LG Electronics says to partner with Amazon on smart homes

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Electronics Inc said on Friday it is partnering with Amazon.com Inc on smart-home services, enabling the U.S. company's services such as the Alexa virtual assistant on some of the electronics maker's devices.

Disrupting the disruptors: Uber ushers in latest foodie upheaval

SYDNEY (Reuters) - After three decades running McDonald's Corp restaurants, Tony Plunkett thought he knew everything about flipping burgers for a profit, and last year went out on his own with a start-up franchise in the Australian city of Melbourne.

Rocket Internet posts first-half loss on GFG impairments

The logo of of Rocket Internet, a German venture capital group is pictured in this September 24, 2014 illustration photo in Sarajevo. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo

EU's Vestager warns others, says Apple could cut bill

European Commissioner for Violation of EU Treaties Margrethe Vestager reacts during a news conference on the approval of the Hutchison-Vimpelcom deal at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium September 1, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Vidal

Pennsylvania reinstates Uber's record $11.4 million fine

The logo of car-sharing service app Uber on a smartphone over a reserved lane for taxis in a street is seen in this photo illustration taken December 10, 2014. REUTERS/Sergio Perez/Illustration/Files

Verizon CFO Shammo to retire at the end of 2016

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc said on Thursday that its chief financial officer, Francis Shammo, plans to retire at the end of the year and will step down from his role effective Nov. 1.

Exclusive: HP Enterprise in talks to sell software unit to Thoma Bravo - sources

(Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE) is in talks with buyout firm Thoma Bravo LLC to sell its software division, hoping it can fetch between $8 billion and $10 billion, according to people familiar with the matter.

Kimpton Hotels Acknowledges Data Breach

Kimpton Hotels on Wednesday formally acknowledged that malware found on payment terminals in many of its hotels and restaurants may have compromised credit/debit cards of guests who patronized the properties in the first half of this year. The disclosure comes more than a month after KrebsOnSecurity...

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Kimpton Hotels Acknowledges Data Breach

Kimpton Hotels on Wednesday formally acknowledged that malware found on payment terminals in many of its hotels and restaurants may have compromised credit/debit cards of guests who patronized the properties in the first half of this year. The disclosure comes more than a month after KrebsOnSecurity...

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Europe needs $800 billion investment in digital infrastructure: Commissioner

ALPBACH, Austria (Reuters) - Europe needs to invest close to $800 billion in its digital infrastructure to catch up with the United States and China, the European Union commissioner responsible for the issue said on Thursday.

French finance minister says 'normal that Apple should pay normal taxes'

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Apple CEO says EU tax ruling 'total political crap': Irish Independent

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook on Thursday described the European Union's imposition of a 13 billion euro ($14.5 billion) back tax bill as "total political crap" motivated in part by anti-U.S. bias, the Irish Independent reported.

White nationalists use Twitter with 'relative impunity': report

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White nationalists and self-identified Nazi sympathizers located mostly in the United States use Twitter with “relative impunity” and often have far more followers than militant Islamists, a study being released on Thursday found.

SolarCity advisor Lazard made mistake in deal with Tesla

(Reuters) - Lazard Ltd, the investment bank that advised SolarCity Corp on its $2.6 billion sale to Tesla Motors Inc, made an error in its analysis that discounted the value of the U.S. solar energy company by $400 million, a regulatory filing by Tesla showed on Wednesday.

InterContinental unit Kimpton Hotels hit by payment card data breach

(Reuters) - InterContinental Hotels Group Plc-owned Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants said an investigation had found a malware attack on servers that processed payment cards used at some of its hotels.

Monsanto's Climate Corp seen profitable by 2020: CTO Fraley

BOONE, Iowa (Reuters) - Monsanto Co's digital agriculture platform should begin generating revenue for the seed and chemical company by 2020 as paid subscriptions for data-driven farm management and planting advice services expand, a top executive told Reuters.

U.S. tax code may allow dramatic retaliation in EU Apple case

An Apple logo hangs above the entrance to the Apple store on 5th Avenue in the Manhattan borough of New York City, July 21, 2015. REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo

Wells Fargo, Amazon end deal to offer discounted student loans

(Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co and Amazon.com Inc said they had ended a partnership to offer discounted student loans to the online retailer's "Prime Student" customers, about six weeks after announcing the deal.

France's Orange says in talks with Iran's MCI on potential cooperation

PARIS (Reuters) - French telecoms operator Orange is in negotiations with Mobile Telecommunication Company of Iran, the country's largest mobile operator, "regarding a number of areas of potential cooperation and business topics," a spokesman said.

Salesforce third-quarter revenue forecast misses estimates

(Reuters) - Cloud software maker Salesforce.com Inc forecast third-quarter revenue below estimates after it reported a 25 percent jump in quarterly revenue as customers stepped up purchases of its web-based sales and marketing software.