In a year when the world suffered an $81 million central bank heist, a massive e-mail leak that may have altered U.S. elections and a successful cyberattack on a national power grid, investments in Israel’s cybersecurity industry jumped 9 percent… Read More ›
Month: January 2017
If Trump Immigration Ban Snares Britons, U.K. will Act, says May
Saying that she does not agree with the approach, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May broke her silence over President Donald Trump’s U.S. immigration ban on Muslim-majority nations. After the U.S. President temporarily froze the entry of other refugees and prohibited entry… Read More ›
Some of the World’s Fastest Growth Posted by Rising Tiger Philippines
As Philippines posts some of the fastest growth rates in the world, it is finally catching up with its fellow Asian tiger economies after years spent languishing behind its neighbors. The Philippines is mimicking gains seen in Malaysia and Thailand… Read More ›
Deutsche Bank says a Correction in Euro Stocks Could be Triggered by Fewer Growth Surprises
According to analysts at the German bank, European stocks are at the mercy of a slowdown in positive macro surprises. Citing the close relationship between global stock-market performance and better-than-expected data across major economies since November 2016, analysts at Deutsche Bank AG… Read More ›
Beer, snacks and cars: How a 20% Mexico tariff could cost US shoppers
If a proposal floated by President Trump to impose a 20% tariff on Mexican imports goes into effect, American consumers may have to pay more for products ranging from Toyotas to vegetables to beer. Mexico is currently U.S.’s third largest partner in the… Read More ›
Trump Immigration Moves Makes Facebook’s Zuckerberg ‘Concerned’
He’s “concerned” by the recent executive orders U.S. President Donald Trump signed to restrict immigration, said Facebook Inc’s Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The likes of undocumented immigrants who had come to the United States with their parents at a young… Read More ›
Sales of Switch Luxury Watches Drop 10% Indicating Hard Times
As official crackdown on bribery makes it the worst year for the luxury industry since 2009, Swiss watch federation reports huge drop in exports to China to the tune of 10 % last year. As the Chinese bought far fewer… Read More ›
South Africa-Europe Trade Relations Rocked by Chicken Fight
Now chickens are at the center of a bitter fight between South Africa and Europe in a manner in which Chinese steel and Mexican-made cars became political dynamite last year as politicians including U.S. President Donald Trump championed anti-free trade rhetoric…. Read More ›
Ford’s SmartLink technology enabled plug-in device will infuse smart features in all its models from 2010-2016, including Lincoln cars.
The plug-in device will most likely fit onto the OBD II port will provide a host of features without using modems. Ford Motor Co has disclosed it would be selling a plug-in device which will enable features such as Wifi… Read More ›
Britain in dire straits for a deal with the U.S.
Theresa May knows her legacy depends on walking on the middle path: cosying up to Trump will not put her in the good graces of her neighbours; revealing her “Hard Brexit” stance has already pushed her against the wall. Desperate… Read More ›