Alibaba cannot block cryptocurrency firm from using similar name: U.S. judge

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Monday rejected Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd's bid for a preliminary injunction to block the Dubai cryptocurrency firm Alibabacoin Foundation from using the Alibaba name.

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Mexico central bank says possible cyber attack targets payment systems

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's central bank said on Monday it was investigating an apparent attempt to hack into the payment systems of at least three local financial institutions, but no funds were stolen.

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WhatsApp co-founder to quit in loss of privacy advocate at Facebook

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The co-founder of WhatsApp, a messaging service owned by Facebook Inc with more than 1 billion daily users, said on Monday he was leaving the company, in a loss of one of the strongest advocates for privacy inside Facebook.

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Facebook unit WhatsApp's co-founder Jan Koum to quit

(Reuters) - WhatsApp Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum is planning to leave the Facebook unit, according to his post on the social media network on Monday.

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WhatsApp co-founder Jan Koum to quit

(Reuters) - WhatsApp Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Jan Koum is planning to quit, according to his Facebook post.

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U.S. jury convicts former Autonomy executive of fraud over HP deal

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday convicted the former chief financial officer of British software company Autonomy of wire fraud and other crimes related to claims by the government that he inflated the firm's value before its sale to Hewlett Packard, a Justice Department spokesman said.

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Disney to create live sports, entertainment shows for Twitter

(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will create live sports, news and entertainment programing specifically for Twitter Inc's social media platform, the companies said in a statement on Monday.

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Panasonic unit settles U.S. criminal, civil charges of bribery

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A unit of Panasonic Corp agreed to pay about $280 million on Monday in a deal with the U.S. government to resolve criminal and civil charges that the company falsified its financial records to conceal payments to sales agents in China and other parts of Asia.

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Disney to create live sports, entertainment content for Twitter

(Reuters) - Walt Disney Co will create live sports, news and entertainment programing specifically for Twitter Inc's social media platform, the companies said in a statement on Monday.

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Investors look to Apple's cash, services as iPhone sales seen stalling

(Reuters) - Apple Inc's multi-hundred billion cash stockpile and stalling growth in services such as iCloud present an opportunity and a concern that some investors hope will be addressed in the company's quarterly earnings report on Tuesday.

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Facebook bids to keep data privacy case from EU's top court

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Facebook bid on Monday to block referral of a landmark privacy case to Europe's top court by requesting a last-ditch appeal, seeking to avoid a potential ban on the legal instrument it uses to transfer users' data to the United States.

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Paper plane protesters urge Russia to unblock Telegram app

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Thousands of people marched through Moscow, throwing paper planes and calling for authorities to unblock the popular Telegram instant messaging app on Monday.

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U.S. tech fund Andra raises $500 million for new digital coin

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Andra Capital, a U.S. technology fund, has raised $500 million in funding for a new digital currency that investors can use to back a group of late-stage venture capital (VC) firms, the firm's managing partner Haydar Haba told Reuters.

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