Technology Report: Apple unveils the Watch, larger iPhones at star-studded event

	Click to View in Browser 09/9/2014 Apple unveils the Watch, larger iPhones at star-studded event By Christina Farr, Alexei Oreskovic and Deepa Seetharaman Apple unveils the Watch, calling it the company's 'next chapter' CUPERTINO Calif. (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled its long-anticipated smartwatch on Tuesday, venturing into its first new market in several years with a wearable device tethered to the iPhone that will combine health and fitness tracking with communications. With no bank in charge, Alibaba's bankers learn to work together (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd's desire to keep tight control over its $21.1 billion share sale has left a vacuum at the helm of its banking syndicate, leading underwriters to take unusual steps to manage the offering, according to sources familiar with the situation. Google-appointed panel kicks off tour of Europe to debate privacy rights BRUSSELS/MADRID (Reuters) - A specialist panel appointed by search engine giant Google to help it implement a landmark court ruling on privacy rights held a meeting in Madrid on Tuesday, their first in a seven-stop tour to gather the views of European experts on the issue. Canada's Quebecor seeks easier rules, citing Netflix threat TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's telecommunications regulator should ease restrictions on domestic television providers because of the competitive threat they face from online services like Netflix Inc, Quebecor Inc Chief Executive Pierre Dion told a hearing on Tuesday Visa launches new service to secure online payments (Reuters) - The world's largest credit and debit card company, Visa Inc, launched a new service to replace account information on plastic cards with a digital account number known as "token". Intel's CEO says its costly tablet chip strategy has paid off SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp's plan this year to pay manufacturers to use its processors to make tablets was boosting the chipmaker's market share, Chief Executive Officer Brian Krzanich said on Tuesday, adding that he hoped to avoid such a costly strategy with smartphones. Tech, equipment makers join U.S. 'net neutrality' debate LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Regulating internet providers more like public utility companies could hurt the Internet and the U.S. economy, more than two dozen network technology and equipment makers have told U.S. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker. Japan's Toshiba to invest about 200 billion yen a year in chip business TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese conglomerate Toshiba Corp will maintain an annual investment of around 200 billion yen ($1.9 billion) into its chip business beyond the current business year, Chief Executive Hisao Tanaka said on Tuesday. Alibaba talks corporate governance to potential IPO investors (Reuters) - Alibaba Group Holding Ltd founder Jack Ma on Monday surprised potential investors at a standing-room only event in New York by addressing governance concerns over the Chinese e-commerce giant, including a controversial 2010 spin-off of its online payment service. Related Video Apple anticipation building This is Apple's one big shot for the year- Dan Ackerman Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend