Economy

Angry Birds maker Rovio plans IPO By Kim Darrah   The company behind the smash hit phone game Angry Birds is seeking funds to make new titles. Rovio Entertainment, the Finnish start-up behind the hit smartphone game Angry...

Bitcoin Is The New Flight Capital   Clem Chambers , Contributor Bitcoin has replaced gold as a safe haven Most people love gold. It is simply an emotional commodity where there is a...

BMW, Vodafone, Ericsson urge EU to consider 5G car standard   BMW, Vodafone and Ericsson have said the European Commission should open the way for the use of 5G for internet-connected cars in a sector estimated...

Wells Fargo fake accounts scandal escalates   About half a million of the newly discovered accounts were missed during the original review in 2016, when it emerged that bank employees had opened accounts that customers might...

  UBS chairman warns against bitcoin investment as cryptocurrency falls 12% Samuel Gibbs   Axel Weber says cryptocurrency ‘not an investment we would advise’ while South Korea bans anonymous trading. Bitcoin has fallen 12% over 24 hours while the...

Disney wins as Comcast backs out of 21st Century Fox bid   Comcast will now shift focus to acquiring British-based pay TV operator, Sky. Disney will be able to complete its $71.3 billion tie-up with Fox...

How Foreign Brands Court Indian Consumers   Blessed and plagued with its own eccentricities, India is proof that products that are successes elsewhere may need a new twist. An estimated 1,700 new products hit the shelves in...

Bitcoin price soars above $5,000 to record high  Julia Kollewe Rising price of the cryptocurrency, now worth four times as much as an ounce of gold, has led to warnings of a bubble. The price of bitcoin...

What are the Benefits of Using Polycom Phones? by Dale Harris   Today’s business landscape demands nothing but the best in communication. The 9-to-5 grind is essentially dead, since business is conducted 24/7 in today’s internet and social...

Bitcoin value plummets after China orders trading in currency to cease Rupert Neate   Beijing orders exchanges to stop trading in bitcoin amid fears increasing number of consumers in market could spark wider financial problems. The value of...