Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has agreed a 10.07 billion pound ($15.28 billion) bridge loan from a group of relationship banks backing its 47 billion pound takeover of smaller rival BG Group (BG.L), the company announced on Friday.
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How Verizon angers ESPN, Comcast Corporation, and others? Big red shaking things up
Verizon’s FiOS service that gives customers a $55/month package of 45 base channels, plus others, is said to have angered Disney, 21st Century Fox, and NBCUniversal. This is because Verizon’s Custom TV allows customers the option to not to buy sports channels, which greatly affects the billion-dollar profiting system of some companies with sports channels.
Next-generation MacBook Pro will have a sensitive heat-detecting Force Touch
Apple’s latest MacBook products include a Force Touch technology that can detect the amount of pressure a user is making. In addition to this, a leaked patent from Apple reveals that the company is going to develop the Force Touch technology into a temperature-detecting feature.
‘Revenge’ Season 4 Update: Show to Be Axed By ABC after Four Seasons; Finale Promises Cliffhanger
After four long seasons, ABC has decided to ax television drama series “Revenge” after its season finale on May 10. Executive producer Sunil Nayar confirmed that the date will mark the conclusion of Emily Thorne’s quest to avenge the death of her father. Will she succeed in the end?
Family Sitcom “Full House” to be Revived as 'Fuller House': Olsen Twins Not Interested?
Netflix and Lifetime announced plans on reviving the family sitcom "Full House" to be shown some time next year. All original casts like Jason Stamos are expected to be in the TV movie adaptation but Olsen twins may not be too eager to join.
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Rocket Internet, a tech investor focused on emerging market ventures, has reduced its stakes in two of its Europe-focused financial services start-ups after facing setbacks there, Germany's Spiegel magazine said.
Another day, another shock for investors in social media stocks. Shares of LinkedIn Corp, operator of the most popular social network for professionals, fell 20 percent in early trading on Friday, wiping out more than $6 billion of market value, after the company slashed its full-year forecast.
Manufacturing activity growth remained sluggish in some of the world's major economies in April, suggesting that global economic growth remains "moderate and uneven," as the International Monetary Fund described it in its World Economic Outlook in April.
U.S. auto industry sales in April came in below expectations as Asia's major carmakers' results disappointed, offsetting strong gains for trucks and SUVs made by General Motors (GM.N) and Ford (F.N).
Ford Motor Co (F.N) said it was expanding a recall to include 156,000 more vehicles to fix a potential door latch malfunction.
U.S. factory activity failed to gain steam in April after slowing for five straight months and demand for automobiles softened, suggesting the economy was struggling to find momentum after growth almost stalled in the first quarter.
U.S. stocks bounced back sharply on Friday as investors snapped up beaten-down shares in the healthcare and technology sectors, and as data gave further signs of a pickup in the economy.
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said first-quarter profit rose 10 percent, and operating results easily beat forecasts, boosted by its railroad and insurance businesses and gains from derivatives.
After being leaked out last December and the leaks being confirmed to be genuine, Assassin's Creed: Victory is apparently on the way to a Q4 2015 release.While the leak was verified, the formal announcement regarding the game is expected to be done at the Electronic Expo (E3) in Los Angeles on June 16-18.
