Japan’s second quarter GDP grew 1.9 percent on an annualized basis in April-June, beating analysts’ expectations but trade risks continue to cast a shadow over its outlook.
Asian stock markets fell on Friday amid heightened global trade tensions, while currency markets were whipsawed by a searing selloff in Russia’s rouble after the United States slapped new sanctions, and as economic worries sent the Turkish lira tumbli…
Ryanair is bracing for its largest ever one-day strike on Friday with pilots based in five European countries set to walk out, forcing the cancellation of about one in six of its daily flights at the height of the holiday season.
Hydropower dams in the Mekong River, the world’s 10th largest, is reducing fish stocks and causing the erosion of river banks — developments that threaten the livelihoods of some 60 million people.
Commonwealth Bank of Australia has won a mandate from the World Bank to arrange a pioneering bond issue to be created and run using only blockchain, aiming to simplify capital raising and trading.
Growing trade tensions between the United States and China are motivated by fears that China is now the top challenger to Washington’s global hegemony, the official Communist Party newspaper The People’s Daily said on Friday.
Asian stocks were set for a mixed start on the last trading day of the week, taking cues from Wall Street’s overnight performance.
Ryanair is bracing for its biggest-ever one-day strike on Friday with pilots based in five European countries set to walk out, forcing the cancellation of about one in six of its daily flights at the height of the holiday season.
News Corp topped Wall Street profit targets on Thursday, as it benefited from gains at its newly acquired TV network and recorded double-digit growth in its real-estate listings and book publishing businesses.
Dropbox Inc’s forecast for the current-quarter and results for the second quarter beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, with the online storage firm earning more from a higher number of paying subscribers.
Dropbox Inc’s forecast for the current-quarter and results for the second quarter beat Wall Street estimates on Thursday, with the online storage firm earning more from a higher number of paying subscribers.
Credit ratings agency Fitch voiced concerns on Thursday that TV Azteca’s legal battle with American Tower Corp was “not positive or favorable” for the Mexican broadcaster’s credit profile, two days after Reuters reported the lawsuit.
Tesla Inc’s board has not yet received a detailed financing plan from CEO Elon Musk, and is seeking more information about how he will take the U.S. electric car maker private in a proposed deal worth $72 billion, people familiar with the matter said …
Billionaire investor Daniel Loeb and fellow Campbell Soup Co shareholder George Strawbridge on Thursday called for a sale of the iconic U.S. food company best known for its canned soups, according to a regulatory filing.
Tesla Inc’s board has not yet received a detailed financing plan from CEO Elon Musk, and is seeking more information about how he will take the U.S. electric car maker private in a proposed deal worth $72 billion, people familiar with the matter said …
Researchers have developed a new computational approach to identify the genes that may be important to help microbes live successfully in the human gut.
Researchers report that the 2-D form of tungsten ditelluride can undergo ‘ferroelectric switching.’ Materials with ferroelectric properties can have applications in memory storage, capacitors, RFID card technologies and even medical sensors — and tung…
Some chemicals used to speed up the breakdown of plants for production of biofuels like ethanol are poison to the yeasts that turn the plant sugars into fuel. Researchers have identified two changes to a single gene that can make the yeast tolerate the…
A fantastical scenario involving a space-exploring robot crashing on a distant planet is the premise of a video game developed for middle schoolers by researchers to study whether video games can boost kids’ empathy, and to understand how learning such…
Alibaba Group y Starbucks fortalecen su asociación con la distribución en exclusiva de los productos de la franquicia a través de la plataforma de Home Delivery Ele.me y la apertura de nuevos puntos de entrega en los supermercados Hema de Alibaba para …
The board plans to meet with advisors next week about taking Tesla private, and has told Musk that he needs his own separate set of advisers.
El sector del turismo es uno de los que más ha evolucionado desde la aparición de Internet. Las agencias de viajes tradicionales han tenido que dar un vuelco a su modelo de negocio con el objetivo de adaptarse a las necesidades de los consumidores. Sin…
Visa anunció un acuerdo de inversión y asociación con la start-up israelí, Behalf, con el objetivo de apoyar el crecimiento de las pequeñas y medianas empresas mediante el acceso fácil a capital y financiación. Behalf proporciona soluciones de capital …
Tras el exitoso lanzamiento de sus patinetes eléctricos en París y Zurich el pasado mes de junio, Lime ha elegido a Madrid como nuevo destino para lanzar su oferta de patinetes eléctricos en Europa. Los patinetes eléctricos Lime-S sin estación fija (re…
La conectividad del FlexDeliveryService beneficia a los eCommerce con independencia del país en el que se realiza el pedido. GLS informa a los destinatarios anticipadamente de la entrega y en el idioma del país donde se recibe el paquete. El receptor p…
La llegada del verano trae consigo las ansiadas vacaciones que aportan una mayor flexibilidad en el día a día. Desde el punto de vista empresarial no es momento de ‘cerrar la persiana’ ya que el periodo estival se presenta como una gran oportunidad par…
Naturitas, el ecommerce líder en España en la venta de productos naturales en el sector del herbolario y la dietética, con la firme convicción de ofrecer la mejor experiencia de compra a sus clientes, decidió, en octubre de 2016 confiar en Trusted Shop…
Desde hace ya 17 años, cada 8 de agosto se celebra el Día Mundial del Orgasmo Femenino, jornada que rinde homenaje a las mujeres que lucharon por vivir plenamente su sexualidad y que aboga por el empoderamiento femenino. Esta fecha surgió en 2001 en Br…
The S&P 500 and Dow ended down slightly on Thursday as gains in Apple and Amazon were offset by losses in energy and financial shares.
Tesla Inc’s shares slipped nearly 5 percent on Thursday, wiping out the gains fueled by Chief Executive Elon Musk’s announcement of a plan to take the company private, after reports of concern by regulators and on doubt the deal could be done.
