Technology Report: Spotify seeks to hire U.S. filings expert as bankers eye IPO

	Click to View in Browser 02/17/2014 Spotify seeks to hire U.S. filings expert as bankers eye IPO STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Online music streaming service Spotify is recruiting a U.S. financial reporting specialist, adding to speculation that the Swedish start-up is preparing for a share listing, which one banker said could value the firm at as much as $8 billion. China says Kerry's call for Internet freedom naive BEIJING (Reuters) - China criticized U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday for his "naive" call for more Internet freedom in the country, and wondered why his discussion with Chinese bloggers had not touched upon Edward Snowden. UAE telco du agrees terms on $720 million loan financing: sources DUBAI (Reuters) - UAE telecom firm du has agreed terms on a $720 million loan which will be used to replace two existing debt facilities and lower the company's funding costs, two banking sources said on Sunday. Saudi Internet monitors turn focus on Syria-fuelled radicalism RIYADH (Reuters) - Syria's civil war has led to a new, greater threat of Islamist radicalism in Saudi Arabia that requires a more aggressive "war of ideology" on the Internet, says the man responsible for online monitoring in the kingdom. Crowdfunding website Kickstarter hacked, recommends users change passwords (Reuters) - Kickstarter, the fundraising platform used by millions of people to raise capital for creative projects and businesses, said on Saturday that hackers had gained access to some of its customers' data earlier this week but that the breach had been repaired. Merkel, Hollande to discuss European communication network avoiding U.S. BERLIN (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she would talk to French President Francois Hollande about building up a European communication network to avoid emails and other data passing through the United States. U.S. law firm ensnared in NSA surveillance: NYT report (Reuters) - An unnamed U.S. law firm was caught up in the global surveillance of the National Security Agency (NSA) and its overseas partners in Australia, according to a newspaper report on Saturday. French aerospace group says website targeted, not directly attacked PARIS (Reuters) - A French aerospace industry group targeted by a cyber attack using a flaw in recent versions of Internet Explorer said on Saturday its website had not been directly attacked but that hackers had created a fake address similar to its own. QSC sees 2016 targets as challenging: paper FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German Internet service provider QSC may have a tough time reaching its 2016 financial targets if new cloud services fail to gain traction in the next few years, its chief financial officer told a German paper. Microsoft flaw used to attack French aerospace employees, veterans SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A flaw in recent versions of Internet Explorer was used to attack visitors to a website for U.S. military veterans, and also appears to have been used earlier against French aerospace industry employees, researchers said Friday. Related Video For competing jackdaws, the eyes have it Patriotic art brought to life with Google Glass Mediafile A daily digest of breaking business news, coverage of the US economy, major corporate news and the financial markets. Register Today   The latest Reuters articles on M&A, IPOs, private equity, hedge funds and regulatory updates delivered to your inbox each day. Register Today   » MORE NEWSLETTERS - 3 Times Square New York, NY 10036 USA © Copyright 2010 Thomson Reuters Ensure delivery of Reuters Newsmails, add mail@nl.reuters.com to your address book. Details Subscribe to other Reuters newsletters. Unsubscribe from this newsletter. Follow us on Twitter Friend us on Facebook Forward to a friend