President Muhammadu Buhari has disclosed that Nigeria lost an estimated $50 billion worth of investments in 10 years, due to…
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GAITHERSBURG, MD–(Marketwired – Feb 28, 2014) – BroadSoft, Inc. (NASDAQ: BSFT), the leading global provider of Internet protocol-based, or IP-based,…
You know what they say about the best-laid plans. We collected our top stories of the week this past Thursday so that we could complete the companion video by our Sunday deadline (it’ll be up a bit later this afternoon), and Friday wound up giving…
The US Treasury Department said Thursday that it plans to sell about 40 percent of its shares in rescued bank Ally Financial for around $3 billion. Ally Financial, the former lending arm of automaker General Motors, was bailed out by the government…
European stocks pulled back on Thursday, failing to gain traction from a surprise drop in US unemployment claims, while Citigroup earnings disappointed. London’s benchmark FTSE 100 index ended the day down just 0.07 percent at 6,815.42 points. Frankfurt…
US stocks finished the week modestly higher following a mixed batch of corporate earnings reports, avoiding a major retreat that had been feared early in the period. The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged 21.51 (0.13 percent) higher to 16,458.56. The…
US President Barack Obama will head to Brussels on March 26 to attend an EU-US summit, a European source told AFP Friday. The meeting is expected to give Obama the opportunity to mend ties with the 28-nation bloc, after tensions over revelations that…
Europe’s main stock markets rose on Friday, with London making gains as strong retail sales data offset a profit warning from Anglo-Dutch energy giant Shell. London’s FTSE 100 index of top companies gained 0.25 percent to stand at 6,832.75 points in…
Dunkin’ Brands Under the agreement, Dunkin’ Donuts will become the official coffee, tea and bakery partner for Liverpool FC, and Baskin-Robbins will become the official ice cream partner. Dunkin’ Brands Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: DNKN), the parent company…
Google made big news earlier this week, announcing that they would be acquiring Nest Labs, the maker of the Nest Learning Thermostat. Google have a long history of investing in clean energy and clean technologies like Nest, and they have continued that…