FILE PHOTO: Customers wait to pay at a Xiaomi store in Beijing, China June 21, 2018. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese authorities on Tuesday said smartphone maker Xioami Corp made errors in its accounting, sending the company’s Hong Kong-listed shares down amid a wider sell-off of China tech stocks. Xiaomi was one of several internet firms named in the annual inspection by China’s Ministry of Finance. Other firms include e-commerce giant Suning.Com Co Ltd and online game developer Wuhu Shunrong Sanqi Interactive Entertainment Network Technology Co Ltd. Xiaomi’s stock was down 4 percent on Tuesday morning. The ministry in its report said Xiaomi had made tax errors on corporate gifts and had incorrectly recorded some corporate costs. The document noted that the firm has already rectified the errors. It also noted that other companies had made efforts to evade taxes by shifting their profits overseas. A Xiaomi spokeswoman declined to … [Read more...] about China’s finance ministry calls out Xiaomi over accounting errors
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Slovak PM: Foreign hackers targeted foreign ministry
Updated 3:03 am PDT, Wednesday, October 17, 2018 BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia's prime minister says hackers have attacked his country's foreign ministry from abroad in an attempt to get data and documents from the ministry's computer network. Peter Pellegrini said the attack was "very sophisticated," and called the hackers "a multinational, sophisticated spy organization" but did not identify them. He didn't say what documents the hackers targeted, whether they succeeded in getting any information and when exactly the attack took place. He said it was discovered by the country's military spy agency after computers in the network started functioning in an unusual way. … [Read more...] about Slovak PM: Foreign hackers targeted foreign ministry
Ministry of Defence denies any plans to shut down RAF Marham
PUBLISHED: 07:45 15 October 2018 | UPDATED: 07:48 15 October 2018 Gavin Williamson outside the Ministry of Defence after he was named as the new Secretary of State for Defence PA Wire/PA Images The Ministry of Defence has denied any plans to close down RAF Marham after an alleged spat between two Cabinet ministers. Liz Truss. Photo: PAThe Daily Mail reported that defence secretary Gavin Williamson threatened to close RAF Marham after a row with Norfolk MP Liz Truss.The argument, over defence cuts made by Ms Truss in her role as chief secretary to the Treasury, was reported to have been going on for months.And Mr Williamson is said to have told Ms Truss TV cameras would be banned at the base when she visited and that he could close down the UK home of the F-35 Lightening jets all together.One Ministry of Defence official told the Mail: “He (Mr Williamson) said “let’s give her some of her own medicine and move the F-35s or shut Marham so she can feel the pain of … [Read more...] about Ministry of Defence denies any plans to shut down RAF Marham
Congo ministry says at least 53 dead after tanker truck fire
Updated 4:50 am PDT, Monday, October 8, 2018 The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 were badly burned when a tanker truck in Congo collided with another truck and, as villagers rushed to collect the leaking fuel, burst into flames, witnesses and officials said Saturday. (Henri Alimasi/Congo’s health ministry via AP) less The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 were badly burned when a tanker truck in Congo collided ... more Photo: Henri Alimasi, AP Photo: Henri Alimasi, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of … [Read more...] about Congo ministry says at least 53 dead after tanker truck fire
Congo ministry: At least 39 dead in Congo tanker truck fire
Updated 5:57 am PDT, Sunday, October 7, 2018 The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 were badly burned when a tanker truck in Congo collided with another truck and, as villagers rushed to collect the leaking fuel, burst into flames, witnesses and officials said Saturday. (Henri Alimasi/Congo’s health ministry via AP) less The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018. At least 50 people were killed and more than 100 were badly burned when a tanker truck in Congo collided ... more Photo: Henri Alimasi, AP Photo: Henri Alimasi, AP Image 1 of / 1 Caption Close Image 1 of 1 The aftermath of a burned tanker truck in Mbuba, Democratic Republic of … [Read more...] about Congo ministry: At least 39 dead in Congo tanker truck fire