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Activision sales top Street- Co hikes dividend, sets $1 billion buyback

Activision sales top Street- Co hikes dividend, sets $1 billion buyback

Published 09/02/2017

Videogame publisher Activision Blizzard Inc reported fourth-quarter revenue above analysts' estimates, raised its dividend and announced a two-year $1 billion stock repurchase plan.

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Machine beats humans for the first time in poker

Machine beats humans for the first time in poker

Published 01/02/2017

Artificial intelligence has made history by beating humans in poker for the first time, the last remaining game in which humans had managed to maintain the upper hand.

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Japan doll maker offers mini Trump ahead of Girls Day holiday

Japan doll maker offers mini Trump ahead of Girls Day holiday

Published 26/01/2017

Japanese doll-maker Kyugetsu Inc's dolls depicting U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, as part of a traditional set of Japanese ornamental hina dolls used in Japan to celebrate Girls' Day, are pictured at the company's main shop in Tokyo, Japan, January 26, 2017. REUTERS/Toru Hanai

A traditional Japanese doll modeled after U.S. President Donald Trump has raised eyebrows among some Tokyo shoppers ahead of "Girls Day", a holiday meant to celebrate the health and happiness of girls.

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Bollore`s raider reputation rattles Berlusconis in battle of billionaires

Published 13/08/2016

File photo of Vincent Bollore, Chairman of media group Vivendi, reacts during the company's shareholders meeting in Paris, France, April 21, 2016. REUTERS/Charles Platiau/File Photo

When French tycoon Vincent Bollore backed out of a deal to buy the pay-TV business of Italian broadcaster Mediaset (MS.MI), and instead proposed to take a large slice of the parent company itself, investors feared he was plotting another stealth raid.

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