COMPANIES

Social-networking site shifts focus to compete with Facebook and Myspace

MPs believe that Google and social networks must censor content that breaches privacy

Tim Cook will speak with Chinese government officials this week to try and clean up Apple's image in the country.

Domino's Pizza UK & Ireland, the holder of the master franchise for Domino's Pizza Inc, remains in good health and ready for the challenges ahead to deliver another successful year of growth.

Catering Group says challenging market conditions will slow revenue growth in first half of year

Copper miner lifts dividend as revenues, but cash costs remain an investor concern

World's biggest building supplies company sees US strength, but Europe slowing

A security expert says the move away from BlackBerrys is not a good one for mobile phone security.

Stores stop refunds, exchanges, reward points and gift cards as 40% of workers face sack.

EG Solutions, the back office optimisation software company, has announced that it secured a further services contract from an existing UK enterprise customer in the financial services sector for the value of approximately £340,000, which will appear in the current financial year results.

Babcock International Group, an engineering support services company, believes that it is well placed to gain from the size of its business, the width of its experience and track record of delivering operational and financial effectiveness in the current economic environment.

Game Group is in administration with 6,000 UK jobs at risk, but what happens now?

Bellway, the housebuilder, enters the second half of the year with an order book of £423 million, having already reserved or legally completed 83% of this year's target, with an expectation to reach double digit operating margin for the six months to 31 January.

Apple is likely to announce the next version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6, in the mid of June, reports Techradar.

Compass Group, the contract foodservice and support services group, has recently secured 'A-' long-term corporate credit rating from Standard and Poor's and remains very optimistic about the opportunities to grow the business.

2,119 jobs gone in a single day with the closure of 277 stores

Discount airline posts smaller-than-expected H1 loss on marketing, cost-control efforts

Aggreko has agreed a potential £160m acquisition of Brazil's Poit Energia.

easyJet, an European airline carrier, anticipates its first half financial performance for the year to go beyond the guidance set in its first quarter of the year.

Evelyn Paswall, an 83-year old Queens woman, is suing Apple seeking $75,000 for medical expenses plus punitive damages totalling $1m, after smashing her nose against a glass wall at the Apple Store Manhassett on Long Island.

A G Barr sees solid performance in UK soft drinks market; posts 6.2% rise in full year profits.

The inability of the US government, to take advantage of Apple's technological capabilities, seems to have been Jobs' major lament, according to the biography.

The makers of the BlackBerry smartphone - Research in Motion (RiM) - are reportedly planning to give software developers a prototype BlackBerry 10 device, to help them develop better applications.

Shares of Sprint Nextel Corp. have been falling in recent times.

Worn by Prime Minister David Cameron while on holiday, Micehlle Obama and film stars such as Angelina Jolie, Boden still caters for the rich, but amid an atmosphere of austerity its prices have seen it fall out of favour.

Each week we look at the best business apps for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone.

Employers use Facebook passwords to perform background checks on potential employees.

A £1,400 camera gets a £4,300 case and is only available at Harrods. Naturally.

We speak to an independent video game shop owner about Game, digital downloads and the future of gaming.