On social media, Cruz steals spotlight, but Trump wins on sentiment
By Angela Moon NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S.
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Questions rage on social media over death of black woman in Texas jail
The death of Sandra Bland on July 13 in a Waller County jail northwest of Houston comes amid a national outcry over police violence toward minorities, sparked by high-profile killings of unarmed black men over the past year. The Houston Chronicle newspaper reported that several dozen people gathered at the jail in protest on Friday, while others questioned her death on social media and left instructions to friends, family and the media should they die after an arrest. Some also took issue with Sheriff Glenn Smith, who the Chronicle reported was fired as police chief of Hempstead, Texas, in 2008 after allegations arose of police misconduct toward African-Americans there.
Read moreGoogle gains billions in value as YouTube drives ad growth
Google's class A shares chalked up their largest single-day percentage change in more than seven years on Friday. The rise in Google's market value was more than the total market capitalization of Caterpillar Inc , the world's biggest construction equipment maker
Read moreFacebook to build new data center in Fort Worth
By Yasmeen Abutaleb SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Facebook Inc announced plans on Tuesday to build a new data center in Fort Worth, Texas, its fourth in the United States and fifth overall. Facebook will invest at least $500 million in the global data center, a spokesperson said, and will employ at least 40 full-time employees.
Read moreSet of all-girl quintuplets born at Texas hospital
(Reuters) – A Houston woman gave birth to five girls in four minutes by cesarean section last week and all are doing well, a Texas hospital said. All were within the appropriate weight for that gestational age and currently require only a modest support for their breathing, The Woman’s Hospital of Texas said on Tuesday in a statement.
Read moreEU says Google hurt consumers and competitors in Internet search case
The European Union accused Google Inc on Wednesday of cheating consumers and competitors by distorting Web search results to favor its own shopping service, after a five-year investigation that could change the rules for business online. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google, which dominates Internet search engine markets worldwide, had been sent a Statement of Objections – effectively a charge sheet – to which it has 10 weeks to respond.
Read moreTexan charged in first bitcoin securities fraud Ponzi case
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) – A Texas man who operated Bitcoin Savings and Trust was charged on Thursday with bilking his investors, in what prosecutors called the first federal criminal securities fraud case arising from a bitcoin-related Ponzi scheme. Trendon Shavers, 32, of McKinney, Texas, was charged with misappropriating about 146,000 of the 764,000 bitcoin, then worth more than $4.5 million, that he raised from September 2011 to September 2012 by promising investors “absurdly high” interest rates, U.S.
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