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A few months ago, they were given warning. Now, social media sites have been given an ultimatum — change their terms of service, or pay a fine. The European Commission had pressured Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) and Twitter Inc (NASDAQ: TWTR) in a...

The in-trend in simulation gaming is not violence, gun shooting or racing — all predominant themes in the past. Slowly and steadily, the industry is gravitating toward concepts that highlight the social and economic plight of the present. Quite surprisingly, classic literature as an art...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) isn't the only American company to be slapped with a multi-billion-dollar bill. According to Reuters, Mastercard Inc (NYSE: MA) could be forced to pay 14 billion British pounds (roughly $19 billion USD) in damages for allegedly charging excessive fees in Britain. Details...

The European Union slapped Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) with a ruling that it owes the Irish government more than $14 billion in back taxes. Naturally, Apple disagreed with the ruling, but the Irish cabinet agreed to appeal the ruling in which the nation was accused of supplying illegal state aid to...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd (NYSE: BABA), the Chinese e-commerce behemoth valued at more than $240 billion, has to be the country's most valuable tech company, right? Alibaba may in fact be the most valuable Chinese tech company listed on an American exchange. However, Tencent just overtook...

An estimated minimum of 84 people died after an individual drove a truck into a crowd celebrating Bastille Day in Nice, France. Shortly afterward, French President François Hollande said the attack was of "an undeniable terrorist nature" according to the BBC. The attack, if...

A labour court has ordered Societe Generale SA (ADR) (OTC: SCGLY) to pay rogue trader Jerome Kerviel €450,000 in damages for his unfair dismissal, according to a BBC report. The report said the French ex-trader's unauthorized transactions lost his bank €4.9 billion, but the court ruled the bank...

AMC's after-show trend is proving to have an exceptionally long lifespan, as MTV (Viacom, Inc. (NASDAQ: VIAB)) entered the fray with "Scream After Dark" Wednesday. The new series will air Mondays at midnight following next week's season two debut of "Scream," the TV adaptation of the horror film...

Deutsche Bank reiterated its Buy rating on Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), saying its 2017+ sum-of-the-parts valuation suggests about 50 percent upside to current levels. The brokerage's 50 percent upside to current levels estimate is based on: 1. "Potential for AKAM'...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) doesn't own the trademark rights to the term "iPhone" in China. According to the BBC, Apple filed a trademark bid for the term 'iPhone' back in 2002, but it was not approved until 2013. Meanwhile, Xintong Tiandi Technology, a China-based seller of leather products,...

Brazil's troubling political situation may have taken a turn for the worse as the country's Parliament voted to commence impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff. Rousseff faces charges of manipulating government accounts. As noted by the BBC, she is accused of "using creative...

News agencies across the world, such as the BBC, are reporting that North Korea has "restarted" a plutonium production reactor that could be used for nuclear weapons. The U.S. intelligence chief James Clapper said that North Korea has also taken steps towards making an intercontinental ballistic...

Walt Disney Co (NYSE: DIS) CEO Bob Iger told BBC's Newsbeat that the release of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" launched the beginning of six new "Star Wars" movies from now until 2019. "There will be more after that, I don't know how many, I don't know...

Is Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) planning on manufacturing and developing an electric car? Does the company's ambition in the new market include an acquisition of Tesla Motors Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA)? These are some of the most pressing questions on investors minds. It is unclear if a clear answer...