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- Business
Elliott Contemplating Citgo Bid; Creditor Group Looks at Conoco for Its Own Offer
US EPA’s Plan to Temporarily Expand Higher-Ethanol Gasoline Blend Sales – Insider Insights”
Oil Market and Japanese Yen React Positively to Reports of Israeli Strikes on Iran
Oil Market Reacts: 3% Surge as Israeli Strikes on Iran Rattle Investors
Alaska Airlines Flights Resume: Aircraft System Issue Resolved
- Entrepreneurship
Mastering Influencer Collaboration: 5 Keys for a Successful Marketing Program
COP28: UAE signs deal with Bill Gates’ nuclear company on advanced reactors
SpaceX’s Martian Dream: Inside Elon Musk’s Mars Colonization Strategy
Nippon Life to buy Nichii Holdings for about $1.41 bln – Nikkei
US retailers hope to draw picky Black Friday shoppers to stores
- Technology
Northrop Grumman and SpaceX Forge Alliance for U.S. Spy Satellite System: Exclusive
Boost Your Startup: Amazon Offers Free AI Model Credits, Including Anthropic’s Solutions
The Rise of the Kate Body-Double Conspiracy Theory: Mapping Its Journey Through Social Media
Nvidia Introduces Cutting-Edge Artificial Intelligence Chip
The Pi Factor: Elevating Life’s Adventure and Intrigue
- Economy
IMF Report: Russia to Lead Growth Among Advanced Economies
UK Economy Shows Growth in February: Signs of Recession Receding
US Inflation Surges on Back of Increased Fuel and Housing Expenses
Russia Floods: Orenburg City Under Threat from Unprecedented Water Levels
Analyzing Russia’s Intentions Behind Blaming Ukraine for Concert Attack
- Politics
Abbott Stands Firm: Defending Decision to Send Migrants to New York
Ohio Republican Raises Concerns: Russian Talking Points Heard on House Floor
Rwanda Remembers Genocide: Kagame Laments World’s Lack of Response
US-China Relations Strengthen: Yellen Highlights More Stable Footing
Vermont Office Fire: Man Arrested in Connection with Bernie Sanders Incident
- Finance
Latest Trend: US Salaries Soaring for Fully In-Office Positions
Exclusive: China’s top banks tighten exposure to smaller peers to curb credit risk
Dollar wobbles in thin trading; yen firms
Ukraine received $1.34 bln under World Bank project – finance ministry
Russian central bank says it needs months to make sure CPI falling before rate cuts
- Cryptocurrencies
Hong Kong Poised to Greenlight First Bitcoin ETFs in April, Insider Sources Reveal
Ripple to buy back $285 million of its shares, valuing company at $11 bln – sources
Could-be spot bitcoin ETF issuers start fee fight before approval deadline
S.Korea regulator to take innovation more into account on crypto regulations
Cryptoverse: Bitcoin defies its doubters in 2023
- Lifestyle
Meghan’s Lifestyle Brand Takes Off with Its Premier Product
Female Power: Songwriter Conquers Male Competition in Video Gaming
Ukrainian Amputee’s Survival: The Inspirational Role of His Wife’s Voice
Wendy Williams Expresses Gratitude to Fans for Support Following Dementia and Aphasia Diagnosis
Harmonizing with Nature: Festivals Striving for More Sustainable Rock Experiences
- People
UK’s King Charles urges compassion and care for the environment in times of conflict
In Christmas Day message, pope decries Gaza’s ‘appalling harvest’ of civilian deaths
An ex-FBI official is to be sentenced in the US over work for Russia’s Deripaska
A Ukrainian teen returns to Ukraine after being taken to Russia from occupied Mariupol
Gaza activists on a speaking tour in France were detained, awaiting deportation
Finance
Scripps Networks, the media conglomerate that operates HGTV, the Travel Channel, Food Network, and other channels; and Discovery, which runs The Discovery Channel, Animal...
