-sightedness. | Of these affected, scientists said that 10 to 20 per cent had a condition called high myopia, which can lead to blindness. | The study, published in The Lancet medical journal, linked the eye damage with the lon...
