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Maxymiser acquisition to fortify Oracle Marketing Cloud

Oracle has signed an agreement to acquire Maxymiser. The latest buyout will help Oracle further strengthen its Oracle Marketing Cloud.

Aug 24, 2015 1:44 AM EDT


Intuit plans to let go of its businesses including Quicken

Intuit plans to let go of its businesses including QuickBase, Demandforce and Quicken. Intuit announced its most recent quarterly report and surprised everyone when it said that it will sell Quicken, Demandforce and QuickBase but will keep TurboTax and other products.

Aug 24, 2015 1:42 AM EDT


Elon Musk's Hyperloop starts construction in 2016; Oerlikon Leybold and Aecom joined in

Elon Musk's vision of Hyperloop is finally shaping up as Oerlikon Leybold Vacuum and Aecom funded HTT to construct the high-speed capsule transportation in 2016.

Aug 24, 2015 1:41 AM EDT


Facebook edges out Google as a traffic source for news

Facebook has become the top traffic source for news, edging out search giant Google. According to traffic analytics firm Parse.ly, this is due to Facebook's growing popularity as a platform for discourse around news and information.

Aug 23, 2015 11:59 PM EDT


Indian banking system in transformation mode

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has given licenses to 11 business entities to commence 'Payment Banks.' The new system is expected to not only bring down transactions costs, but also cover entire rural India under banking system.

Aug 23, 2015 11:58 PM EDT


HP’s Planned Layoffs to Exceed 55,000

HP CFO reveals that layoffs will exceed an additional 5 percent of the planned 55,000 layoffs by October.

Aug 23, 2015 11:26 PM EDT


Alibaba launches data center in Singapore

Alibaba launches headquarters for overseas operation and data center in Singapore as part of their $1 billion effort to edge out US rival, Amazon Web Services.

Aug 23, 2015 11:22 PM EDT


Oil price crash-hit Kazakhstan's currency tumbles over 23% in free-float trading

Suffering from oil price crash, Kazakhstan has allowed free-float trading in its currency Tenge, which fell steeply 23% creating tremors in the central Asian economy.

Aug 23, 2015 11:17 PM EDT


Background checks of Uber drivers not extensive enough - prosecutors

Billion-dollar ridesharing company, Uber, accused of misleading consumers by lax background checks of drivers.

Aug 23, 2015 11:05 PM EDT


Iran's huge potential now open for global investments as crisis-hit nation comes out of sanctions

With the five nations led by the US lifting the sanctions on Iran, the underdeveloped oil and gas sector in the fourth largest oil reserves country offers huge investment and growth potential for global companies.

Aug 21, 2015 3:39 AM EDT


McDonald's hit with labor and tax malpractice allegations during Brazil hearing

McDonald's has been hit with allegations suggesting they have been avoiding tax payments and abusing employees during a hearing in Brazil.

Aug 21, 2015 3:37 AM EDT


US to anti-money body: Delete soccer warning

US delegates of Finacial Action Task Force urges the organization to delete soccer warning, according to sources.

Aug 21, 2015 2:57 AM EDT