Business
The field of digital marketing is dominated by two Silicon Valley superpowers: Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc, the latter of which controls Google and...
Economy
Friday, the US Commerce Department published national economic data for the second quarter of 2017. After a sluggish 2016, the economy appears to be...
Finance
The FDA announced Friday that it will tighten regulations imposed upon the tobacco industry, with a view toward encouraging manufacturers to produce less addictive...
Finance
In its quarter two earnings report, published Thursday, Twitter reported a flatline in Monthly Active Users (MAUs), despite a 12% year-over-year increase in Daily...
Business
Alexander Vinnik, who police allege ran BTC-e and Tradehill, a pair of popular digital currency exchange services, was arrested in Greece Wednesday on charges...
Finance
U.S. home resales have been unable to match expected projections in June as prices reach record highs, keeping first-time buyers hesitant on the peripheral....
Technology
On Tuesday, RootMetrics, a renowned independent research company that collects data on the reliability of cellular networks, released its report for the first half...
Finance
A massive selloff, spurred in large part by last Monday’s earnings call, in which outgoing CEO Jeff Immiet said the company expected the lull...
Business
If you realize you’re hungry in the middle of a Lyft ride, can you ask your driver to go through a drive-thru? The quandary...
Finance
Sandell Asset Management, an activist investment firm, has accumulated a large number of shares in Barnes & Noble Booksellers, and is urging the company...
Technology
Google is now putting its massive power to work tracking disease outbreaks. Of course, it’s not really Google doing the work so much as it is...
Finance
Last Friday the euro strengthened to a two-year high against the dollar, raising 1.8 percent over the week and has gained 11 percent year...
Business
Customers of Verizon have noticed a decrease in their mobile data speeds especially being limited whenever they streamed or accessed videos on Netflix and...
Technology
On July 20 Elon Musk tweeted that he had “just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in...
Finance
China’s most prominent ride sharing company, Didi Chuxing, and SoftBank, a leader in the Japanese telecommunications and internet services industries, have invested a combined...
Technology
During the TechCrunch Robotics Session on MIT’s campus, Sami Atiya argued that increased robotics use in industry will create rather than replace manufacturing jobs....
Business
Obamacare has proven unexpectedly difficult for Republicans to dismantle. As a result, the GOP is anticipated to focus the bulk of its future efforts on tax reform...
Politics
Bank of America has decided to pick Dublin as its new base for its European Union operations amidst Britain’s Brexit preparations to leave the...
Politics
The International Monetary Fund has resolved to bail Greece out yet again, Bloomberg reports. To be precise, the IMF has approved “in principle” a...
Finance
Chinese courier ZTO Express and those involved in its New York stock market listings have been sued by a U.S. pension fund. The fund...
Technology
Ride-hailing company Lyft announced Friday that self-driving vehicles will be picking up customer by the end of the year, Brian Fung of The Washington...
Business
As the FTC investigates Amazon’s pending purchase of Whole Foods for antitrust violations, advocacy group Consumer Watchdog has lodged charges that the eCommerce giant...
Politics
The two largest online black markets, AlphaBay and Hansa Market, have been shut down and their operators have been arrested, according to reports by...
Business
A Toyota spokeswoman said Monday the company sold off its shares in American automaker Tesla last year, CNN’s Alec Macfarlane reports. Toyota purchased a...
Technology
Facebook is planning a new tool that would establish a means of adding subscriptions to news organizations that publish directly on the social media...
Business
Sears announced Thursday that it would begin selling Kenmore appliances on Amazon, Phil Wahba of Fortune reports. By partnering with Amazon, Sears will bring...
Technology
Google Glass, the heads-up display apparatus resembling a pair of glasses, is making a comeback on the floors of factories around the country, Viad...
Business
Amazon is proceeding with its expansion plan to diversify into surrounding markets and innovate in order to establish a dominant position. In recent news,...
Business
On Tuesday, Disability Rights Advocates, on behalf of a litany of advocacy groups and individuals, filed a class action discrimination lawsuit against Uber in...
