International News
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An uneasy relationship between telecom & technology
2015 New York Times News Service | March 3, 2015 12:05 AMFor the next four days, a sprawling conference centre here will become the global hub for the telecommunications and technology industries.
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FCC approves net neutrality rules, classifies broadband as utility
2015 New York Times News Service | February 27, 2015 10:53 PMThe Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to regulate broadband Internet service…
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Vivek Wadhwa, voice for women in Silicon Valley, is foiled by his tone
2015 New York Times News Service | February 26, 2015 10:20 PMSilicon Valley has lately come to the realisation that it is not the meritocracy it has long pretended to be…
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Fed appears to hesitate on raising interest rate
2015 New York Times News Service | February 20, 2015 12:47 AMMany officials are concerned that raising rates prematurely ‘might damp the apparent solid recovery’.
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David Carr, Times critic and champion of media, dies at 58
2015 New York Times News Service | February 14, 2015 1:46 AMDavid Carr, a writer who wriggled away from the demon of drug addiction to become an unlikely name-brand…
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Twitter sees plenty of money in tweet flow
2015 New York Times News Service | February 13, 2015 12:52 AMTo Dick Costolo, there’s gold in them thar tweets, and Twitter has just begun to mine it.
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Greece, euro zone fail to reach bailout deal
2015 New York Times News Service | February 13, 2015 12:46 AMFinance ministers to meet on Monday again to find a solution
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Jon Stewart will be leaving ‘The Daily Show’ on a career high note
2015 New York Times News Service | February 11, 2015 10:41 PMJon Stewart, who turned Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” into a sharp-edged commentary on current events…
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How Japan borrows $9 trn practically for free
2015 New York Times News Service | February 10, 2015 10:16 PMLow inflation rate and slow growth help
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The Great American Dream, still deferred
2015 New York Times News Service | February 8, 2015 10:22 PMThe housing market has shown signs of life recently. Prices have risen, mortgage rates are very attractive and construction…
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Paul Gauguin painting said to fetch $300 million
2015 New York Times News Service | February 6, 2015 10:32 PMA sensuous Paul Gauguin painting of two Tahitian girls has been sold from a Swiss private…
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The scary rise in global debt since financial crisis of 2008
2015 New York Times News Service | February 6, 2015 10:30 PMAs we learned during the financial crisis, a country with high debt levels can get into trouble regardless of whether its debts are most heavily owed by the govt (Greece, Italy), households (Spain, US), or financial institutions (Ireland, Britain)
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Telecom giant BT to buy UK’s wireless carrier EE for $19 bn
2015 New York Times News Service | February 6, 2015 1:25 AMTo issue $1.5 bn in new shares to help finance deal
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In year of recalls, GM to pay its factory workers big bonus
2015 New York Times News Service | February 6, 2015 1:15 AMDecides to pay each of its 48,000 union workers a record $9,000 profit-sharing bonus
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S&P settlement leaves future unclear for ratings
2015 New York Times News Service | February 5, 2015 12:46 AMIt cost $1.37 billion, but Standard & Poor’s finally seems to have closed the darkest chapter in its 150-year history as a rating agency.
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SAP aggressively moving customers to new database
2015 New York Times News Service | February 5, 2015 12:09 AMYou’ve got to hand it to SAP for competitive vision. Then take some back for how it’s explaining itself.
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Fed’s solid growth view for US faces test amid Greek change
Reuters | February 2, 2015 1:08 AMThe Federal Reserve’s upgraded view that growth in the world’s biggest economy is “solid”…
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Eurozone inflation in Jan at lowest level since 2009
2015 New York Times News Service | January 30, 2015 11:06 PMInflation in the eurozone has fallen to its lowest level since 2009, according to official data released…
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China further tightens control over Internet
2015 New York Times News Service | January 30, 2015 10:59 PMJing Yuechen, the founder of an Internet start-up here in the Chinese capital, has no interest in overthrowing the Communist Party…
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After Alibaba spin-off, Yahoo! may become a takeover target
2015 New York Times News Service | January 30, 2015 12:24 AMBy spinning off stake into a separate firm, Yahoo will be judged by its Web businesses
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Yahoo to spin off its 15.4% stake in e-tailer Alibaba
2015 New York Times News Service | January 29, 2015 12:31 AMMarissa Mayer, chief executive of Yahoo, said on Tuesday that the internet company would spin off its 15.4% stake in Alibaba…
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Other e-commerce giant of China follows its own path
2015 New York Times News Service | January 28, 2015 1:39 AMJust about every June, on the anniversary of his company’s founding, Richard Liu dons a big motorcycle helmet and red uniform…
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S&P cuts Russian debt one notch to junk
2015 New York Times News Service | January 28, 2015 1:59 AMThe rating agency cites narrowing possibilities for Russian government and companies to service their debt…
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SpaceX lands $1 billion from Google & Fidelity
2015 New York Times News Service | January 21, 2015 11:02 PMGoogle likes its ambitions sky high. This time, it has gone a little further…
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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella bets on new Windows OS for breachheads in mobiles
2015 New York Times News Service | January 20, 2015 8:22 AMMicrosoft set to unveil details about Windows 10 that can adapt PC applications to mobile devices
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Barack Obama to seek tax increases for wealthiest to help middle class
2015 New York Times News Service | January 19, 2015 3:44 AMThe tax proposals would face opposition from the Republican-controlled Congress. Its lawmakers argue that tax hike would hamper economic growth at a time the country cannot afford it
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Rohan Murty takes ancient Indian texts to the world
Anirudh Vohra | January 16, 2015 2:05 AMThe first five books of the Murty Classical Library of India (MCLI), an initiative by the Harvard University…
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