2:16pm

Instem soars on US government contract

IT group lands deal that could run for nine years

1:00pm

Google wins German copyright battle

Search engine will not need to pay publishers for news snippets

Andrew Mason ©Bloomberg 7:33am

Groupon sacks Mason as chief executive

Departure of founder leaves daily deals group divided

9:48pm

Facebook buys ad-serving platform

Atlas system will measure effectiveness of ads on social network

From HEALTH 11:55pm

US investigates robotic surgical devices

FDA probe sends shares of Intuitive Surgical down 11%

From WORLD 6:37pm

ISPs ordered to block ‘pirate’ websites

High Court ruling is victory for copyright holders

Guo Ping ©Bloomberg From TELECOMS 6:28pm

Huawei chief outlines global ambitions

Rapid ascent brings ambitious new challenges for Guo

rats ©Dreamstime SCIENCE Feb 28, 2013

Telepathic rats team up across continents

Study claims first use of technology to transmit animal thoughts

Alisher Usmanov ©Getty Feb 28, 2013

Usmanov sells $530m of Mail.ru stake

Sale fuels speculation Russian tycoon will invest in VKontakte

From WORLD Feb 28, 2013

UK internet use doubles in six years

More than two-thirds of adults go online every day

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Feb 28, 2013

UK high street closures accelerating

Britain’s retail casualties up 10-fold in 2012

Feb 27, 2013

Tizen joins phone software contenders

Huawei takes up open-source operating system

Feb 27, 2013

Mobile groups look to emerging markets

Bharti Airtel chief eyes Asia and Africa

Feb 27, 2013

Promethean follows software strategy

School technology maker changes tack

From TELECOMS Feb 27, 2013

NSN completes strategic sell-off

Chief executive signals next stage of restructuring

Feb 27, 2013

Apple shareholders in protest vote on pay

One-third decline to back executive remuneration at meeting

From RETAIL & CONSUMER Feb 27, 2013

Groupon shares tumble as losses rise

Shares drop 25 per cent in after-hours trading

John Gapper from COMMENT Feb 27, 2013

Bosses are reining in staff because they can

The lesson from Marissa Mayer’s whip-cracking at Yahoo is that this is an age of harder work

Feb 27, 2013

Samsung rejects child labour allegations

French rights groups question ‘ethical’ status

Inside Business Feb 27, 2013

‘Big intelligence’ to tackle cyberthreats

Old defences aimed at protecting PCs and other devices no longer work

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