Politics
Chinese users have reported trouble regarding the use of WhatsApp instant messaging tool on Tuesday. Many suspect that Beijing is responsible for the issues...
Finance
As of 11:17 Eastern Wednesday morning, Harley Davidson, Inc. stock has fallen just under 8%, from $51.96 to $47.82 per share, since the company...
Lifestyle
The marijuana shortage which befell Nevada’s dispensaries after they sold over $3 million worth of marijuana in the first weekend of sales will be...
Finance
As earnings reports for the second quarter of 2017 continue to roll in, the stock market remains strong despite “political gridlock,” disappointing quarterly statistics...
Business
The Walt Disney Co. revealed renovation plans for Epcot in order to honor the park’s 35th anniversary at Walk Disney World in Orlando, Florida....
Finance
Monday, the US Federal Reserve Bank fined BNP Paribas $246 million in connection with a widespread scandal involving the fixing of currency markets, the...
Business
Netflix Inc. has surpassed the expectations of Wall Street for its second quarter by adding 5.2 million new streaming customers. Netflix predicts further continued...
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Two trains lost power at Penn Station Saturday, temporarily stranding a combined 765 passengers, Thomas Tracy of The New York Daily News reports. Officials...
Business
At the urging of the USDA, Marathon Enterprises, Inc. has issued a class 1 recall on over 7 million pounds of hot dog products,...
Finance
Amazon Inc. has recently agreed to buy Whole Foods Market Inc. for $13.7 billion as part of their expansion plans. Amazon’s sustained major growth...
Business
J.C. Penney has plans to introduce toy stores within its department stores in an attempt to draw in more customers along with their families....
Finance
FanDuel and DraftKings have made a joint decision to abandon efforts toward a merger that faced heavy opposition from federal antitrust regulators, Alex Schiffer...
Finance
Uber and Yandex have agreed to a merger of their ride-sharing businesses in Russia and five eastern European markets with Yandex. This is the...
Finance
Delta Airlines, Inc. published its earnings report for the second quarter of 2017 on Thursday, according to Reuters’ Alana Wise and Arunima Banerjee. For...
Lifestyle
Todd Snyder and Raf Simmons, two renowned menswear designers who showcased their work at New York Fashion Week: Men’s this week, have made their...
Business
The state of Minnesota is suing CenturyLink over alleged “deceptive billing practices,” according to a report by Polly Mosendz and Scott Moritz of Bloomberg....
Technology
Verizon’s partner Nice Systems suffered a data breach that exposed the records of 6 million customers. The data was accessed through an unprotected Amazon...
Finance
Fed Chair Janet Yellen has reported that the U.S. economy is healthy enough for the Fed to raise rates and to begin tackling its...
Business
Trump Hotels announced Tuesday that data had been breached at 14 of its locations, including those in Las Vegas and Chicago, CNBC reports. Customers’...
Technology
The Audi A8, which debuted Tuesday at the Audi Summit in Barcelona, represents the company’s boldest foray yet into the next generation of auto...
Politics
By a 9-0 vote this week, Seattle’s city council passed a measure that would require residents to pay a 2.5% tax on income over...
Finance
Snap Inc. and Blue Apron Holdings Inc. have faced difficult discrepancies in stock valuation during their transition from private to public valuations. What were...
Politics
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed withdrawing its 2014 determination barring any large-scale mine in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. The Trump administration has been working...
Lifestyle
The American fashion industry is struggling. In the past year, a number of formerly iconic American clothing retailers have shut their doors. True Religion...
Lifestyle
In the first three days after Nevada dispensaries began selling marijuana under the state’s new legislation permitting recreational use of the substance, the state’s 47...
Lifestyle
This week marks the fifth season of the “New York Fashion Week: Men’s” fashioned by the Council of Fashion Designers of America. More than...
Finance
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has planned to adopt a rule that would prohibit financial firms from forcing Americans into arbitration in disputes over...
