There was a fall of 10 percent – the daily limit for a company, on its debut in Shanghai, in the share of Qihoo 360 Technology. this is a company that was listed in New York earlier and had moved back into China through a back-door listing. The US$62 billion market capitalization of the company…
Adopting a strategy of open-source software is being followed by Amazon.com Inc. for its voice-based Alexa digital assistant so that car makers and others are able to easily place it in their cars and chose it before Google. A number of speech-recognition technologies are being targeted by Amazon so that a number of in-vehicle apps…
There has been an increase in real house prices in the U.S. by 0.4 per cent for the period of November and December 2017 according to the First American Real House Price Index (RHPI). This index reflects the price changes throughout the U.S. of single-family properties while taking into consideration the impact for change sin…
High end rentals, bed and breakfasts, and boutique hotels are among the different lodging types are being added to its site by Airbnb. This is expected to make it easier for large groups to stay at a single place together for events like work trips, family getaways and weddings. A new ten-year roadmap was outlined…
China is the preferred location for manufacturing of the new electric car of BMW, said the company that manufactures the well know British Mini car. The company said that it anticipates strong local demand for electric cars and has already built a strategy long with China’s Great Wall Motors to scout a most suitable location…
A single tweet from Kylie Jenner perhaps has been more damaging for Snapchat despite its over 1.2 million users urging the company to change its “annoying” redesign through a signed petition. There was a fall of 6 per cent in the shares of Snap following a Tweet by the celebrity: “sooo does anyone else not…
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) predicts that there could be a decline of 40 per cent in the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) from the fiscal years 2022 till 2027. There can be a drop of as much as 100 million barrels in eh forthcoming decade in the SPR, calculated the EIA on the…
There is one aspect that cannot be developed as fast as other car technologies because it still needs a human touch. Even while the auto makers are fast developing technologies for completely autonomous vehicles, the ultimate product would still human touch in car washing for those advanced cars to be kept under perfect working condition.…
Blockchain technology that drives bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies would be jointly promoted by India and Canada as the two countries set up links to do so. The opportunity of putting to use the blockchain technology in government services and academic institutions as well as in business will be explored by researchers in Canada who are…
For people who wants to peacefully assemble and express their voice, Hong Kong is not the right place. According too the latest report by Amnesty International, that right of citizens is under threat there and is an indication that the human rights situation is worsening in Hong Kong. A hard line against protesters and activists…
business-gurus.com 