| | | SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dell Inc, the PC maker embroiled in a takeover battle between its founding CEO and activist investor Carl Icahn, on Thursday reported a 72 percent slide in quarterly earnings as PC sales extended their downward spiral. | | | | | | (Reuters) - IBM, the world's biggest technology services company, said on Thursday it has agreed to buy Trusteer, a company that helps businesses fight computer viruses and fraud. | | | | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal bankruptcy judge rejected a bid by Eastman Kodak Co shareholders on Thursday to set up an official committee to represent their interests, as the company prepares to seek court approval next Tuesday to emerge from Chapter 11. | | | | | | | SINGAPORE/HONG KONG (Reuters) - The stars may be aligning for a long-awaited deal between Apple Inc and China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile carrier, that could help the iPhone maker claw back lost ground in its most important growth market. | | | | | (Reuters) - The Washington Post website was hacked and some readers were being redirected to the website of the Syrian Electronic Army, the newspaper said on Thursday. | | | | | (Reuters) - Applied Materials reported lower quarterly revenue because of a fall in demand for its equipment used in manufacturing chips. | | | | | | | BERLIN (Reuters) - Online retail sales in Europe are seen doubling by 2018 to 323 billion euros ($428.51 billion) with Amazon.com Inc expected to grow even faster than that, market research firm Mintel said. | | | | | (Reuters) - Data storage company Nimble Storage intends to go public later this year and has selected Goldman Sachs Group Inc to lead an IPO, according to two sources familiar with the matter. | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Two former Vitesse Semiconductor Corp executives who jurors twice failed to convict for inflating company earnings and backdating stock options pleaded guilty to a lesser charge Thursday. | | | | NEW YORK (Reuters) - The middle-market arm of private equity firm Silver Lake said on Thursday it will buy a majority stake in BlackLine Systems, a fast-growing Los Angeles-based financial software provider that boasts Boeing Co and AT&T Inc as clients. | | | | | | | 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 | |