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The long-running rivalry between Microsoft Corp and Google Inc is turning into a schoolyard brawl. Microsoft on Wednesday opened a new front against the world's No 1 search provider by piloting an ad-free offering for educational users of Bing, its...

Facebook Inc's (FB.O) Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg has enlisted Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS), Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) and four other companies for a project aimed at bringing Internet access to people around the world who can't afford it, mirroring...

Mexican telecoms group America Movil said it has put in place financing to buy the rest of Dutch group KPN even though its offer may be too late to influence the sale of KPN's German unit in October. The Mexican...

Staples Inc (SPLS.O) reported weaker-than-expected quarterly results on Wednesday on dismal sales in international markets such as Europe and Australia, prompting the largest U.S. office supply retailer to cut its outlook for the year. Shares of Staples tumbled 12.4 percent...

Kidney Island is a small detached piece of land off UTC junction in Port-Harcourt city of Rivers State. The Island was predominantly occupied by people of low income in what was usually referred to as the “water front”. But...

The mega rally of Nigerian women held in Abuja has come and gone, leaving fond memories of one of the biggest women’s events in Nigeria’s history. The summit of the women has been adjudged a huge success. It was...

The roll-call of those conferred with the Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) title in the country could just as well read as the makers of the nation. Starting from the very beginning with Chief Rotimi Williams and Nabo Graham-Douglas,...

As debates shift from issues of good governance to electoral calculations and permutations towards 2013, it is important that civic-minded citizens keep in focus and sustain public debate on pending disturbing developments in Anambra State. If we say we prefer...

Stocks inched up on Tuesday after the market's longest losing streak this year, with major retailers leading gains on positive profits and outlooks. In the absence of major economic news recently, equity trading has been linked to U.S. Treasuries, whose...

A federal judge has approved a settlement in which Citigroup Inc agreed to pay bondholders $730 million to resolve claims that the bank concealed its exposure to billions of dollars of toxic mortgage assets prior to the financial crisis. U.S....