Finance
Shares of Snap, Inc. were valued at $16.99 when the market closed Monday, marking the first time the stock has dipped below its $17...
Business
During the seventh Summer Games Done Quick (SGDQ) Speedrunning marathon event, the charity was able to raise nearly $1.78 million from just over 30,000...
Finance
Teen clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch have said on Monday that it is no longer up for sale. Despite being in poor health and...
Finance
Monday, Midwest electric companies Westar Energy and Great Plains Energy announced plans for a merger. According to Morgan Chilson of The Topeka Capital-Journal, no...
Business
Amazon will build a new “fulfillment center” in Orange County, Florida, just south of the Orlando airport, the Orlando Sentinel reports. The company acquired...
Technology
Amidst a flurry of commitments by carmakers and governments around the globe to increasingly adopt hybrids and fully electric vehicles, France announced Thursday that...
Business
Qualcomm has requested the U.S. International Trade Commission to ban the import of certain iPhones that do not use Qualcomm chips, as well as...
Finance
In order to expand its consumer base while also shifting to adapt to the needs of its customer base, Campbell Soup announced today that...
Politics
Government’s Antitrust Review of Time Warner-AT&T Merger Could Be Used as Leverage in Trump/CNN Feud
AT&T’s $85 billion proposal to acquire Time Warner, the media and entertainment conglomerate that owns CNN, HBO, and others, has been submitted to the...
Politics
Emirates and Turkish Airlines have both reported that the U.S. ban on carry-on laptops has been lifted, and will no longer apply to passengers...
Technology
Beginning in 2019, Volvo will stop producing automobiles powered solely by gasoline and will build hybrids and fully-electric vehicles exclusively, CEO Hakan Samuelsson announced...
Politics
Hobby Lobby has agreed to forfeit 5,500 artifacts that the company illegally imported in the U.S. from Iraq. Labeling the packages that made their...
Business
True Religion Apparel, Inc. announced Wednesday that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization. The company joins a host of fellow California apparel...
Finance
British payment processing company Wordplay announced Tuesday that JP Morgan Chase and Vantiv had each expressed interest in acquiring it. Wordplay made the announcement...
Technology
Historically, Apple is notoriously hush-hush about its new products, especially its iPhone. Leaks promising new features on a given Apple product are rare, vague,...
Finance
Tencent Holdings’ lost $17.5 billion of its market cap after a newspaper review described one of its products and harmful to teenagers. Tencent Holdings...
Business
Wisconsin couple Keith and Audra Tubin will need to pay almost $900 for an Uber fare on Monday. The Tubins used Uber to ride...
Business
Microsoft recently reorganized its global sales force to highlight its focus on selling cloud services instead of standalone software. This reorganization is not the...
Finance
US automakers reported a decline in new vehicle sales for the fourth straight month on Monday. Experts anticipated the dip, which comes on the...
Technology
Social media companies have seen an increase in the need for moderating of user content, from both internal and external forces, in an attempt...
Technology
Twitter users may be given the ability to flag tweets containing misleading, false or harmful information often considered fake news, according to this report....
Technology
Tesla, Inc. plans to mass produce a budget-friendly electric automobile for the first time. With a $35,000 price tag and a range of 215...
Technology
Facebook is planning on expanding the accessibility of “Find Wi-Fi,” one of their newer features. “Find Wi-Fi” allows users to search for highlighted hotspots...
Technology
When a little drone built with the backing of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg touched down in May at Yuma Proving Ground, an Army testing...
Technology
A newly-designed Chinese rocket slated to carry the country’s heaviest ever satellite failed Sunday, Chinese news outlet Xinhua reports. The Chinese plan to conduct...
Technology
Eugene Kapersky, CEO of security company Kapersky Labs, has agreed to share his company’s source code with the US Government in order to “prove...
Politics
India introduced its largest tax reform in 70 years since its independence from British colonial rule. The Goods and Services Tax (GST) unifies India’s...