Reuters Technology Report: February 16, 2016

Click to View in Browser Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Technology stocks selloff may turn IPO chill into IPO freeze SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - This winter was supposed to be Nutanix's time to shine. Tech company PTC to pay $28 million to resolve U.S. bribery probes (Reuters) - Two units of Massachusetts-based software company PTC Inc will pay a total of $28 million to resolve probes into whether they gave more than $1 million in recreational travel to officials from China, two U.S. government agencies said on Tuesday. Toshiba says it is not considering ending PC production TOKYO (Reuters) - A Toshiba Corp said on Tuesday it was not considering withdrawing from personal-computer production and selling its Hangzhou factory in China. Uber may deliver latest blow to European parcel firms LONDON (Reuters) - Europe's postal companies, already under pressure from Amazon, could soon face a challenge from Uber [UBER.UL], which is moving into deliveries, and other start-ups. SoftBank to repurchase up to $4.4 billion of own shares in biggest buyback TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese telecoms conglomerate SoftBank Group on Monday announced its biggest ever buyback in a bid to boost investor confidence, saying it will purchase up to 500 billion yen ($4.4 billion) worth or as much as 14.2 percent of its own shares. Israel mobile operator Partner cuts last ties with Orange TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli mobile phone operator Partner Communications cut its final ties with French telecoms group Orange on Tuesday, launching a new brand eight months after a public row between the two companies. Analysis: T-Mobile could face crush of competition in crucial U.S. airwaves auction NEW YORK (Reuters) - A few months ago, T-Mobile US Inc looked set to dominate a race for airwaves reserved for smaller, emerging players in an upcoming U.S. auction, a feat that would help it compete with U.S. wireless heavyweights Verizon Communications and AT&T Inc. Cisco inks cloud sales deal with Pivotal SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Cisco Systems Inc has struck a deal with Pivotal Software Inc to offer each other's products in the cloud arena, a sign the giant network company is looking to work with others as it tries to build its presence in one of the fastest-growing areas of computing. Telecom Italia steps up spending at home, slows debt reduction MILAN (Reuters) - Telecom Italia plans to step up its spending on building out faster fixed and mobile networks in its home market over the next three years, where it sees core earnings returning to growth from 2017, the company said on Tuesday. Orange forecasts return to core profit growth, pursues Bouygues talks PARIS (Reuters) - France's biggest telecoms operator, Orange, said labor cost cuts and stable revenue helped it return to core profit growth a year earlier than planned in 2015, and forecast a further rise in 2016. Related Video Researchers 3D print living tissue Dogs can read human emotions Mediafile How about Hightail-ing it? On Twitter, dubious health claims from e-cigarette bots A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today A quick-fix on the day's news delivered when you want it. Register Today » » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2016 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add newsletters@email.reuters.com to your address book. Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook