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Alibaba hasn’t hit bottom yet: Barron’s

September 14, 2015 admin alibaba, alleged, article, china, conclusions, federal-court, francisco, internet, office-banned, ordered-raids, police-raided, seen-inside, the-internet, united, worsen-as-china

The reasons the weekly financial newspaper gave for the dour outlook: China's struggling economy, increasing competition in e-commerce and more scrutiny of the company's culture and governance. Alibaba spokesman Bob Christie said the article “contains factual inaccuracies and selective use of information, and the conclusions the reporter draws are misleading.” The company has posted on the internet a letter to Barron's editor complaining about the story.

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Google hires Truecar’s Krafcik to head its driverless car unit

September 14, 2015 creative china, federal-court, internet, its-technical, krafcik, project, said-it-named, seen-inside, united

(Reuters) – Google Inc said it named auto industry veteran John Krafcik as chief executive of its self-driving car project from late September. With the hiring of Krafcik, currently the president of automotive pricing terminal Truecar Inc and a former CEO of Hyundai Motors America, Google is starting to look at the project as a potential and relevant business in the near future. Chris Urmson, who has been head of the self-driving car program since 2009, will continue overseeing the project as its technical lead, the company said in an emailed statement

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U.S., Chinese officials meet on cyber security issues: White House

September 13, 2015 publisher china, chinese, divisive-issue, jinping, man-typing, united-states, white, white-house

Senior U.S. and Chinese officials concluded four days of meetings on Saturday on cyber security and other issues, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to Washington later this month, the White House said.

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Europe launches two more Galileo satellites, aiming for GPS rival

September 11, 2015 creative agency, early-hours, european-space, galileo, its-own, launching-two, planned-total, satellites-sent

Europe came a step closer to setting up its own satellite navigation system on Friday after successfully launching two Galileo satellites from French Guyana. The European Space Agency’s Galileo project is meant as a European Union alternative to the U.S

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China tells U.S. to stop ‘groundless’ hacking accusations

September 11, 2015 admin agency, america, china, cost, cyber-security, european-space, friday, its-own, james, launching-two, must-beef, national, raise-the-cost, said-the-united

China reacted angrily on Friday following a call by America’s top intelligence official for cyber security against China to be stepped up, and said the United States should stop “groundless accusations”. Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the United States must beef up cyber security against Chinese hackers targeting a range of U.S. interests to raise the cost to China of engaging in such activities.

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U.S. urged to tighten cyber security to counter Chinese hacking

September 10, 2015 publisher china, chinese, director, european-space, intelligence, its-own, james, james-clapper, launching-two, must-beef, national-intelligence, raise-the-cost, russia, said-the-united

By Mark Hosenball and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States must beef up cyber security against Chinese hackers targeting a broad range of U.S. interests to raise the cost to China of engaging in such activities, America's top intelligence official said on Thursday.

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Software guru McAfee seeks White House as Cyber Party candidate

September 10, 2015 admin alina-selyukh, belize, china, country-kissing, democrats, european-space, guatemala-city, internet, launching-two, national-intelligence, one-independent, raise-the-cost, requisite, said-the-united, supreme

By Alina Selyukh WASHINGTON (Reuters) – He does not like Washington, does not plan to travel the country kissing babies or shaking hands and does not want to debate anybody because that is “nonsense,” but John McAfee says he is running for president.

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Apple phone, tablet and TV fail to impress investors

September 10, 2015 creative apple, business, chief-executive, francisco, iphone, julia-love, live, microsoft-corp, pressure, previous, san

By Julia Love SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc unveiled a new TV set top box that responds to voice commands and fresh iPhones that sense the pressure of a finger tap, changes which underwhelmed many social media commenters and investors.

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Real estate data company Reis sues over alleged online report theft

September 9, 2015 creative armada, business, chief-executive, database-online, francisco, iphone, mortgage-debt, over-three, wednesday

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Reis Inc, a commercial real estate data provider, on Wednesday sued Armada Analytics Inc, accusing it of downloading at least 1,562 reports over three years from its proprietary subscription database without paying for them. Armada, a commercial real estate services provider specializing in mortgage debt, was accused of misappropriating login credentials to access Reis’ database online, and continuing to obtain reports through Reis subscribers after payment was demanded.

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Cloud storage company Box raises full-year forecast for second time

September 9, 2015 publisher 286-million, 290-million, 297-million, armada, business, chevron, chevron-corp, expects-full, iphone, its-full-year, more-customers, mortgage-debt, second-time, thomson-reuters

(Reuters) – Cloud storage provider Box Inc reported a better-than-expected rise in quarterly revenue and raised its full-year revenue forecast for the second time as more customers subscribed to its content-sharing platform. Box expects full year revenue of $295 million to $297 million, up from $286 million to $290 million, it said in a statement on Wednesday