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Sony Pictures has cancelled the planned US release on 25 December of the film The Interview, after major cinema chains decided not to screen it. The film is about a fictional plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. Hackers have...

Boeing Co (BA.N) will deliver a record 754 commercial aircraft in 2015, an increase of up to 5.5 percent, the U.S. Aerospace Industries Association forecast on Wednesday, reflecting expectations of steadily rising production at the world's biggest plane maker. The...

A top Herbalife salesman said that most people who sell the company's weight loss and nutrition products are doomed to fail, adding fresh grist to accusations by a hedge fund manager that the company is a fraud. "We sell people...

Deutsche Bank AG (DBKGn.DE) said it would review its strategy in 2015 after a business magazine said it was considering major changes, possibly including the sale of its Postbank-branded (DPBGn.DE) retail unit and a revision of its profit targets. However,...

SAN FRANCISCO, December 17, (THEWILL) – Nigeria’s Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Wednesday presented a N4.3trillion proposed appropriation for 2015 before the National Assembly in two separate appearances before the Senate and House of Assembly. Traditionally, budget presentations in the past have...

Technology giant Apple says it cannot sell products online in Russia because the rouble's value is too volatile for it to set prices. The company stopped sales of its iPhones, iPads and other products in the country after a day...

Business sentiment among Asia's top companies rebounded in the fourth quarter to the second-highest level in almost three years, a Thomson Reuters/INSEAD survey showed, helped by a stronger U.S. economy and a plunge in oil prices. The Thomson Reuters/INSEAD Asian...

Philips (PHG.AS) has agreed to acquire U.S.-based medical device maker Volcano Corp (VOLC.O) for $1.2 billion including debt, its largest healthcare acquisition in seven years and a bid to cash in on an aging population's need for more complex...

President Goodluck Jonathan warned Tuesday that Nigeria could be forced to cut further the amount of oil revenue it uses for government spending if the global crude price continued to plummet. The warning came on the evening of the presentation...

Sony Pictures Entertainment advised its current and former employees to be on the alert for fraudsters looking to use their stolen data, which included detailed personal information. In what is Sony's most detailed description on the types of data stolen,...