The cellphone chip supplier Qualcomm announced a new $4 billion share buyback program and hiked its quarterly dividend by 16 percent. The company had 1.72 billion shares outstanding at the end of last year. The new stock buyback plan will replace the company’s existing $3 billion program, which still having $948 million of repurchase authority remaining. The new plan...
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Olympus which earlier confirmed that it’s suing its own president, Shuichi Takayama and 18 other previous and current executives over the accounting fraud to conceal their $1.7 billion in losses over which the current board members have agreed to resign, allowing the investors of company to vote on new management, Tokyo prosecutors charged ex-chairman Tsuyoshi Kikukawa,...
Seems like Apple iPad trademark case is getting bigger and bigger, today an add-on in the story line-up come into effect. The Bank of China with seven other Proview’s creditor’s banks have indicated that the dispute is no longer in Proview’s hands, instead of that, it is now between Apple and the eight banks, reports WSJ. A week ago, the Chinese creditors have appealed...
Getting an average reviews before, the Nokia Lumia 800 being in the news for having poor battery life. Over the result, the Finnish mobile maker have rolled out two updates in the past to address the issues and now the third update has gone live in Singapore. WPCentral is reporting that the update with a version number of 12070 is currently being pushed to Lumia 800s...
Microsoft has released its roadmap for the next version of Windows Embedded, with a preview of the standard version which available to download now. Windows Embedded Standard v.Next will support the ARM architecture, along with the Intel x86 and x64 architectures. Windows Embedded Compact will continue to provide a proven, real-time operating system and a full tools suite...
The Mobile Money Network announced today that Visa Europe is intended to acquire 15% stake in the company, which provides mobile commerce and payments services for retailers. The investment forms part of Visa Europe’s strategy to deliver increased value for consumers, retailers and financial institutions through mobile payments. Visa Europe will take a seat on the MMN...
