After Time Warner Win, AT&T Faces Bigger Hurdle: Fixing Pay TV

AT&T Inc. prevailed in its grueling fight with the Justice Department on Tuesday, finally clearing the way for its 2016 Time Warner Inc. deal to take effect. AT&T Chief Executive Officer Randall Stephenson looks to use his new role as a media baron to roll out new services, offer lower prices and create new bundles of entertainment. The major cable and satellite companies have been hemorrhaging traditional customers, with cord-cutters signing up instead for Netflix Inc. and other services.

Qualcomm will not exit data center business, chip chief says

Qualcomm, the largest maker of chips in mobile phones, last year launched chips that use technology from Softbank Group Corp's ARM Holdings to power the workhorse computer servers behind cloud-based services such as social networks. Qualcomm's push to enter the data center market puts it in direct competition with Intel Corp, which dominates data centers and now draws half of its revenue from servers and other "data centric" chips.

RI starts truck-only tolls: Groups vow to fight

North Korea reportedly wants a 'Vietnam-like' debut to the world economy

Could North Korea's economy, the most isolated in the world, ever follow in the footsteps of Vietnam's? Seoul-based Maeil Business Newspaper reported Kim Jong Un said during a private summit with South Korea that he saw a "Vietnam-like" opening of the country, probably referring to Hanoi in 1986. Vietnam's ruling communist party dropped collectivism to pursue a "socialist-oriented market economy," under which the country's GDP growth increased by an average of 3% per year over the next decade.

3 Key Factors Driving BlackBerry's Continued Recovery

Ryan McQueeney highlights BlackBerry (BB) and points to three key factors driving the once-iconic smartphone maker's evolution into a security-focused enterprise software company.

AT&T (T) Sinks, Time Warner (TWX) Gains as Federal Judge Approves Merger

A federal judge has approved AT&T's (T) $85 billion merger with Time Warner (TWX), handing the telecom giant a massive victory in what has been the most intense antitrust case in decades.

Why Tesla Had a Roller-Coaster Day

An analyst got bullish on Model 3 production, and then Tesla announced a round of layoffs.