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Mara Group, the Pan-African conglomerate founded by Ugandan businessman Ashish J. Thakkar, plans to challenge the dominance of WhatsApp in Africa with the launch of Mara Messenger, a new messenger App targeted at African...

Zero advertising, zero discounts, zero patent protection (if used in good faith) and sparse press notices. Tesla’s marketing and business model is certainly novel.

UKs biggest retailer joins £1.5bn battle of the supermarkets for share of crucial seasonal spending which will see social media targeted heavily as well as TV and print

SPARKLY, spotted or Hello Kitty: every colour, theme, shape and size of frame is available at Eyeglass City in Beijing, a four-storey mall crammed only with spectacle shops. Within half an hour a pair of prescription eye...

When President Obama arrives in Beijing on Monday for his first visit since 2009, Chinese President Xi Jinping will welcome him with all the pomp of a state visit. That evening, fireworks will open a meeting of Asia Paci...

Following Taylor Swift's removal of her music from Spotify, and her subsequent explanation of why she did so, Adele's manager, Jonathan Dickins, has spoken out in favor of streaming services on Thursday at the Web Summit...

I was delivering papers to an independent pharmacy owner, and he told me when I got my driver's license to come see him. When I turned 16, I walked into the pharmacy, and [in a sense,] I've never walked out.

Cloud computing has completely changed the tech industry, but it's got a dark side for the companies competing in the market, something those in the industry call "the race to zero." There's so much competition in the cl...

Politicians at Dublins Web Summit downplayed the impact of scrapping the controversial measure, despite criticism from a former Apple boss suggesting the country would lose its competitive edge

In the wake of mounting protests from labor groups, numerous U.S. localities have approved minimum wage increases, including two of the nation's largest cities, Seattle and San Francisco. Yet, especially among many of Am...

The 2014 Formula One Championship is poised for a dramatic conclusion as Nico Rosberg closed the gap with his Merecedes teammate and championship leader Lewis Hamilton, with a win at Sunday's Brazilian Grand Prix, and tw...

Conservative news site Breitbart on Saturday criticized President Obama's nominee for attorney general, Loretta Lynch, over her supposed involvement in the Whitewater corruption investigation. There's just one hitch: the...

Cloud computing has completely changed the tech industry, but it's got a dark side for the companies competing in the market, something those in the industry call "the race to zero."

The government of Prime Minister David Cameron said it would create a sovereign wealth fund to invest future proceeds from oil and gas extracted from shale deposits.

The CBI knows that public trust in business has hit rock-bottom and the bottom line is suffering. But things still might not change

Morningstar founder and CEO Joe Mansueto had lots to say when I asked him how he started a modest financial directory in his apartment and grew it to 3,800 employees around the world with $700 million annual revenue. In ...

Rep. Charlie Rangel (D-New York) is fuming mad over the White House's claim that the thousands of troops being deployed against the Islamic State (also called ISIS or ISIL) doesn't count as "boots on the ground." "I thin...

While Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare, Halo: The Master Chief Collection and Assassin's Creed: Unity are the talk of the town right now, I want to flash back briefly to what is bound to be one of the best games of the yea...

Today there?s one thing working women need to know that?s not getting enough attention. Getting your next promotion is not it. That next promotion will make you happier?but it won?t be long-term happiness. I?ve found tha...

Illuminate the universe and you'll see more beauty than you could ever imagine. That's exactly what a cosmic phenomenon, called a light echo, does. This Hubble image to the right was taken in February, 2004 and is a cons...

The San Francisco 49ers and the New Orleans Saints were tied 24-24 at the end of the fourth quarter when Drew Brees tossed a game-winning touchdown pass with no time left on the clock to Jimmy Graham. But the refs called...

The Obama administration said that people would be able to compare their options beginning Monday and that the site was now easier to use.