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Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

Somali pirates' return adds to crisis for global shipping companies

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Iata and The Weather Company join forces to enhance turbulence data for airlines

22 Feb 2024

Source: Islamic Development Bank Institute (IsDBI).

IsDBI unveils flagship Islamic finance marketplace

3 Jan 2024

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Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

Twenty airlines offer Euronews to their passengers

6 Aug 2014

Ooredoo's Ross Cormack says the company expects to sell millions of SIM cards in Myanmar for $1,50 each as the country's government lifted the ban on cheap SIM cards. Image:

Ooredoo sells cheap SIM cards in Myanmar

5 Aug 2014

Sales of the PS4 have boosted Sony's first quarter profits to $261m. Image:

Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales

1 Aug 2014

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal wants to see Africa as a major market but its operations there lost $137m in the June quater. Image: Wikipedia

India's Bharti makes $184m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata slashed his salary by 50% in January to atone for the company's poor performance. But Ninetendo still reported a loss of $97m in the June quarter. Image:

Nintendo's loses $97m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Shanghai offices – along with three others – were raided by the SAIC in terms of its probe into anti-competitive behaviour. Image:

Microsoft probed for 'monopolising' China

30 Jul 2014

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal has raised US1bn to maintain dominance in India's market and attempt to fight off Amazon's entry into the market. Image:

India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

30 Jul 2014

Samsung's Tizen smartphone's release has been delayed to improve the Tizen ecosystem for other devices. Image:

Tizen smartwatch launch delayed

29 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's new PlayStation 4 went head-to-head at the Ani-Com show in Hong Kong. Image:

PlayStation, Xbox butt heads at Hong Kong games fair

28 Jul 2014

Sales of the LG G3 smartphones have helped boost the company's profits by 165% in the second quarter. Image:

LG's profits up 165% in second quarter

25 Jul 2014

MtGox's Chief Executive has refused to travel to the USA, fearing further prosecution after the exchange failed and investors lost million before the company went bankrupt. Image:

Angry investors demand Bitcoin answers from MtGox

24 Jul 2014

Workers at Foxconn's Taipei factory have helped boost Taiwan's exports by 10.6% as markets in the USA and Europe recover and demand for electronic products rises sharply. Image:

Mobile demand boosts Taiwan's exports by 10.6%

22 Jul 2014

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

11 Jul 2014

Jordan blocks access to nine news websites

Jordan blocks access to nine news websites

10 Jul 2014

Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit

Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit

9 Jul 2014

Taiwan's HTC swings back to profit in Q2

Taiwan's HTC swings back to profit in Q2

8 Jul 2014

Spikes Asia names final jury presidents

Spikes Asia names final jury presidents

4 Jul 2014

LG's new G Watch is also available for pre-order. Image:

Smartwatches from Samsung, LG

27 Jun 2014

Toyota's new fuel cell vehicles will go on sale in Japan in March and will be available in Europe and the US by the middle of 2015. Image:

Toyota's fuel cell car will cost $70 000

26 Jun 2014

Redefining direct sales to reach Generation C

Redefining direct sales to reach Generation C

Henry Buell 20 Jun 2014

Nissan's new e-NV200 electric van comes with up to seven seats and has a range of 190km. Image:

Nissan new e-NV200 electric car

10 Jun 2014

CNET's Nic Healey says the new HTC One M8 is an exceptionally versatile phone. Image: CNET

HTC pins its hopes on M8 to make money

9 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

Asus Chief, Jonney Shih has unveiled a five-in-one device that is a laptop, mobile phone and tablet with Windows and Android operating systems. Image:

Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop

3 Jun 2014

Samsung's D J Lee says the new Tizen operating system provides faster web browsing than the previous Android operating system. Image:

New Samsung phone marks break from Android

3 Jun 2014

IATA's Tony Tyler says that airline profits are improving but and airline only makes about US$6 per passenger carried. Image:

IATA predicts airline profits of US$18bn this year

3 Jun 2014

Acer's Stan Shih is turning to software solutions in the hope or returning the company to profitability. Image:

Acer launches software 'cloud' service drive

30 May 2014

Spikes Asia names further jury presidents

Spikes Asia names further jury presidents

30 May 2014

Singapore Post's Lim Ho Kee says that they will be able to benefit from Alibaba's e-commerce experience. Image:

Alibaba buys stake in Singapore Post for USD249m

29 May 2014

Toyota has recalled 520,000 vehicles and most of the faults relate to a cable on the Sienna that can corrode, causing the vehicle to lose it spare wheel. Image: Wikipedia

Toyota recalls 520,000 vehicles globally

27 May 2014

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Ooredoo's Ross Cormack says the company expects to sell millions of SIM cards in Myanmar for $1,50 each as the country's government lifted the ban on cheap SIM cards. Image:

Ooredoo sells cheap SIM cards in Myanmar

5 Aug 2014

Sales of the PS4 have boosted Sony's first quarter profits to $261m. Image:

Sony makes $261m in three months on PS4 sales

1 Aug 2014

Billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal wants to see Africa as a major market but its operations there lost $137m in the June quater. Image: Wikipedia

India's Bharti makes $184m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata slashed his salary by 50% in January to atone for the company's poor performance. But Ninetendo still reported a loss of $97m in the June quarter. Image:

Nintendo's loses $97m in three months

31 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Shanghai offices – along with three others – were raided by the SAIC in terms of its probe into anti-competitive behaviour. Image:

Microsoft probed for 'monopolising' China

30 Jul 2014

Flipkart's Sachin Bansal has raised US1bn to maintain dominance in India's market and attempt to fight off Amazon's entry into the market. Image:

