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Court stops ouster of PLM Prexy

Retired Justice retains his post as president of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila (PLM), after a Manila court issued a writ of preliminary injunction against the PLM Board of Regents, preventing them to execute a resolution ousting said retired Justice from his position as university president.

Action camera maker GoPro reports bigger loss as costs double

Thu Jul 31, 2014 6:45pm EDT (Reuters) – GoPro Inc, which makes wearable cameras used by surfers, skydivers and other action junkies to post their exploits online, reported a bigger quarterly loss as costs nearly doubled. GoPro shares fell 11 pct to $42.70 in extended trading after its first financial results since its initial public offering in June. Research and development spending more than doubled to $34.7 million while costs from its Nasdaq share market […]

BlackBerry opens up BBM to Windows phone users

TORONTO Thu Jul 31, 2014 4:41pm EDT (Reuters) – BlackBerry Ltd said on Thursday its popular messaging system BBM, or BlackBerry Messenger, would now be open to those using the Windows phone platform, a move that potentially makes the messaging service more appealing to its enterprise clients. BlackBerry, which is seeking to reinvent itself as a more software and services driven company as its smartphone market share has dwindled, has been lately touting new BBM […]

U.S. job growth seen slowing, but remaining solid in July

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON Fri Aug 1, 2014 1:03am EDT (Reuters) – U.S. job growth likely cooled a bit in July, but retained enough momentum to suggest the economy remained on solid ground. Nonfarm payrolls probably increased by 233,000, according to a Reuters survey of economists. That would be a pull back from June’s hefty 288,000 job gain and the monthly average of 272,000 jobs added in the second quarter. Still, it would mark the […]