Month: March 2018

Technology

Ireland chooses investment firms to manage Apple cash

Reuters News March 23, 2018 0

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland on Friday chose Amundi , BlackRock Investment Management , and Goldman Sachs Asset Management to manage up to 15 billion euros ($18.5 billion) in disputed taxes Brussels has ordered it to collect from Apple.

Technology

Facebook apology does little to satisfy lawmakers, Wall Street

Reuters News March 22, 2018 0

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc came under further pressure from lawmakers, investors, advertisers and users on Thursday, the day after Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg admitted the social media network made mistakes in letting 50 million users' data get into the hands of political consultancy Cambridge Analytica.

Technology

Investors, lawmakers, advertisers pressure Facebook over data

Reuters News March 22, 2018 0

WASHINGTON/LONDON (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's apology for how his company handled 50 million users' data did little on Thursday to ease investor worries about the cost to fix mistakes and lawmakers' dismay that his response did not go far enough.

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Zuckerberg apologizes for Facebook mistakes with user data, vows curbs

Reuters News March 22, 2018 0

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized on Wednesday for mistakes his company made in how it handled data belonging to 50 million of its users and promised tougher steps to restrict developers' access to such information.