Alarmed at a proposed expansion of the U.S. ban on in-flight laptops and tablets to include planes from the EU, European governments held urgent talks with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Since as many as 65 million people fly… Read More ›
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As U.S. Welcome Wanes, China’s Tech Money Heads For Israel
Chinese companies looking to invest in promising technology are finding a warmer welcome for their cash in Israel as they are struggling to seal deals in the United States as regulatory scrutiny tightens. The quarry for Chinese firms has become… Read More ›
Under The 100-Day Plan, U.S. And China Agree To First Trade Steps
Among other steps as part of Washington’s drive to cut its trade deficit with Beijing, the United States and China have agreed to take action by mid-July to increase access for U.S. financial firms and expand trade in beef and… Read More ›
To Fend Off Populist Threat, EU Wants Tougher Global Trade Rules
In a fresh effort to fend off the inequalities of globalisation that have been seized on by hard-right nationalists such as Marine Le Pen of France, Europe will press the US and China for tougher world trade rules. The European Commission called… Read More ›
California’s 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to rehear AT&T’s data throttling speed lawsuit
If the FTC were to win this lawsuit, it would have wide-ranging implications for internet service providers. In an interesting turn of events, a U.S. court appeals in California has ruled that it will re-hear U.S. government claims that AT&T… Read More ›
Warding Off Screw Tops And Plastic, Fight Back On By The Once Tainted Cork Industry Of Portugal
Shares in Corticeira Amorim, the world’s largest cork producer, didn’t look like a great bet even a decade ago. Screw tops and plastic stoppers were the cheaper products that were being flirted with by its biggest customer, the wine industry,… Read More ›
Aging Population And Productivity Are Asia’s Top Problems As Singled Out By The IMF
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned in a new report on Tuesday that the medium-term picture in the Asia Pacific region is weighed down by an aging population and sluggish productivity even though the global financial agency says that the long-term… Read More ›
Oil-Cuts Extension Into 2018 Signaled By Saudi Arabia And Russia
Doubling down on an effort to eliminate a supply surplus just as its impact on prices wanes, Saudi Arabia and Russia signaled they could extend production cuts into 2018. They would consider prolonging their output reductions for longer than the… Read More ›
While Convincing Doctors, Clinicians To Use A.I. Can Be ‘Tricky’, Even As Experts Say It Can Be A Game-Changer For Health Care
Based on the patient’s medical history matched with a global database of similar cases, a surgeon asking a Siri-like digital assistant in the operations theater about the options available in a risky operation, may not be a science fiction scenario… Read More ›
As Bid To Boost Oil Price Fizzles, OPEC Runs Out Of Options
OPEC has little choice but to stick with its plan to boost oil prices by cutting production, even though that plans seems to have fizzled. Since the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries first agreed production cuts in November, crude has surrendered… Read More ›
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