BROWNSVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gov. Bill Haslam is headed to West Tennessee to sign a bill seeking to make it easier for rural areas to get access to the internet. The Republican governor is scheduled to sign the Broadband Accessibility Act of 2017 at a ceremony in Brownsville on Tuesday afternoon. The measure clears the way for […]
Yahoo Bows Out As Public Company With Revenue Shrinking
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (AP) — Yahoo is bowing out as a public company with its revenue still declining, a chronic problem that culminated in its sale to Verizon Communications. Despite the revenue downturn, Yahoo fared better during the first three months of the year than analysts had anticipated — a low bar that was another sign […]
Auto Show: High-Priced, High-Power Super Cars; A Tesla Rival
Thursday at the New York International Auto Show was a day for automakers that sell to the wealthiest of car buyers to show their high-powered stuff. Prices for these cars range from hundreds of thousands of dollars to the millions. A potential competitor for Lucid also showed off its electric car for the first time […]
Cable Company Hires Off-Duty Officers After Armed Robberies
CLEVELAND (AP) — A cable company is hiring off-duty police officers to accompany workers after a series of violent robberies on marked trucks in Cleveland. Cleveland.com (https://bit.ly/2oXsuiO ) reports Spectrum cable company is hiring the officers after five workers for other companies were robbed at gunpoint and a Spectrum employee was shot four times. A company spokesman says in an […]
Shares in Chipmaker Dialog Plunge Over Apple Contract Doubts
BERLIN (AP) — Shares in British-headquartered Dialog Semiconductor plunged on Tuesday after an analyst downgrade that cited uncertainty over the future of its relationship with Apple. Shares in the firm were down 14.6 percent to 40.80 euros ($43.19) in late trading in Frankfurt, where Dialog Semiconductor is listed. They regained some ground after earlier dropping […]
Tennessee Legislature Passes Rural Broadband Bill
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Tennessee legislature on Monday passed a bill that could make it easier for rural areas to get access to the internet amid concerns that it doesn’t do enough to get high-speed access across the state. The bill, named the Broadband Accessibility Act of 2017, was pushed by Gov. Bill Haslam as a […]
Internet Privacy Bill Filed by Massachusetts GOP Senators
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts may be the latest state to consider protections for broadband privacy. State Senate Republicans have filed legislation that would prevent internet service providers from using or selling customer information without their permission. The bill is in response to a move by Republicans in Washington to repeal Obama-era federal regulations that would have prohibited […]
EU Regulators Approve Fox Plans to Buy Sky
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union regulators have approved Twenty-First Century Fox’s purchase of Britain-based Sky, a key component of Rupert Murdoch’s strategy to consolidate his media empire. Murdoch-controlled Fox already owns 39 percent of Sky, a broadcasting and broadband company with operations throughout Europe, including Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy and the U.K. The European Commission said Friday […]
Senate Passes Less Speedy Rural Broadband Bill in Tennessee
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Senate on Monday passed a bill that could make it easier for rural areas in Tennessee to get access to high-speed internet. However, a last-minute amendment tacked on to the bill would not require the internet to be so speedy. The bill, named the Broadband Accessibility Act of 2017, was pushed by […]
Huawei 2016 Sales Up 32 Percent, Profit Little-Changed
BEIJING (AP) — Huawei Technology Ltd., the world’s biggest maker of telecoms equipment, said Friday its 2016 sales rose 32 percent from a year earlier but profit increased by only 0.4 percent due to higher spending on research and marketing. Huawei said it earned 37 billion yuan ($5.4 billion) on total revenue that rose 32 […]