11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Cameron, Confiscation, And "What’s Yours Ain’t Yours!"
Cameron, Confiscation, And "What’s Yours Ain’t Yours!"
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11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Killing Google+ Would Be a Terrible Idea
Killing Google+ Would Be a Terrible Idea
Now that Vic Gundotra has left Google, pundits speculate on the death of the Google+ social network. Here’s why that doesn’t make sense.
11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Sunday Video For the Week of 5/12/14
Sunday Video For the Week of 5/12/14
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11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Comcast partners with Asian carriers, eyes mobile market
Comcast partners with Asian carriers, eyes mobile market
Comcast Corp is offering at least two Asian cellular operators access to its WiFi hot spots in the United States, in trial partnerships that illustrate the cable company’s ambitions to compete with U.S. wireless carriers. The deals with Japan’s KDDI and Taiwan Mobile allow their subscribers to use Comcast’s WiFi hot spots when they travel to the United States, reducing the international roaming charges that they would otherwise have to pay, according to a Comcast spokesman.
11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Weak Japan exports, not tax hike, could shake BOJ
Weak Japan exports, not tax hike, could shake BOJ
The Bank of Japan is increasingly confident that the economy is weathering a recent tax increase and on its way out of deflation, but another threat to that optimistic scenario is lurking – weak exports. If shipments abroad continue to fall short of the central bank’s forecasts, the recovery in the world’s third-biggest economy could stall and the BOJ might be forced to ease policy again in the coming months. Growth has returned to Japan, helped greatly by massive monetary stimulus unleashed 13 months ago when Haruhiko Kuroda took the helm at the BOJ.
11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on How Japan’s Marubeni stumbled in China after rapid expansion
How Japan’s Marubeni stumbled in China after rapid expansion
TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) – A year after spending $3.6 billion to buy grain trader Gavilon to expand in China, Japan’s Marubeni Corp has been shaken by defaults on soybean sales and faces an investigation into alleged tax evasion in the world’s top food consumer. The problems in China come as the Japanese trading house also faces more competition. Chinese state trader COFCO Corp has gone on its own spending spree and may soon rival Marubeni, the top grain exporter to China, as it builds its own trading house.
11 May, 2014 by The TZ Newswire Staff Comments Off on Electronic Arts Declares War on GameStop
Electronic Arts Declares War on GameStop
Electronic Arts is dreaming of a day when all games are downloaded — if it succeeds, it could make life for GameStop quite difficult.