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College student slain after mistaking a vehicle for her Uber ride

The State newspaper reported that Columbia Police Chief Skip Holbrook told reporters after a Saturday night press conference that a woman was in the vehicle at...

Whole Foods Dropping Prices on a Truly Random Assortment of Foods

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Turkey election: Erdogan disputes results in major cities

The nationwide municipal elections saw the AKP lose the capital Ankara to the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP), as well as a hotly contested result...

Rakuten books JPY 110 billion gain from Lyft IPO

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Saudi Arabia accused over Amazon boss

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Rare glimpse into Saudi Aramco shows $111bn net profit

Moody's said the oil giant's revenue hit $US355.9 billion past year and that it produced 10.3 million barrels per day of crude oil in 2018. Chief Executive Of...

Burger King offering the Impossible Burger at select locations

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Erdogan Pays Electoral Price for Turkey's Tumbling Economy

CHP-supported had 4,111,219 votes with 98.8 percent of ballots counted, ahead of the AK-backed candidate with 4,106,776. Meanwhile, the race in Turkey's lar...

Facebook's new feature explains why you see some posts before others

Facebook has announced that it is rolling out a new " Why am I seeing this post? " feature in News Feed. The function will show you what data led to a post be...

Govt increases petrol price by Rs6 per litre

The Automobile Association (AA) has said it's concerned about the looming massive petrol price increase adding it will not only have an impact on motorists bu...

Several airlines experience technical issues impacting flights

The agency said United, JetBlue and Alaska Airlines were also affected. According to the Federal Aviation Administration, five airlines were experiencing issu...

Huawei defends security record as annual sales top USD100 billion

Intense worldwide scrutiny of the company could lead to more challenges for this division in the future however, especially if Huawei's equipment gets banne...

AZ makes $6.9bn play for Daiichi Sankyo HER2 drug

It is the latest in a wave of multibillion-dollar deals in the pharmaceuticals industry, particularly in oncology where companies are racing to bolster thei...

US Holds 'Constructive' Trade Talks With China

News reports on Thursday indicated that China is continuing to ramp up its imports of United States soybeans, a shift that began after Trump and Chinese Presi...

Fiat Chrysler Announces 1,500 Job Cuts At Windsor, Ontario Plant

The move to end the shift starting September 30 is to "better align production with global demand", said company spokeswoman LouAnn Gosselin. That third shift h...

Monsanto ordered to pay US$80 mn in Roundup cancer trial

He was diagnosed with stage 3 non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 2015. Last year, a jury in San Francisco initially awarded another man, Dewayne Johnson, $ 289 milli...

Changi voted 'World's Best Airport' for tenth time

Bongiwe Mbomvu, Airports Company South Africa's Acting CEO said: "We are very proud of Cape Town International Airport and King Shaka International Airport for ...

Google deletes ‘conversion therapy’ app savaged by the LGBTQ community

Google announced the change less than a day after Human Rights Campaign suspended the company from this year's Corporate Equality Index . The counsellin...

Lyft valued at $24.3 billion in first ride-hailing IPO

Lyft's performance will also serve as a benchmark for a number of other big tech companies eyeing IPOs, including arch-rival Uber , social media company Pinte...

Daimler, Geely form joint venture to develop Smart brand

Li Shufu, Geely Holding chairman, added his company "fully respected" the value of Smart . "We will jointly design and develop the next generation of Smart ...

McDonald's Personalizes Its Drive-Through With Tailored Menu Offerings

If it is cold, maybe hotter items will show up. The technology, which utilises machine learning , will allow for smart decision-making on electronic menu boa...

Economy slowed in Q4 more than first measured, new figures show

The Commerce Department said the revision of gross domestic product (GDP) growth came after more complete data were used for the final calculations. President...

Nissan CEO says he is not aware of possible Fiat Chrysler bid

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Queen of Surrey stuck after hitting Stormaway dock

Several vessels are being redeployed to restore regular service on the route starting Wednesday. The ferry was scheduled to leave Horseshoe Bay at 7:31 a.m. "...

Ashley mulls last-ditch Debenhams bid

That compares with a stock-market value of about £26m. "However, it can not be said that the board of Debenhams has actively engaged in these discussions or a...

Erdogan Faces Tough Challenge in Turkey's Local Elections

In the strongest signal yet from Washington that Ankara cannot have both the advanced aircraft and the S-400, officials have told Reuters the United States ...

US trade gap falls 15 percent in January

What does the United States trade deficit mean for the U.S. economy? The White House's protectionist trade tariffs have left the United States mired in a bruisi...

Ericsson says no bounty from Huawei 5G security worries

In brief: The European Commission has recommended that member states carry out their own risk assessments of 5G network infrastructures but didn't suggest a ...

British Report Finds Technical Risks in Huawei Network Gear

The report added: "The oversight board advises that it will be hard to appropriately risk manage future products in the context of United Kingdom deployments, u...

US orders Chinese firm to sell gay dating app Grindr

Beijing Kunlun bought a majority stake in then-privately owned Grindr in 2016. The world's most popular gay dating app Grindr has been caught up in the growin...

Introducing Apple Card, a new kind of credit card created by Apple

Apple Card is slated to arrive this summer. Apple recently released their new iOS 12 .3 beta 1 software , this is the first new beta since we saw iO...

Lyft's IPO: 7 things you need to know

Uber, a global logistics and transportation company most recently valued at US$76 billion in the private market, is seeking a valuation as high as US$120 billio...