There is a rush among startups to develop platforms that offer artificial intelligence (AI) and create targeted and niche solutions that are able to address the firm specific problems. This is indicative that the market for AI is being now… Read More ›
Economy & Finance
Leisure Venues Kept Stable In The UK By Rise In Casual Dining Venues Which Offset Closure Of Pubs
The number of places where people can have a drink in the U.K. have not reduced despite the market conditions getting tough due to the emergence of casual dining offsetting of the closures of pubs. Compared to a year earlier,… Read More ›
An Academic Alleges Debt Trap To ‘Bend Other Countries To Its Will’ Being Used By China
Partner countries of China’s inter-continental Belt and Road Network would be deprived of their valuable natural resources and there is threat that they would be “shackled” by the project, if one of the critics of the project is to be… Read More ›
China’s trade with North Korea rises in November 2017
The latest U.N sanctions are expected to have a crippling effect on North Korea’s economy. In November, according to business data China’s trade with North Korea edged up to $388 million, its lowest levels this year. Tough U.N. sanctions are… Read More ›
Boeing wins $6.2 billion contract for 36 F15 fighter jets
The development is in line with U.S. President Donald Trump’s strategy of boosting the sale of U.S. weapons exports to friendly countries. On Friday, the Pentagon stated, Boeing Co has been awarded a $6.2 billion contract for 36 F-15 fighter… Read More ›
Countries go cashless, and then… step back
Banknotes are regularly threatened to disappear from our economies, under the pressure of banking and credit card industries, governments economic policies and social trends. But once cash yields to more “modern” payment systems, it seems it is sorely missed, enough… Read More ›
There Is Demand For Bitcoins From Ransom Seeking Hackers As Incidents Skyrockets
Chubb Ltd is one insurer among at least three companies that are facing increase in costs related to claims from ransomware attacks. The company mainly serves wealthy families and corporations. And the rising value of bitcoin has been blamed by… Read More ›
European Commission launches anti-subsidy probe against Chinese exporters
China’s strategy of excessive production and dumping what it cannot domestically consume on its trade partners has widespread ramifications for domestic producers; already being probed by the United States, the investigation by the European Commission is the latest scrutiny of… Read More ›
South Korea to purchase 20 additional stealth fighter aircrafts frmo Lockheed Martin
The news report by South Korea’s Joongang Ilbo newspaper follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Seoul. On Thursday, a South Korean newspaper reported that the country plans on buying an additional 20 F-35A stealth fighter aircrafts from the US…. Read More ›
A brief outlook on the impact of the U.S. tax code on Apple Inc
Analysts opine, the revised repatriation rules are likely to be the pivot in Apple’s cash strategy. With the U.S. Congress passing the Republican-led tax overhaul bill, one of Apple’s long standing goal of repatriating $252.3 billion in foreign cash without… Read More ›