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Nintendo first-quarter profits up 44 pct to $275 mn on Switch sales

TOKYO, Japan (AFP)--Nintendo said Tuesday its quarterly net profit jumped 43.9 percent year-on-year to $275 million, driven by the global…

End of the line for ASIMO, Japan’s famed robot?

  TOKYO, Japan (AFP) - It has played football with former US president Barack Obama and danced for German leader…

Taiwan’s HTC to get Google boost as it posts biggest loss

  TAIPEI, Taiwan (AFP) -- Taiwan's struggling smartphone maker HTC posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Monday, but said it…

Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy: media

  LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) -- The Weinstein Company will file for bankruptcy, US media reported on Sunday, after…

Toyota forecasts record net profit for full fiscal year

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Japanese car giant Toyota on Tuesday forecast a record full-year net profit, as the figure jumped more than…

UK construction firm Carillion liquidates business

LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) -- British construction and outsourcing services group Carillion announced its immediate liquidation Monday after the heavily-indebted…

Lafarge offices searched over Syria business links

PARIS, France (AFP) -- French investigators searched the offices of French-Swiss cement maker Lafarge Tuesday, the company said, as part of an…

Toshiba sells TV business to China’s Hisense

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Struggling Japanese conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it has decided to sell its television business to China's Hisense Group…

Toshiba boss sorry as shareholders blast $18 bn chip sale

by Kyoko Hasegawa  Agence France-Presse CHIBA, Japan (AFP) -- Toshiba's president Tuesday apologized "sincerely" over the $18-billion sale of its prized memory…

Uniqlo operator says annual profit soars to record

 TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Uniqlo's parent company said Thursday that its annual net profit more than doubled from a year ago to…

Twitter dives, growth stall highlights contrast with Facebook

by Glenn Chapman with Rob Lever in Washington Agence France Presse SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Twitter shares were…

Swiss chemical maker Clariant to merge with US Huntsman

  ZURICH, Switzerland (AFP) - Swiss group Clariant on Monday said it planned to merge with US counterpart Huntsman to…

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