Facebook opens Internet.org to developers amid open web debate in India
By Aman Shah and Nivedita Bhattacharjee MUMBAI (Reuters) – Facebook Inc opened up its Internet.org platform to new websites and applications from developers on Monday, a move the social media giant said would boost efforts to get people online in low-income and rural areas in emerging markets. Internet.org offers free access via mobile phones to pared-down web services, focused on job listings, agricultural information, healthcare and education, as well as
Dutch navigation company TomTom aims to become a main provider of technology for self-driving cars as it charts its way back to success after seven lean years, chief executive Harold Goddijn said. Goddijn told Reuters that an overhaul of TomTom’s digital mapping architecture lies behind a renaissance that has seen its automotive division win big contracts in recent months, prompting analyst upgrades and a 40 percent surge in its shares.
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She’s a former CEO, but Fiorina will be running a shoestring campaign.
U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker discusses the potential trade deal
McDonald’s CEO Steve Easterbrook says he’s stripping away layers of bureaucracy so the company can move faster to keep up with changing tastes.
Billionaire Warren Buffett said Monday the stock market would be viewed as “cheap” now if interest rates continued to remain low.
Company veteran Chuck Robbins, 49, will take over as CEO while 65-year-old Chambers, one of the longest-serving leaders of a Silicon Valley company, will become executive chairman and continue to be chairman, the company said on Monday. Wall Street analysts said a change was expected and could signal a refocusing of Cisco, which acquired dozens of companies under Chambers but has failed to make great headway outside its core networking
New orders for U.S. factory goods recorded their biggest increase in eight months in March, boosted by demand for transportation equipment, but the underlying trend remained weak against the backdrop of a strong dollar. The report on Monday from the Commerce Department was the latest indication that while economic growth is regaining some momentum after abruptly slowing down in the first quarter, the rebound would not be as strong as
Recent ETF data makes one investing trend very clear: Stock investors are looking beyond US borders and flooding into overseas equities.