India's Flipkart takes on Amazon with a $1bn warchest

30 Jul 2014

Samsung's Tizen smartphone's release has been delayed to improve the Tizen ecosystem for other devices. Image:

Tizen smartwatch launch delayed

29 Jul 2014

Microsoft's Xbox and Sony's new PlayStation 4 went head-to-head at the Ani-Com show in Hong Kong. Image:

PlayStation, Xbox butt heads at Hong Kong games fair

28 Jul 2014

Sales of the LG G3 smartphones have helped boost the company's profits by 165% in the second quarter. Image:

LG's profits up 165% in second quarter

25 Jul 2014

MtGox's Chief Executive has refused to travel to the USA, fearing further prosecution after the exchange failed and investors lost million before the company went bankrupt. Image:

Angry investors demand Bitcoin answers from MtGox

24 Jul 2014

Workers at Foxconn's Taipei factory have helped boost Taiwan's exports by 10.6% as markets in the USA and Europe recover and demand for electronic products rises sharply. Image:

Mobile demand boosts Taiwan's exports by 10.6%

22 Jul 2014

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

Chinese hackers accessed US govt computers: report

11 Jul 2014

Jordan blocks access to nine news websites

Jordan blocks access to nine news websites

10 Jul 2014

Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit

Samsung Electronics flags 25% plunge in Q2 profit

9 Jul 2014

Taiwan's HTC swings back to profit in Q2

Taiwan's HTC swings back to profit in Q2

8 Jul 2014

Spikes Asia names final jury presidents

Spikes Asia names final jury presidents

4 Jul 2014

LG's new G Watch is also available for pre-order. Image:

Smartwatches from Samsung, LG

27 Jun 2014

Toyota's new fuel cell vehicles will go on sale in Japan in March and will be available in Europe and the US by the middle of 2015. Image:

Toyota's fuel cell car will cost $70 000

26 Jun 2014

Redefining direct sales to reach Generation C

Redefining direct sales to reach Generation C

Henry Buell 20 Jun 2014

Nissan's new e-NV200 electric van comes with up to seven seats and has a range of 190km. Image:

Nissan new e-NV200 electric car

10 Jun 2014

CNET's Nic Healey says the new HTC One M8 is an exceptionally versatile phone. Image: CNET

HTC pins its hopes on M8 to make money

9 Jun 2014

AiQ has made a lycra T-shirt interwoven with stainless steel fibres to monitor the body's vital signs. Image: Computex

Smartwear may make people healthier

6 Jun 2014

Asus Chief, Jonney Shih has unveiled a five-in-one device that is a laptop, mobile phone and tablet with Windows and Android operating systems. Image:

Asus launches new 'five-mode' hybrid laptop

3 Jun 2014

Samsung's D J Lee says the new Tizen operating system provides faster web browsing than the previous Android operating system. Image:

New Samsung phone marks break from Android

3 Jun 2014

IATA's Tony Tyler says that airline profits are improving but and airline only makes about US$6 per passenger carried. Image:

IATA predicts airline profits of US$18bn this year

3 Jun 2014

Acer's Stan Shih is turning to software solutions in the hope or returning the company to profitability. Image:

Acer launches software 'cloud' service drive

30 May 2014

Spikes Asia names further jury presidents

Spikes Asia names further jury presidents

30 May 2014

Singapore Post's Lim Ho Kee says that they will be able to benefit from Alibaba's e-commerce experience. Image:

Alibaba buys stake in Singapore Post for USD249m

29 May 2014

Toyota has recalled 520,000 vehicles and most of the faults relate to a cable on the Sienna that can corrode, causing the vehicle to lose it spare wheel. Image: Wikipedia

Toyota recalls 520,000 vehicles globally

27 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says producing localised content for the Chinese market will be fundamental to the company's success. China has an estimated 500m gamers. Image:

PlayStations to be sold legally in China

27 May 2014

Sony's Kazuo Hirai says the company will use its 4K and 2K technology to change the fortunes of its television unit. Image:

Sony counting on high-definition television for rescue

23 May 2014

Universal's Max Hole says that music streaming is likely to change the way that music is distributed to consumers worldwide. Image:

Music streaming gives record companies a boost

23 May 2014

The Apple iPhone 4 infringed Samsung's data transmission patent. Image:

No clear winner in Samsung-Apple court battle in Japan

19 May 2014

Ahmad Jauhari Yahya, Chief Executive of Malaysia Airlines admits that there have been hundreds of cancellatiions on its flights sinceMH370 disappeared. Image:

Loss of MH370 has huge impact on Malaysia Airlines profits

16 May 2014

Influential critics of Beijing have been paraded on state television. (Image attribution: at the )

China detains man in online 'rumour' crackdown

15 May 2014

The new BlackBerry Z3 that will go on sale in Jakarta this week. Image:

BlackBerry fights back with Indonesian phone

12 May 2014

Sony e-book readers and its smartphones will now be controlled by Kobo as Sony closes its e-book stores around the world. Image:

Sony to close e-reading store in Europe, Australia

9 May 2014

MtGox's Mark Karpeles has handed control of the failed exchange over to administrator Nobuaki Kobayashi. Image:

MtGox bust, placed under administration

17 Apr 2014

Pentawards 2014 opens for packaging designs

Pentawards 2014 opens for packaging designs

15 Apr 2014

Users of Sony's Vaio Fit have been advised to disconnect the computer, shut it down and stop using it because of a battery fault. Sony will release repair details over the next few days. Image: Sony

Sony issues battery-fire warning for Vaio laptops

14 Apr 2014