The R3 project is likely to be a significant milestone in the history for blockchain technology. On Tuesday, in a significant development, twenty two of the world’s biggest banks have come together to collaborate on developing an international payments system that would allow existing central bank currencies and any new digital ones to be transacted…
Samsung’s brilliant strategy had outflanked Qualcomm’s when it designed Qualcomm out of its smartphone without Qualcomm even knowing it until it was close to shipping time. According to two sources familiar with the matter at hand, Apple Inc’s upcoming iPads and iPhones are not set to feature chips from Qualcomm Inc. Sources preferred the cover…
The case refers to an investment made by Ola Rollen in Next Biometrics in 2015. On Monday, Ola Rollen, Hexagon AB’s CEO, declared that he is not guilty at the start of his month-long criminal trial for suspected insider share trading in Norway. If convicted, he faces up to 6 years in prison for an…
In recent decades, with the advancement of medical science, faulty genetic makeup of individuals has been blamed for a number of diseases. A potential cure for such gene related diseases has been gene therapy which has been in the news a lot of late. Intended to provide a cure for rare eye diseases, a new…
In the Alpine principality that bears his name lives Prince Hans-Adam II von und zu Liechtenstein lives in a castle perched on a cliffside. He owns a collection of Renaissance masterpieces, as well as two palaces in Vienna he owns a collection of Renaissance masterpieces, as well as two palaces in Vienna and he’s known as “Your…
A headache for the French government has been created just as it tries to make the food chain fairer for farmers as the country is running short of butter. There are some supermarket shelves that are sitting empty even as the price of croissants is on the rise. In recent years, the consumer attitudes towards…
A hot new trend is likely to be started by Netflix Inc’s chief executive – Reed Hastings’s garb on a recent video presentation to investors even though he is no fashion icon. Inspired by the hit show “Stranger Things”, Hastings donned a Christmas sweater grinning sheepishly. The red sweater with white letters and holiday lights,…
Avoiding a catastrophic default that could have seen the company lose control of the U.S.-based refiner Citgo, one of its crown jewels, Venezuela’s state-owned oil giant announced on Friday it had made a critical debt payment. Dspite the “economic war” that U.S. President Donald Trump is waging on Venezuela, it honors its debts, said Petreleos de Venezuela…
All form of visual information that doctors need to spot any disease or disorder that a patient might have is provided by medical scans. But there are a few problems. The first being that very early signs of certain diseases, like cancer, might not be able to be recognized until its too late by human…
Determined to not lose its license in London and in the UK, the ride services company has appointed a banking executive to better engage its UK team with the country’s authorities. In a strategic step, Uber has appointed Laurel Powers-Freeling, as its chairman for UK, its most important European market, as it readies itself for…
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