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Deutsche Telekom expects earnings growth to slow in 2019

Marius Becker | AFP | Getty Images Timotheus Hoettges, CEO of German telecommunications giant Deutsche Telekom, arrives for his company’s annual press conference to present the 2015 business report on February 25, 2016 in Bonn, western Germany. Deutsche Telekom forecast that its earnings would continue to grow in 2019 but …

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Huawei takes market share from Apple iPhone, Samsung Galaxy: Gartner

Wang Zhao | AFP | Getty Images A Huawei poster is displayed in a store in Beijing on August 7, 2018. Samsung and Apple are increasingly losing their share of the smartphone market to China’s Huawei, according to new research, with consumers put off by the high price tags attached …

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Pentagon is scrambling as China ‘sells the hell out of’ armed drones to America’s allies

Isaac Brekken | Getty Images A view of the MQ-9 Reaper remotely piloted aircraft in Indian Springs, Nevada on November 17, 2015. As one visitor at Abu Dhabi’s international defense expo, IDEX, put it, “China has been selling the hell out of its drones,” to Gulf militaries like those of …

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SK Hynix plans to spend $107 billion building four memory chip plants

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images Employees stand in front of the SK Hynix Inc. logo displayed at the company’s office in Seongnam, South Korea, on Monday, July 24, 2017. South Korea’s SK Hynix on Thursday said it would spend $107 billion building four factories, as the memory chip …

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Zuckerberg says Facebook has been an ‘innovator in privacy’

Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, CEO, Facebook Despite the numerous privacy scandals Facebook has faced of late, CEO Mark Zuckerberg calls the company an “innovator in privacy.” In a discussion with Harvard Law Professor Jonathan Zittrain, Zuckerberg said Facebook has been a developer of cutting-edge private communication tools …

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The price of this metal is setting records and could go even higher

Palladium is outshining other metals due to tight supply and strong demand from the global auto industry, which needs increasing amounts of the metal to meet stricter emissions standards. The metals market, in general, has gotten a boost of bullishness on hopes for a trade deal and expectations that China’s …

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Galaxy S10 livestream – Tune in for Samsung’s announcements

Drew Angerer | Getty Images DJ Koh, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, introduces the new Samsung Galaxy Note 9 smartphone at the Barclays Center, August 9, 2018 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.  Samsung is hosting an event in San Francisco where it is expected to unveil …

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Kim or Trump? Hanoi barber offers leaders’ hairdos for free

Linh Pham | Getty Images Le Van Nguyen, 27, takes selfies with U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posters after getting his free haircut in Kim-inspired style at Tuan Duong Beauty Academy on February 20, 2019 in Hanoi, Vietnam. At a barbershop tucked away in a …

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How to stop Facebook from tracking your location on Android

Marlene Awaad | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer and founder of Facebook Inc., listens during the Viva Technology conference in Paris, France, on Thursday, May 24, 2018. Facebook is rolling out a new feature to its Android app that lets you stop the company from tracking …

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Southwest Airlines cuts revenue outlook on government shutdown hit

Scott Olson | Getty Images A Southwest Airlines jet leaves Midway Airport on January 25, 2018 in Chicago, Illinois. Southwest Airlines shares slipped Wednesday after the Dallas-based airline trimmed its revenue outlook for the quarter, citing a $60 million hit from the partial government shutdown. In the March quarter, the …

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