Signaling that prolonged uncertainty is preferable to rejection of the $8 billion project, the Canadian company behind the proposed Keystone XL pipeline chose to plead with the U.S. government for

After lobbying from civil liberties groups worldwide, Facebook has announced plans to water down its controversial “real names” policy. This new rule, still officially require the use of “authentic names”

Scepter-based herbicide products have been licensed by a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Vanguard Corporation – Amvac Chemical Corporation, from BASF Corporation. The company intends to use it in the United

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has offered to buy off all the shares of Chinese video streaming company Youku Tudou Inc that Alibaba does not already own. Reports said that Alibaba

Rejecting claims from a group of authors that the book scanning project illegally deprives them of revenue, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Friday that Google’s massive effort to scan

The fall in the number of US subscribers for the video-streaming service provider Netflix Inc is blamed on a transition to chip-based cards. The company reported lower subscriber in the

From Thursday users of Yahoo Mail app on both iOS and Android will not have to key in passwords as the new service called Yahoo Account Key will use smartphones

Model S autopilot car from Tesla Motors would now be able to steer and park themselves under certain conditions. However the car maker advised drivers not to let their hands

A number of top pharma companies are being investigated for of the US Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) – some for the second time. The list includes names like GlaxoSmithKline,

Apple has been charged and found guilty of illegally using technology that was owned by the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s licensing arm. A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the iPhone maker

In the wake its emissions cheating scandal, German car maker Volkswagen (VW) plans a complete makeover of its diesel technology. According to VW brand chief Herbert Diess, the new versions

As a means of encouraging greater adoption of hydrogen powered fuel-cell electric vehicles, petrol stations around Europe will soon begin to offer hydrogen fuel pumps alongside their standard unleaded and

As co-founder Jack Dorsey readies to revive growth in the microblogging service provider’s user base in his second stint as chief executive, Twitter Inc announced the lay off up to

Japanese technology and vehicle companies innovating to create both high- and low-tech products for consumers to allow ease of use for the fast aging Japan’s population. This became evident at

Wal-Mart’s hope for increasing market share in China has suffered a huge blow after the departure of a major local partner for its traditional brick-and-mortar stores. The reason being rumored

A “death ray” for drones in the UK can now knock an unmanned aerial vehicle out of the sky by turning it off in midair up to a mile away.

Ford is planning to resort to research in robot communications technology in order to keep its cars connected to the internet – and each other. To ensure that navigation, internet

Sony could consider other options for the smartphone unit if it failed to turn profitable next year. Chief executive of Sony Corp said that identified 2016 as a make-or-break year

To settle a class-action lawsuit accusing it of sending too many unsolicited emails to users, social network LinkedIn has agreed to pay $13 million to users. LinkedIn’s “add connections” feature

Sotheby’s is to auction 239 lots directly from the cellars of this great Bordeaux First Growth in New York on 17th October. The auction house estimates that esch of the

Dragged lower by rising oil prices and a downgrade by Credit Suisse, the stock prices of European airline fell sharply on Wednesday. Credit Suisse cut the European airline’s stance from

Allegations that flight paths of unmanned aerial systems or drones are endangering the safety of airspace, the U.S. FAA announced the largest civil penalty ever proposed against a drone operator

Media reports say that Google, now morphed into a holding company Alphabet Inc, wants to extend their chat facilities and is in talks with messaging startup Symphony Communication Services LLC

In what is being claimed to be the largest corporate settlement of its kind in U.S. history, BP Plc has been levied a fine of more than $20 billion to

As Nestle, the world’s biggest packaged food firm focuses more closely on its higher-performing brands, it is on the way to merge its international ice cream business with R&R Ice

In what is being viewed as one of the biggest labour compensation agreements being awarded for one single employee, two of the biggest names in engineering, Siemens and Fluor, will