Technology Report: Turkey blocks Twitter days before vote as PM fights scandal

	Click to View in Browser 03/21/2014 Turkey blocks Twitter days before vote as PM fights scandal ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey's courts have blocked access to Twitter days before elections as Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan battles a corruption scandal that has seen social media platforms awash with alleged evidence of government wrongdoing. Symantec CEO ouster raises questions about turnaround (Reuters) - Symantec Corp's shares fell as much as 14 percent on Friday, a day after the security software maker fired its chief executive, raising concerns about its turnaround efforts. Obama to meet with U.S. tech executives on privacy, surveillance WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Executives of several large U.S. Internet companies, including Google Inc and Facebook Inc, were to meet with President Barack Obama on Friday to discuss changes to government surveillance programs. Appeals court upholds Fed's debit card 'swipe fee' limits WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court upheld the Federal Reserve's controversial rules for debit card "swipe fees" on Friday, disappointing merchants who had argued the charges were too high. With cars, drivers, Google revs up home delivery SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Google started testing a free same-day shopping delivery service in San Francisco last year, industry observers were surprised by the company's foray into a notoriously tricky and decidedly low-margin real-world business. Turkish assets fall as Twitter ban raises political tension ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish assets dropped on Friday after Turkey's courts blocked access to Twitter, unnerving investors and raising uncertainty just days before local elections. Nokia protests new $414 million tax claim in India HELSINKI (Reuters) - Finland's Nokia, currently embroiled in an Indian Supreme Court tax case, said on Friday it has received a new 300 million euro (250 million pounds) sales tax bill from Tamil Nadu, a claim it considered "absurd". Mt. Gox says it found 200,000 bitcoins in 'forgotten' wallet TOKYO (Reuters) - Mt. Gox said on Friday it found 200,000 "forgotten" bitcoins on March 7, a week after the Tokyo-based digital currency exchange filed for bankruptcy protection, saying it lost nearly all the 850,000 bitcoins it held, worth some $500 million at today's prices. BlackBerry reaches deal to sell most of its real estate in Canada TORONTO (Reuters) - BlackBerry Ltd said on Friday it has reached an agreement to sell the vast majority of its real estate holdings in Canada, as part of a plan outlined earlier this year aimed at bolstering the technology company's balance sheet. Amazon closes third-party store in China over fake cosmetic report SHANGHAI (Reuters) - U.S. e-commerce giant Amazon.com Inc's China unit will strengthen regulation of its online sales channels and has closed down a third-party store, the online retailer said on Thursday, after state media criticized Amazon and smaller local rival Dangdang for selling fake cosmetics. Related Video Autonomous drones learn to fly as a flock Old batteries power new lights in Gaza 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