According to a Reuters report, citing the information shared by an unidentified source familiar with the developments at Facebook, two well-known Silicon Valley entrepreneurs have quit Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's political advocacy group, Fwd. us.

Continuing with its app acquiring spree, Internet search firm Yahoo on Thursday acquired a to-do list & personal assistant mobile app called Astrid.

Confirming the acquisition, Yahoo said that the Astrid team would be a great asset for it. But it didn't reveal the financial value of the deal.

Vincent Wijeysingha, treasurer for Singapore Democratic Party (SDP), finally paid S$5,000 to Acting Manpower Minister Tan Chuan-Jin to settle the defamatory allegations case against the minister that he made in December 2012.

The defamatory allegations, which Wijeysingha made in a Fecbook post, were related to Chinese SMRT drivers' strike in November last year.

Myanmar, which is also known as Burma, is going to hold auctions for the rights to explore oil and gas deposits next month.

The government of Myanmar is in dire need of foreign investment to boost the economy, and that is why it is now ushering in a new era of business transparency in industries like oil and gas.

The Chinese government plan to impose charge 20 per cent tax on profits from sales of homes will not be able to help the government much in controlling soaring property prices, according to State Counselor Li Qingyun.

Just two euro zone countries, viz. Ireland and Germany, enjoyed a growth in their manufacturing activity in February this year, the newly released purchasing managers' reports for the last month revealed.

A considerable majority of employees in Singapore are not contented with the flexi-work arrangements they are getting from their employers, a fresh survey by the labour movement revealed.

The survey of 5,720 employees, nearly 70 per cent employees said that their employers were not supportive of flexi-work arrangements.