South Korea prosecutor delays decision on whether to seek arrest of Samsung's Lee

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's special prosecutor on Sunday delayed a decision on whether or not to seek a warrant to arrest Samsung Group [SAGR.UL] leader Jay Y. Lee, who was questioned on bribery suspicions in an influence-peddling investigation.

SpaceX counts down to first launch after rocket explosion

An exterior of the SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California May 29, 2014. REUTERS/Mario Anzuoni

Sony Entertainment CEO Lynton to step down; to become Snap Inc chairman

File Photo: Michael Lynton, CEO Sony Entertainment and CEO and chairman Sony Pictures Entertainment, speaks during an investors' conference at the company's headquarters in Tokyo November 18, 2014. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

SpaceX 2015 accident cost it hundreds of millions: Wall St. Journal

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - - Elon Musk’s SpaceX lost more than a quarter of a billion dollars in 2015 after a botched cargo run to the International Space Station and the subsequent grounding of its Falcon 9 rocket fleet, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

Startup investors fret over risks of mass data collection

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (Reuters) - Nearly every technology startup wants the same thing: more data.

LeEco gets fresh $2.18 billion investment from property developer Sunac

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese technology conglomerate LeEco has secured a new round of investment worth 15.04 billion yuan ($2.2 billion) from property developer Sunac China Holdings , according to a stock exchange statement made by Sunac on Friday.

Infosys trims revenue outlook as outsourcers brace for tighter U.S. regime

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Infosys Ltd , India's second-biggest software services exporter, pared its full-year revenue growth outlook as it fights uncertainties in its biggest markets that could curb client spending on technology.

Nissan picks London for first European on-road autonomous car tests

LONDON (Reuters) - Japanese carmaker Nissan said it will conduct its first European real-world trials of self-driving cars in London, choosing Britain just months after it said it would build two new models in the country despite concerns over Brexit.

Chinese tech giant's Taiwan deals unravel as Powertech calls off share pact

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Powertech Technology Inc said Friday it was terminating a share agreement with China's Tsinghua Unigroup Ltd, unraveling more than $2 billion in deal-making that the state-run Chinese giant had hoped to seal on the island.

Nintendo Switch to launch March 3, to cost $299.99 in U.S.

Nintendo signage is displayed at the company's booth at the 2014 Electronic Entertainment Expo, known as E3, in Los Angeles, California June 11, 2014. REUTERS/Kevork Djansezian/File Photo

Taiwan's Hon Hai, Japan's Sharp considering LCD plant in U.S.: Nikkei

A man walks past Sharp Corp's advertisement board at an electronics store in Tokyo June 8, 2012. REUTERS/Toru Hanai/Files

South Korea investigators mull arrest warrant for Samsung leader: Yonhap

Jay Y. Lee, center, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives to be questioned as a suspect in bribery case in the influence-peddling scandal that led to the president's impeachment at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2017. REUTERS/Ahn Young-joon/Po...

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U.S. appeals court revives antitrust lawsuit against Apple

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - iPhone app purchasers may sue Apple Inc over allegations that the company monopolized the market for iPhone apps by not allowing users to purchase them outside the App Store, leading to higher prices, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday.

Takata expected to plead guilty as part of $1 billion U.S. settlement: sources

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japanese auto parts manufacturer Takata Corp is expected to agree to plead guilty to fraud charges as early as Friday as part of a $1 billion settlement with the U.S. Justice Department to resolve the government's investigation into deadly air bag ruptures, sources said.

UK lawmakers criticize Amazon.com's 'Webminster' tube ad campaign

LONDON (Reuters) - Some UK lawmakers criticized an advertising campaign by Amazon.com Inc on Thursday which involved changing the name signs at London's Westminster underground station, where parliament is located, to 'Webminster', branding it "insulting".

AT&T chief executive, Trump meet amid planned Time Warner merger

NEW YORK (Reuters) - AT&T chief executive Randall Stephenson is meeting with Donald Trump on Thursday in New York amid the company's planned merger with Time Warner Inc . a deal that the Republican president-elect has criticized.

Amazon to create 100,000 full-time jobs in U.S.

(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it would create more than 100,000 full-time jobs in the United States over the next 18 months.

Flipkart reshuffle signals shift to margins over volume

MUMBAI/BENGALURU (Reuters) - Even before he was appointed to run India's biggest e-commerce company, Kalyan Krishnamurthy had signaled a change: as head of sales at Flipkart he focused on profitable "big ticket" items, a shift away from the industry's fixation on growth at all costs.

Trump, tech tycoons talk overhaul of high-skilled visa program

NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has been actively considering ways to revamp a temporary visa program used to bring foreign workers to the United States to fill high-skilled jobs, according to sources familiar with the discussions.

India's Tata Consultancy third-quarter net up 10.9 percent, beats estimates

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd , India's biggest software services company, posted a better-than-expected 10.9 percent rise in third-quarter profit, helped by demand for digital services.