Netflix looks for more original programming with DreamWorks deal
(Reuters) – Video streaming service Netflix Inc will beef up its original programming menu through a new, multi-year deal with DreamWorks Animation SKG Inc, the maker of movies such as Shrek, Madagascar and Kung Fu Panda.
Saipem shares plunge after new profit warning
MILAN (Reuters) – Saipem’s share price fell by as much as 25 percent on Monday, after Europe’s biggest oil industry services group gave its second major profit warning in less than six months due to problems with contracts in Algeria, Mexico and Canada…
Qatar sells back 10 percent Porsche stake to founding families
DUBAI/BERLIN (Reuters) – Qatar Holding, the investment arm of the Gulf state’s sovereign wealth fund, has sold its 10 percent stake in Porsche SE to the luxury carmaker’s family shareholders, four years after it first invested in the firm.
Samsung to launch faster Galaxy S4 smartphone
SUWON, South Korea (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics Co plans to sell a variation of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will transmit data at nearly twice the normal speed, the head of its mobile business said on Monday.
Qatar Airways buys up to nine Boeing 777-300ER
PARIS (Reuters) – Qatar Airways has signed an agreement to buy up to nine Boeing 777-300ER aircraft valued at $2.8 billion at list prices, the airline said at the Paris Airshow on Monday.
Regulators to set post-crisis rules for capping bank risk-taking
LONDON (Reuters) – Regulators decide this week how banks should set a limit to the risk they take onto their balance sheets, with investors likely to pressure lenders to comply before formal implementation in 2018.
Dollar firms as Fed meeting nears, shares bound higher
LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar edged up against the yen and euro while European and Asian shares recouped some of last week’s losses on Monday, as investors hunkered down for the U.S. Federal Reserve’s meeting later this week.
German wage rises, exports offer hope for euro zone
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – German wages rose at their fastest pace in almost four years at the start of 2013 and euro zone exports jumped in April, giving the bloc a basis for a recovery from its long recession.
India leaves rates unchanged, warns of inflation risks as rupee sags
MUMBAI (Reuters) – The Reserve Bank of India kept interest rates unchanged on Monday as expected after cutting them in each of its previous three policy reviews, warning of upward risks to inflation as its currency is among the hardest hit amid a globa…
Apple got up to 5,000 data requests in six months
(Reuters) – Apple received over the last six months between 4,000 and 5,000 requests for customer data from U.S. law enforcement authorities relating to criminal investigations and national security matters, the company said on Monday.
