Suffering from weakening global commodities for the past one year, Glencore has informed its investors about its plans to reduce debt by $10billion. Towards this debt reduction target, Glencore is planning to conclude two deals by the end of this year or early of next year. The Anglo-Swiss multinational commodities major has been facing rough conditions in the market.
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Star Wars: Battlefront Alpha Tester Reveals Game Is Broken; Will the Game Launch Before the Upcoming Film?
DICE's Star Wars: Battlefront has been spoken of since its announcement. The wait surely is one to cherish, but with recent news emerging that the game isn't completely tolerable, what are those who experienced the game and yet to do so, to get out of the title?
Latest Mac OS, The El Capitan is here
Just a few weeks after releasing the latest iOS update the iOS 9, Apple released an upgrade to the latest Mac operating system, the OS X El Capitan. The latest upgrade contains many new feature that users have been waiting for including an important security update since cyber-attack is on the rise lately.
Google Unveils Android Nexus Smartphones, New Chromecast, Android Tablet
At the latest Google event, all-new devices were unveiled. These products include the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, PixelC, Chromecast 2, and Chromecast Audio.
SoftBank invests $1bn in US fintech startup SoFi
Marking the first ever single major investment in financial technology (fintech) segment, SoftBank Group Corp has led an investment of $1billion in the US startup SoFi. Private equity (PE) firms such as Third Point have invested in SoFi. Both the companies are of a positive view that the Series E funding round will speed up the growth rate of SoFi. The fintech services are gaining support from customers, who're not satisfied with traditional banking services. SoFi is aiming at expanding financial offerings in the near future.
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Sony has officially announced the PS Plus free game line-up for October 2015 features 6 exciting titles which will be up for grabs for the entire month starting October 6th. Three titles will be downloadable for PS4, four video games for either PS3 or PS Vita console users.
15 HTC phones are tipped to receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow and Sense 7.0 update. However, one of HTC’s most popular and successful devices, the HTC One M7, is not included on the list.
The newest flagship made by Microsoft, the Lumia 950, 950XL and Surface Pro 4 will be released on October 6.
Google’s new Nexus phones support its mobile network service, Project Fi. As Google’s wireless service reaches more users, mobile carriers are pressured to create better plans in order to grab more market share.
TSMC and Samsung chipsets have been found in iPhone 6s and 6s Plus devices. Rumors suggest that TSMC will create Apple’s future processors and oust Samsung to be the next leader in chip fabrication.
Of late, Japan has been facing a different situation albeit rough weather in the international diplomacy. Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo didn't (couldn't) meet Barack Obama, the US President, this week at the 70th year founding celebrations of the United Nations (UN) held in New York. However, the list of dignitaries that Abe met included Vladimir Putin, Russian President, and Park Geun-hye, South Korea President. Abe participated in a number of meetings and met several important global leaders on the sidelines of the UN celebrations.
Samsung anticipates great sale in Gear S2 due to its interesting features, designs, and variants. A record has marked when there was 1,000 Gear S2 pre-ordered in the first two hours of sale.
Virgin America, the U.S. based low-fare airline, teamed up with the top Internet TV network, Netflix, to provide a free in-flight streaming of movies and TV shows.
United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture floated by Lockheed Martin Corp and Boeing Co, has bagged a contract worth $882million for launching satellites for the US Air Force with Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. The contract is effective from 1 October and includes launch capability, mission, integration, base and range support, maintenance, depreciation on equipment, mission assurance, program management, systems engineering and launch site and range operations during the 2016 fiscal year, according to US Defense Department. The usage of Atlas V rockets will enable the US Defense Department to compete for military and spy satellite launch contracts. ULA is poised for its latest launch this week and this is its 100th mission this week.
