MUMBAI, Dec 12 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Aila Bandagi Kandlakunta's first reaction to the gang rape and murder of a female veterinarian last month in India's IT hub of Hyderabad that sparked massive protests across the country was that of many Indian women: "It has happened again."

(Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is considering asking a court to stop Facebook Inc from moving ahead with plans to integrate its WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger subsidiaries, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.

BEIJING (Reuters) - Senior Chinese diplomat Wang Yi said on Friday that the United States has successively acted to attack and suppress China, seriously damaging the hard-won mutual trust between the countries.

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp fell short of quarterly revenue estimates on Thursday as growth in its cloud services failed to counter declines in its traditional licensing business, and the company's chairman said it had no plans to hire a new co-CEO.

(Reuters) - Broadcom Inc's fourth-quarter earnings beat Street estimates on Thursday, but investors were put off by slowing growth in semiconductor business and a lukewarm revenue forecast for 2020, sending its shares down about 2% in extended trade.

WASHINGTON, Dec 12 (Reuters) - The United States has agreed to reduce some tariffs on Chinese goods and delay a tranche of tariffs that were slated to go into effect on Dec. 15 as part of a trade deal between the two economic giants, a U.S. source familiar with the situation said on Thursday.

Dec 12 (Reuters) - Oracle Corp Chairman Lawrence Ellison said on Thursday the business software maker had no plans to hire a new co-chief executive officer.

(Reuters) - Ride-hailing company Lyft Inc on Thursday said it is offering rental cars to a wider group of users in the San Francisco Bay Area and Los Angeles.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. telecommunications regulator voted on Thursday to advance a plan to split a key spectrum block set aside for auto safety to accommodate the burgeoning number of wireless devices, but the Transportation Secretary warned that doing so could lead to "thousands more deaths" in traffic accidents.