Samsung, Apple tops smartphone market followed by Huawei

Samsung and Apple maintained their leadership in the smartphone market in early 2017 while Chinese-based Huawei's strong growth cemented its number three position, a market tracker said Thursday. Research firm IDC said overall smartphone shipments grew 4.3 percent in the...

• Apple Inc
• Huawei
• Samsung

Rishi Kapoor lashes out at stars who missed Vinod Khanna's funeral saying Chamchas did attend Priyanka's bash

Vinod Khanna died in Mumbai on Thursday morning following a battle with cancer, marking the end of an era in Hindi films. He was 70. He is survived by his former wife Geetanjali and their sons Akshaye and Rahul, who are now actors, and his present wife Kavita and son Sakshi and...

Asian stocks tick up, euro subdued as ECB maintains easing bias

By Nichola Saminather SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks inched higher on Friday and looked set to close a strong week on a positive note, while the euro slipped after the European Central Bank showed no signs of paring its stimulus programme. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside...

• Banking
• Business
• Finance

Starbucks results disappoint, new CEO must brew up growth

By Lisa Baertlein LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Starbucks Corp's new chief executive has a tall order to fill in keeping the world's biggest coffee chain's promise to return to historic growth rates amidst stubborn U.S. restaurant and retail slumps. Kevin Johnson, who succeeded Howard Schultz as CEO this...

• CEO
• Revenue
• Starbucks

AI Predicts Heart Attacks Better Than Doctors

Doctors have gotten very good at determining which of their patients are at high risk for a heart attack. But new research suggests that artificial intelligence may be even better — and that widespread use of AI could save many of the lives now lost to heart disease, the leading killer in the U.S....

• Artificial Intelligence
• Heart Attack
• Technology

Republican Provision In Rewritten Healthcare Law Exempts Congress, Staff From Obamacare Bans

As talk of a compromise on repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) being reached among moderate and conservative Republicans on Capitol Hill continue to filter out, a provision of the reworked measure exempting members of Congress and their staff from the new provisions has also...

• American Health Care Act Of 2017
• Hidden Provision
• Obamacare Repeal And Replace

Halep, Cornet give Sharapova wild-card debate new impetus

STUTTGART, Germany — A day before Maria Sharapova was to play her first tennis match since being banned for doping, the debate about the Russian's wild-card ......

• Alize Cornet
• Sharapova wildcard
• Simona Halep

Serena Williams calls Ilie Nastase comments 'racist' and backs investigation

Serena Williams says Ilie Nastase's recent comments about her unborn child are "racist" and has given her backing to a full investigation. Nastase, a former world number one, was heard speculating whether...

• Fed Cup
• Ilie Nastase
• Serena Williams

Spurs ready to end 22 years of pain and finish above Arsenal

LONDON: For 22 years, there has been one certainty in the English Premier League: Arsenal finishing above Tottenham. Arsenal fans have even coined a term to celebrate the point in the season when their team cannot be overtaken in the standings by Tottenham: St Totteringham’s Day. Even when...

• Arsenal
• Premier League
• Tottenham

Kante and Griezmann nominated for top French award, but no place for Pogba

Chelsea midfielder N’Golo Kante is in the running to add the best French player abroad award to his PFA Player of the Year prize. The Blues star has already seen his efforts this season recognised in England, and could be about to receive similar acclaim from his...

• N’Golo Kante
• Paul Pogba
• Sports