Activist investor Carl Icahn picked up another $ 500 million of Apple Inc shares on Thursday to take his investment in the iPhone maker to $ 3.6 billion, while ratcheting up his months-long campaign to pry open the company’s cash hoard. Icahn, who repeatedly has...
Science and Technology Minister Derek Hanekom has welcomed a UK contribution of R1.7 billion to the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project. Implementation of Phase 1 “The significance of this announcement … is in the impetus that this provides to implementation of...
An Taoiseach, Enda Kenny T.D. this week launched UPC’s new 500 Mbps superfast broadband service which will be offered to businesses across the country, more than doubling currently available speed offerings, making a significant contribution to regional economic...
A brand intelligence tech start-up company backed by Queen’s University Belfast has been crowned ‘best tech start-up’ at the ITLG Silicon Valley Global Technology Forum. Adoreboard scooped the Irish Technology Leaders Group (ITLG) University...
Online music streaming service Spotify is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist, adding to speculation that the Swedish start-up is preparing for a share listing, which one banker said could value the firm at as much as $8 billion. Meeting U.S. Securities...