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Anheuser-Busch InBev will buy back a 49.9% stake in its US metal container plants for about $3 billion (Image source: © AB InBev

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Report reveals customer aftermarket is afterthought for manufacturers

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Lego cuts jobs, overhauls business following drop in revenue

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Samsung to invest $380m in new US plant

Samsung to invest $380m in new US plant

29 Jun 2017

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Apple touts greater use of recycled metal in gadgets

21 Apr 2017

Keurig agrees to $13.9bn buyout by private investors

Keurig agrees to $13.9bn buyout by private investors

8 Dec 2015

Wearables market surge led by Apple, Chinese makers

Wearables market surge led by Apple, Chinese makers

4 Dec 2015

Amazon's streaming device, the Fire Stick is being sold for $39 seeking to gain market share that offers a wide number of devices for streaming services already. Image:

Amazon's Fire Stick streams Netflix, Hulu and others

28 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Tuula Rytila says that the Nokia name will be dropped from Lumia smartphones but will still be used on the cheaper phones offered by the company. Image:

Nokia name dropped from Lumia smartphones

27 Oct 2014

Microsoft's Satya Nadella says the investment in cloud services and the enthusiasm of users has substantiall boosted it revenue from this division. Image: Wikipedia

Microsoft's earning are pie in the cloud

24 Oct 2014

Amazon's Jeff Bezos holds up the company's Fire smartphone but sales have failed to produce sustainable profits for the company. Image:

Amazon's loss reaches $437m but outlook is confusing

24 Oct 2014

GlobalFoundries has bought IBM's semi-conductor business and will be paid $1.5bn for taking over the patents, intellectual property and manufacturing facilities. Image:

IBM sells chip unit but bleeds money

21 Oct 2014

GTAT has asked the US Bankruptcy Court to release it from what it calls burdensome contracts with Apple that it is unable to fulfil. Image:

GTAT wants court to cancel Apple's sapphire contract

14 Oct 2014

HP's Meg Whitman says that the division of the company will create two highly-focused companies that will benefit shareholders. Image: Wikipedia

Hewlett-Packard to separate into two divisions

7 Oct 2014

Adam Sandler has done a deal with Netflix to produce four movies exclusively for users of the streaming video service. Image: Wikipedia

Adam Sandler to make four movies for Netflix

3 Oct 2014

iPhones have a tendency to bend when carried in the back pocket say users. Apple says it is investigating the problem along with a bug in iOS 8 that disconnected the phones after a software update. Image:

iPhone mess: software glitch and phones bend

26 Sep 2014

Apple's Chief Executive Tim Cook says the company sold 10m of its iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus units in just three days adding that if the company had more stock it would have sold those too. Image: Twitter

More than 10m iPhone 6 units sold last weekend

23 Sep 2014

Samsung's Gregory Lee says the Galaxy Note 4 will go on sale from 17 October but any working Samsung smartphone will entitle the users to a $200 trade-in in the US.

Samsung's 'phablet' Note 4 on sale from 17 October

22 Sep 2014

Amazon Founder and owner of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos has formed an alliance with ULA to launch satellites into orbit in the USA using the new BE-4 rocket engines. Image:

Bezos in deal to build rocket engines

19 Sep 2014

Apple's Tim Cook says that new security features in iOS 8 make it impossible for Apple to scrutinise user information or for any security agency to break in without the users passcode. Image: Twitter

Apple's encryption tool locks out governments

19 Sep 2014

The Android One smartphone will debut in India and cost just $105 although this price could drop further as more manufacturers venture into the Indian market with phones powered by Android. Image:

Android One smartphone to cost $105 in India

16 Sep 2014

Apple has received pre-orders for more than 4m of the new iPhone 6 and this is slowing down delivery with some customers only likely to get their new phones sometime in October. Image: Apple

Record demand for iPhone 6

16 Sep 2014

Apple Chief Executive believes the combination of the new iWatch, iPhone 6 and the Apple Pay system will appeal to users worldwide. Image: Apple

Details of Apple's iWatch and iPhone 6

11 Sep 2014

The real iWatch, launched by Apple at a special event in California. There are three models of the iWatch to choose from. Image: Apple

Apple launches iWatch and new iPhone 6 as predicted

10 Sep 2014

Reticle's Ross Rubin says public speculation about Apple fuels interest in what the company is doing. Image: Reticle Research

Apple frenzy but silence is maintained

9 Sep 2014

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