Apple Inc. lost its appeal Tuesday in a Japan lawsuit claiming that Samsung Electronics Co. infringed on a patent for synchronizing music and video data on its Galaxy smartphones and tablets with servers. The ruling at the Intellectual Property High Court in Tokyo upheld ... Britain’s Vodafone PLC has launched a takeover bid for Germany’s biggest cable operator, Kabel Deutschland, as part of its push to dominate media services in its biggest market. Vodafone, a British cellphone company with wide international interests, confirmed Monday it will offer €87 per ... Oil powerhouse Saudi Arabia is switching its weekend to Friday-Saturday to better serve its economy and “international commitments,” the official SPA news agency reported Sunday quoting a royal decree. Saudi Arabia becomes the last of the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council — which includes Bahrain, ... The first four of 12 satellites in a new constellation to provide affordable, high-speed Internet to people in nearly 180 “underconnected” countries, was scheduled to be shot into space Tuesday, the project’s developers said. The orbiters, part of a project dubbed O3b for the ... Making sure a glass of wine is everything it promises on the label was once a relatively simple process: hold against the light, tilt and observe the shade, swirl a little and give it a good sniff. But with the ever-increasing global consumption of ... Japan and South Korea agreed to end part of their currency swap contract next month as scheduled, reducing its overall size to $10 billion from $13 billion, the Finance Ministry said. The two countries “have reached the conclusion that they will not extend the ... Japan should pursue free-trade accords and capitalize on the growth of emerging economies to achieve long-term economic growth amid rapid aging of its population, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry said in its annual white paper Tuesday. The nation’s growth has been stalled ... The European Commission approved Monday the acquisition of NYSE Euronext, which operates the New York Stock Exchange and several bourses in Europe, by InterContinental Exchange. The deal did “not raise competition concerns as (the two) are not direct competitors in the markets concerned |