Xavi getting to grips with massive challenge at Barcelona
Legendary former star’s young tyros will have nothing to lose when they face great rivals Real
Oil edges higher as investors sceptical about effectiveness of joint reserve release
The US is to release 50m barrels of oil from strategic reserves
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Vodafone to bring 4G to 30 hard-to-reach rural locations
Move comes as mobile operator introduces State’s first Open Radio Access Network
Oil edges lower as climbing US inventory stokes supply fears
Hopes for a swift economic recovery in China limited losses
Oil climbs on bargain-hunting, hopes for purchases for reserves
Worries about oversupply, IMF warning on a deep recession kept gains in check
Tidying guru Marie Kondo launches homewares to clutter your house with
Decluttering queen looks to clean up with €250 utensil holder, €87 ladle and €11 stick
Painful path to curing Japan of its cash addiction
Japan developed technologies that other countries have deployed to leap ahead of it
Lyft beats rival Uber to go public, and offers shares to drivers
Car-booking company has 18.6m active users, and doubled its revenues to €1.89bn
Irish tech companies get set for Mobile World Congress
Many of the leading players in the mobile sector will use event to launch new products
SoftBank’s record IPO reaches €20.6bn after extra share sale
Group, which controls world’s biggest tech private equity fund at nearly €88bn, will use proceeds to invest in start-ups
Markets sell-off set to continue as Chinese shares snap rally
Asian stocks teeter on verge of bear market
Oil trades nears $70 on threat from storm on Gulf Coast
Investors also watch for potential rise in Opec crude output
Euro near six-month lows, Asian shares dip on Italy woes
Spanish prime minister faces confidence vote
Irishwoman joins Walmart board
Finance chief of digital-payment company Square Sarah Friar will bring Silicon Valley know-how to the US retailer
General Motors, Lyft team up for self-driving car partnership
GM investing $500m in Uber rival to develop network of self-driving car network
Nikkei tops 20,000 for the first time in 15 years
Japan’s main index ends the week 2.4% higher after rally
Derry firm apologises for role in accidental Amazon price cut
Software problem blamed by Repricer Express for error that saw products reduced to $0.01
French Twitter users can transfer money via tweets
Social network to team up with Groupe BPCE to offer users a new way to send each other money
Sony warns of second consecutive net loss
Consumer electronics giant is struggling to put behind it years of persistent losses
Investors take $275 billion bite out of big tech groups
Stock market’s biggest tech companies suffer biggest hit since depths of financial crisis
Cute icons, wicked witches: How Line reached $15bn
Tokyo-based messaging application has grown to more than 370m subscribers since 2011
Has WhatsApp’s Facebook deal pushed users to rivals?
Telegram claims almost 5m users signed up in one day after news of Zuckerberg’s purchase
Facebook stock down after $16bn WhatsApp purchase
Blackberry shares jump by 9 per cent after WhatsApp acquisition announcement made
Viber to be sold to Japan’s Rakuten for $900 million
Deal will see combined users of call and messaging apps jump to half a billion
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