Microsoft working with Washington State on suit against Trump immigration order

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said it has been cooperating with the Washington State Attorney General's Office, which is suing in federal court to stop President Donald Trump's order restricting immigration from several Muslim countries.

Dropbox on track for more than $1 billion in annual revenue: CEO

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - File sharing and storage company Dropbox is on track to make more than $1 billion in annual revenue, company chief executive Drew Houston said at an event on Monday.

Argentine prosecutor asks for local Uber executives to be jailed

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - An Argentine prosecutor asked a judge to jail local executives of ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc on Monday and a court ordered the company's mobile application to be shut down.

Dropbox targets deep-pocketed businesses to increase revenue

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A decade after its founding as a file-sharing business, Dropbox Inc is trying to become a new kind of company.

Snap selects New York Stock Exchange for its IPO: source

File Photo: The Snapchat logo is seen on a banner outside the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

Honda, GM to jointly produce fuel cell power systems in U.S. from 2020

TOKYO (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co Ltd and General Motors Co (GM) will jointly produce hydrogen fuel cell power systems in the United States from around 2020, to cut costs and ramp up output in the hope of increasing take-up of the zero-emission cars.

Fitbit estimates lower fourth-quarter revenue, cuts jobs

The ticker symbol for Fitbit is displayed at the post where it is traded on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) February 23, 2016. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

Trump says cost of Lockheed's F-35 has been cut by $600 million

Lockheed Martin's logo is seen during Japan Aerospace 2016 air show in Tokyo, Japan, October 12, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon

Sony takes $976 million charge on movie segment as DVD market shrinks

The company logo of Sony Cooperation is seen at the CP+ camera and photo trade fair in Yokohama, Japan, February 25, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

Japan's Rakuten CEO tweets Trump move to ban refugees makes him cry

A staff of Rakuten Cafe is seen under a logo of Rakuten Inc at a shopping district in Tokyo August 4, 2014. REUTERS/Yuya Shino

European tech giant SAP reassures staff alarmed by Trump travel ban

SAP SE CEO Bill McDermott attends the company's annual results press conference in Walldorf, Germany, January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Ralph Orlowski

Siemens chairman to nominate Snabe as successor: Manager Magazin

Siemens logo is pictured on a CT scan in the manufacturing plant of Siemens Healthineers in Forchheim near Nuremberg, Germany, October 7, 2016. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle/File Photo

Mitsubishi UFJ Trust to sue Toshiba over 2015 accounting scandal

FILE PHOTO- A logo of Toshiba Corp is seen on a printed circuit board in this photo illustration taken in Tokyo July 31, 2012. REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao/File Phot

Silicon Valley puts money and muscle into fighting Trump immigrant curbs

Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk in Hong Kong, China January 26, 2016. REUTERS/Bobby Yip

Snapchat to reveal financials within a week: sources

A billboard displays the logo of Snapchat above Times Square in New York March 12, 2015. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

FBI request for Twitter account data may have overstepped legal guidelines

The Twitter Inc. logo is shown with the U.S. flag during the company's IPO on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York, November 7, 2013. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/File Photo

Bosch, Cisco, BNY Mellon, others launch new blockchain consortium

The logo of Dow Jones Industrial Average stock market index listed company Cisco is seen in San Diego, California April 25, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo

Toshiba chairman Shigenori Shiga ready to step down: Nikkei

Toshiba Corp chairman Shigenori Shiga attends a news conference at the company headquarters in Tokyo, Japan May 6, 2016. REUTERS/Issei Kato

Bitcoin firm gets approval to operate in Switzerland

ZURICH (Reuters) - Bitcoin wallet provider Xapo said it has received conditional approval from Switzerland's financial market watchdog to operate in the country in a regulatory breakthrough for companies that provide safekeeping for the virtual currency.

Microsoft's market value tops $500 billion again after 17 years

(Reuters) - Microsoft Corp's market capitalization topped $500 billion for the first time since 2000 on Friday, after the technology giant's stock rose following another quarter of results that beat Wall Street's expectations.

Alphabet's hardware growth adds to strength in core ad business

(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's core advertising business remained strong and its smartphone and home-automation products were gaining traction, analysts said a day after the company missed profit expectations, hurt by a higher tax rate.

Apple strategy in 'smart home' race threatened by Amazon

SAN FRANCISCO - In less than a year, Amazon's combination of the Echo speaker system and the Alexa voice-controlled digital assistant has come close to delivering on the elusive promise of easy-to-use technology that can control gadgets in the home with a few spoken words.

Apple shares back in vogue as Wall Street bets on iPhone surge

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Wall Street has regained an appetite for Apple as investors bet that the release of a 10th-anniversary iPhone and pent up customer demand will shore up shrinking sales.

Russian security service says hackers attacked major banks in 2016: Ifax

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's major commercial banks came under cyber attacks in November last year, the country's Federal Security Service said on Friday, Interfax news agency reported.

With supplies tight, memory chipmakers head into ultra-super-cycle

SEOUL (Reuters) - The global memory chip industry is heading into what's been dubbed an ultra-super-cycle, as the challenge of making chips smaller yet more efficient has created supply bottlenecks, while there is soaring demand for data storage - from smartphones and artificial intelligence to auto...

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U.S.-based Fidelity marks down value of India's e-commerce giant Flipkart

MUMBAI (Reuters) - U.S.-based mutual fund company Fidelity Investments has marked down the value of its holding in Indian e-commerce firm Flipkart Online Services Pvt Ltd [IPO-FLPK.N] by around 36 percent.

Chinese Lunar New Year 'ticket snatching' apps raise hackles

BEIJING (Reuters) - As China gears up for Lunar New Year, when hundreds of millions of people head home, popular software charging extra to improve the odds of getting coveted rail tickets has been criticized by state media and some users as being akin to modern-day touting.

Stock research moves past PDFs as customers demand more for their money

(Reuters) - With investment firms cutting costs and portfolio managers combating a barrage of information, financial research shops around the globe are looking for new ways to keep their product relevant.

Ford device to boost connectivity in its models without modems

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Friday it would sell a plug-in device to enable features like remote start, security alerts, a Wifi hotspot and vehicle location assistance on 2010-2016 model year Ford and Lincoln cars.

Toshiba decides to split off core chip business, sell stake

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp's board on Friday approved plans to make its core chip business a separate company and seek outside investment in it, aiming to avoid being crippled by an upcoming multi-billion dollar writedown for its U.S. nuclear business.