'Iron Man 3' races past $1 billion dollar mark on monster foreign take May 17th, 2013 - 02:10h (CET +01.00) By Todd Cunningham LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - "Iron Man 3" was soaring past $1 billion at the worldwide box office Thursday, in a display of world domination that would make one of Marvel's super villains proud. The box-office bounty ... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : 'iron, 3', races, past, billion, dollar, mark, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Nations pledge billions to rebuild Mali May 15th, 2013 - 20:40h (CET +01.00) BRUSSELS (AP) - A plan to turn Mali into a stable democracy rather than a terrorist haven drew massive support Wednesday as various nations and international organizations pledged 3.25 billion euros ($4.22 billion) to help reconstruct the conflict-ri... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : nations, pledge, billions, rebuild, mali, dollar, mark, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Facebook in talks to buy Israel's Waze for up to $1 billion: report May 9th, 2013 - 08:20h (CET +01.00) TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Facebook Inc is in advanced talks to acquire Israeli mobile satellite navigation start-up Waze for $800 million to $1 billion, business daily Calcalist reported on Thursday. Due diligence is underway after a term sheet was signed... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : facebook, talks, israel's, waze, billion, report, mark, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Apple wows market with record $17 billion bond deal May 1st, 2013 - 03:40h (CET +01.00) By John Balassi and Josie Cox NEW YORK/LONDON, April 30 (IFR) - Apple Inc wowed the debt markets on Tuesday with the largest non-bank bond deal in history, pricing a whopping $17 billion as the U.S. computer giant switches strategy to placate restles... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : apple, wows, market, record, billion, bond, deal, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

U.S.-based stock funds have $7.3 billion outflow - Lipper Apr 26th, 2013 - 02:30h (CET +01.00) By Sam Forgione NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investors pulled $7.3 billion out of U.S.-based stock funds in the latest week, the most since July of last year even as U.S. stock markets recovered from a sharp selloff, data from Thomson Reuters' Lipper Se... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : usbased, stock, funds, have, billion, outflow, lipper, monster, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Exclusive: Verizon eyes roughly $100 billion bid for Verizon Wireless stake Apr 25th, 2013 - 10:30h (CET +01.00) By Soyoung Kim NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communications Inc has hired advisers to prepare a possible $100 billion cash and stock bid to take full control of Verizon Wireless from joint venture partner Vodafone Group Plc, two people familiar with t... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : exclusive, verizon, eyes, roughly, $100, billion, wireless, stake, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Extreme Green: Earth Recycles 2.5-Billion-Year-Old Ocean Crust Apr 24th, 2013 - 20:10h (CET +01.00) The remains of a real-life journey to the center of the Earth are preserved in a South Pacific volcano, a new study suggests. (Source: LiveScience.com)... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : extreme, green, earth, recycles, 25billionyearold, ocean, crust, stake, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Huawei sees enterprise sales rising to $10 billion by 2017 Apr 23rd, 2013 - 07:00h (CET +01.00) HONG KONG (Reuters) - Huawei Technologies Co Ltd, the world's No.2 telecoms equipment maker, expects its networking equipment sales targeted at enterprises to rise to $10 billion by 2017, lower than an earlier target. "If we can achieve $10... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : huawei, sees, enterprise, sales, rising, billion, 2017, stake, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Tesco quits U.S. and takes £2.3 billion global write down Apr 17th, 2013 - 16:40h (CET +01.00) By James Davey and Kate Holton LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's biggest retailer, Tesco, wrote down the value of its global operations by $3.5 billion (2.3 billion pounds) and announced plans to exit the United States, as it tries to rebuild after a... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : tesco, quits, takes, £23, billion, global, write, down, foreign, take, Top Keywords

Google's Schmidt sees one billion Android phones in use in 9 months Apr 16th, 2013 - 18:40h (CET +01.00) By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt predicted on Tuesday that there will be more than a billion smartphones in use featuring its Android software within the next six to nine months. Schmidt also no... [Full Article] Read @ Yahoo More about : google's, schmidt, sees, billion, android, phones, months, down, foreign, take, Top Keywords