Worries of fresh tension between Washington and Pyongyang were raised after North Korea fired a missile over northern Japan which resulted in world stocks tumbling and safe-haven assets soaring on Tuesday. A rally in the euro to above a key level chipped in to put regional stocks on track at one point for their biggest…
The coming of age of door-to-door pizza delivery through autonomous self-driving vehicles. Domino’s Pizza and Ford Motor Co have disclosed that their colloboration in delivering pizzas through self-driving car technology is set to be tested in Michigan in September to test consumers’ reactions. Incidentally this is not the first time that companies have toyed with…
Priced at $299.95, the Ionic smartwatch has a host of features with its major selling points being battery charge of at least 4 days, 50 metres water resistant, sleep tracking and GPS. In a strategic step Fitbit Inc launched its newest device, the Ionic smartwatch which not only has fitness tracking but also contactless payment,…
Portraying German Chancellor Angela Merkel as slow to tackle the country’s diesel-car crisis, soft on Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and out of touch with voters, her main election opponent stepped up his attacks on her record. Merkel, whose Christian Democratic-led bloc leads the SPD by as many as 17 percentage points in national polls,…
In order to fund the development of technology that connects human brains with computers, Neuralink Corp., the startup co-founded by billionaire Elon Musk, has taken steps to sell as much as $100 million in stock. According to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, the San Francisco-based company has already gotten $27 million in…
Given the sensitive nature of the technologies involved at both companies, bankers expect intense antitrust scrutiny by U.S authorities. According to sources familiar with the matter at hand, New York-based private equity firm Veritas Capital is exploring the divestiture of two of its high-tech portfolio companies which have a combined worth of around $3 billion.…
The move marks is part of a wave of consolidation taking place in the sector, as it strives to take on larger players. As per sources familiar with the matter at hand, New York-based Fusion Telecommunications International Inc, which has a market capitalization of $27.8 million is set to acquire the cloud and business services…
While warning about demographic challenges to growth, the global recovery is improving, but like an increasing number of financial and business leaders, said European Central Bank President Mairo Draghi on Friday. Noting its highest against the U.S. dollar since January 2015 after Draghi’s initial remark, the euro spiked 1 percent to a high of $1.1940. “The global recovery is…
Taking extra long holidays during summer is ne reputation that Europeans have. Leaving businesses closed or operating on summer hours, the term “fellesferie” refers to two or three weeks of vacation time workers collectively take in July in Norway. construction holidays called “bouwvak” for several weeks is taken by employees in the building industry in…
In what was her fullest defense yet of the regulations enacted after the Great Recession, Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said that without impeding economic growth and any changes to these rules should remain modest, reforms put in place after the 2007 to 2009 crisis have strengthened the financial system. “The balance of research suggests…
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