One of the year's most popular events for fund managers, the Sohn Investment Conference, will be held in New York on Monday, but if history is any guide, some of the industry's lower-profile managers will probably provide the most profitable ideas.

* SAYS 10 SHAREHOLDERS AGREE TO SELL A COMBINED 7.14 PERCENT STAKE TO TENCENT'S INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AFFILIATE FOR 388.7 MILLION YUAN ($61.75 million)

Britain's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people using their services.

Britain's health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they did more to protect young people using their services.

Malaysian regulators will look into the activity of automated accounts on Twitter, known as bots, in the run-up to a general election if they get complaints about them, the communications and multimedia minister said.

Companies that buy and sell consumer data are preparing for increased scrutiny from U.S. lawmakers after a scandal over how social network Facebook handles personal information, Acxiom Corp's chief executive said on Friday.

* HELIOS AND MATHESON ANALYTICS INC SAYS ON APRIL 16, 2018, HELIOS ENTERED INTO A SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT WITH MOVIEPASS - SEC FILING

* SEVEN STARS CLOUD GROUP INC FILES FOR OFFERING OF UP TO 34.72 MILLION SHARES OF COMMON STOCK BY THE SELLING STOCKHOLDERS - SEC FILING Source : https://bit.ly/2K4XyED Further company coverage: (Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com)

Twitter Inc said on Friday that it has banned ads from Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab, saying the cyber-security company's business model conflicts with advertising rules and citing U.S. government claims that Kaspersky has ties to Russian intelligence agencies.

* SALESFORCE.COM INC SAYS CEO MARC BENIOFF'S FISCAL YEAR 2018 TOTAL COMPENSATION WAS $4.7 MILLION - SEC FILING Source : https://bit.ly/2HSptqQ Further company coverage: (Reuters.Briefs@thomsonreuters.com)