While the Cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin is a form of digital money, it has been at a center of a multi-country investigation of forgery, scientists at the new Imperial College Center for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering are exploring ways and means about how the technology can have...

In the latest deal in the rapidly consolidating semiconductor industry, ON Semiconductor Corp said it would buy Fairchild Semiconductor International Inc  in a $2.4 billion deal.   The news brought down the share price of Fairchild on Wednesday evening which was trading at $19.33 before...

Alleging that the process of production of genetically modified salmon eggs would risk a “huge live experiment” with the genetic makeup of all wild Atlantic salmon, a number of environmental groups are taking the Canadian government to court in an attempt to halt the process.   Genetically...

Australia’s oil and gas regulator has rejected the proposal by Oil and Gas giant BP to drill in the Great Australian Bight.   British Petroleum had wanted permission from the Australian authorities to drill four deep-water exploration wells in the Bight from next year.   The company...

Wal-Mart shares went up by 2% as investors were pleased with the better than expected results for the third quarter of the current fiscal and posted more profits than anticipated by analysts on Tuesday.     Heavy investing by the company on its people and technology were anticipated to...

The English-language leading Indian TV channel Times Now is beginning broadcasting in Britain today. Thus, the broadcaster, belonging to the media group Bennet, Coleman & Co, finally made it clear that it intends to compete with the leaders of the world's TV news - BBC, CNN and Al-Jazeera. On...

Mylan NV's $26 billion hostile bid was rejected by Perrigo Co Plc's shareholders that ended the Netherlands-based generic drug maker's seven-month pursuit of its smaller rival.   This incident ensured a victory for Perrigo Chief Executive Joseph Papa as Mylan's offer expired on Friday with...

An unusual glimpse into the burgeoning industry of criminal hackers for hire emerged as U.S. prosecutors this week charged two Israelis and an American fugitive with raking in hundreds of millions of dollars in one of the largest and most complex cases of cyber fraud ever exposed.   The...

Rockwell Automation Inc. of Milwaukee and Seattle software developer Microsoft Corp are together developing a new technology that would allow workers and managers to communicate seamlessly, whether on the factory floor or upstairs.   The companies engaged in the development of the technology...