Icahn sues Dell in latest attempt to foil buyout
- Activist investor Carl Icahn filed a lawsuit on Thursday to try to block Dell Inc from setting a new record date ahead of a crucial shareholders' vote, raising the stakes in a battle to derail a $24.4 billion buyout of the world's No. 3 PC maker.
Time Warner Cable posts weak Internet numbers, sparks deal talk
- Time Warner Cable Inc reported quarterly revenue below analysts' estimates as it added less than half the number of subscribers for high-speed data services that analysts had expected.
Sony electronics rebound unlikely to ease pressure for change
TOKYO - Sony Corp said its electronics division faces hard times ahead even after a weak yen helped pull it into profit for the first time in two years, ratcheting up pressure on the board to respond to activist shareholder Daniel Loeb's proposal to split the company in two. | Video
Government requests for Twitter users' data on the rise
SAN FRANCISCO - Twitter is under increasing pressure from governments around the world to release user's private information, with requests rising 40 percent in the first six months of the year, the microblogging company said Wednesday in its semi-annual transparency report.
Vodafone restructures to create one European unit
LONDON - Vodafone said on Thursday it would merge its northern, central and southern European regions into one unit which will be led by Philipp Humm.
DirecTV subscriber growth in Latin America slows
- Satellite TV provider DirecTV missed second-quarter earnings estimates as it lost more customers than expected in the United States and added fewer than expected in Latin America, sending its shares down 4 percent in premarket trading.
China's army defends "sovereign territory" from Japanese - in video game
BEIJING - He walks backwards, emptying the magazine of his rifle into the three soldiers charging toward him with bayonets raised. They drop dead, and a small Japanese flag, its red sun stylized to resemble a bullet wound, flashes onto the screen.
Hutchison H1 profit beats forecasts on solid overseas performance
HONG KONG - Ports-to-telecoms conglomerate Hutchison Whampoa Ltd, owned by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing, reported on Thursday better-than-expected first-half profits, buoyed by a solid performance in European infrastructure and telecoms investments.
Telefonica, Yoigo to share 4G, broadband in Spain
MADRID - Spain's biggest telecoms operator Telefonica signed a deal with No. 4 provider Yoigo on Thursday allowing it to use its rival's superfast mobile Internet frequencies in exchange for access to its broadband assets.
Tidemark raises $13 million for cloud-based analytics
SAN FRANCISCO - Tidemark said Thursday it has raised $13 million in venture backing for its cloud-based analytics services, boosting the startup's efforts to challenge enterprise giants in a fast-growing sector of business technology.
McCain, Biden coming together for Sedona, Arizona forum
These days Washington is not known for bipartisanship, but every now and then a breakthrough is made. It is noteworthy that Vice President Joe Biden, a Democrat, and Senator John McCain, a Republican, are appearing together at a forum in Sedona, Arizona on Friday.


