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Alarmed by Libra, EU to look into issuing public digital currency

A specialist committee, which studies the emerging threats for the Australian Securities and Investments Commission had warned that all regulated entities i...

Alipay allows worldwide app version for overseas visitors

Travelers may also top up their card to reflect as Chinese yuan through their usual debit or credit cards. They may utilize their prepaid card service through t...

Apple Commits $2.5 Billion Towards Tackling California Housing Crisis

The first-time buyers fund will help homebuyers with financing and down payment assistance while increasing access to first-time homeownership for "essential se...

No prima facie evidence in whistle-blower plaint: Infosys

Infosys said it was not obligated to disclose the complaints since the allegations were not deemed "material" under Indian rules. Information technology major...

Einstein cryptocurrency exchange closes with a debt of more than $12 million

It has absent darkish owing prospects extra than CAD$16 million (USD$12.1 million). Einstein crypto exchange based in the British Columbia province was re...

Canada posts C$978 million trade deficit in September

Ongoing trade conflicts between the United States and China is hitting business investment in Canada and weighing on export markets. In volume terms, which stri...

Interest rates set to remain on hold, but for how long?

The RBA Shadow Board's conviction that the cash rate should remain at the new, low rate of 0.75% equals 64%, while the confidence in a required rate cut is 8% a...

Saudi Arabia officially approves Aramco oil IPO

Aramco said the IPO would be split into two tranches: one each for institutional and individual investors. Less optimistic estimates set the valuation at $1....

Indian trade chief pushes for deal with European Union, after Delhi rejects RCEP

Gujarat-based Dairy major Amul on Monday thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for safeguarding the families of 10 crore milk producers by pulling out of Regi...

More losses for Uber after spending on discounts, new ventures

Uber said revenue was up 30 per cent compared with that from the same quarter past year, and the company closed out the quarter with more cash than the prior ...

Facebook's new logo brings its besieged family of apps together

Facebook will slap the new all-caps logo in a thin-lettered typeface on its subsidiaries, while its old logo will remain the identifier for the Facebook ...

Workers fired after racist incident reported at Buffalo Wild Wings in Naperville

Mary Vahl , 34, and her husband Justin, together with their two children, say they arrived at the restaurant in Naperville, Illinois, on Saturday October 26, as...

Fight over Popeyes chicken ends with man fatally stabbed, suspect flees

Fox 5 DC reports a man killed another man over a Popeyes chicken sandwich at a restaurant in Maryland . Paramedics took the 28-year-old to a hospital but ...

Dow, S&P 500, Nasdaq end at records on optimism on trade

U.S. President Donald Trump touted the stock market performances by tweeting: "Stock Market hits RECORD HIGH". Eastern time and was above its record close of 3,...

This is the new Facebook logo - and why it’s changing

Confused? You're not the only one. Facebook's branding in apps like Instagram will become more pronounced with the new logo change. As per the company , ...

10 cases of Salmonella, 1 death linked to ground beef, CDC says

The CDC estimates that Salmonella causes about 1.2 million illnesses , 23,000 hospitalizations and 450 deaths in the USA each year, with food being the sour...

National News Chick-fil-A backs Sunday's National Sandwich Day _ oops!

Popeyes saw sales spike by 9.7 per cent over their entire fiscal third quarter, and the sandwich was only on the menu for two weeks. All week, enthusiasts h...

Vegetable products sold to HEB, other retailers recalled

In a press release, Mann says it has recalled the products in Canada and the United States out of "an abundance of caution ". The recalled products have a "B...

India decides to opt out of RCEP, says key concerns not addressed

India has lagged many countries in the region in opening its markets, and groups associated with the ruling nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party have staged score...

Microsoft Japan says four-day work week boosted productivity 40%

The trial involved 2,300 employees, and Microsoft is looking to repeat it next summer. Who knows, maybe in the future we'll work for 4 days a week, don't you ...

Saudi Aramco Value In Bank Research Varies By More Than $1 Trillion

Aramco is looking to sell one to two percent of its shares, people familiar with the matter told Reuters . Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has said he wants...

Mothercare puts stores into administration, thousands of jobs at risk

The retailer, which has around 500 full-time staff and 2,000 part-time employees in the United Kingdom, is set to follow the likes of Bonmarche, Jack Wills and ...

Unemployment Steady at 3.6% in October

The government let go of 20,000 short-term workers who had been helping prepare for the 2020 survey. The only way to secure further large increases in employm...

World’s most profitable company decides to go public

The Capital Markets Authority did not give any details of the Initial Public Offering (IPO) but it is expected to begin trading in mid-December. The IPO of ...

Kohl’s Black Friday Sale Starts Now & Includes Half-Off A Dyson Vacuum

Costco's Black Friday ad is now live, featuring deals on nearly everything you could possibly think of - including big sales happening weeks before Black Frida...

China Wins WTO Case to Sanction $3.6 Billion in U.S

The damages awarded , in a document released Friday (Nov 1) on the Geneva-based organisation's website, are the third highest in WTO history. The U.S. In the...

£385m Bombardier wing factory sale protects thousands of Belfast jobs

Canadian manufacturing group Bombardier announced Thursday it was selling its aerostructures business to USA firm Spirit AeroSystems , involving operations i...

Deal gives Ford workers signing bonus; plant will close

The proposed pact now moves on to Ford's 55,000 hourly US workers, who will be briefed on the deal at plant meetings and vote on it over the next two weeks. Fia...

Fed cuts rates by quarter point while hinting at policy pause

The cut of 0.25 percentage points, which was widely expected, brings the Fed's target rate to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%. Wednesday's cut was expected, but so...

Oil Falls to Lowest in a Week After Surprise US Crude Build

Nonetheless, late on Wednesday (October 30th) session, a sharp decline in crude oil prices were capped following TC Energy Corp .'s comment that it would be ...

China has launched its 5G network

What just happened? China Mobile , China Unicom and China Telecom have launched 5G services across 50 cities in the country including Beijing, Shanghai, G...

Google acquires Fitbit for $2.1 billion

Fitbit shares have gained more than 40% since Reuters reported on Monday that Google had made an offer for the maker of the popular colourful fitness trackers...

US economy adds 128,000 jobs in October, Labor Dept. says

The household survey, which is volatile because of a small sample, showed 1.57 million jobs created in the last five months, far outpacing the payrolls gain r...

Google Dragged To Court By ACCC Over Privacy Issues

The issue mainly lies in Google's Location History setting that is available in the Android phones. For those with short memories, the issue came about becaus...

Apple Card Getting No-Interest iPhone Payment Plan

Apple TV + will go live 1pm EST (10:30pm IST) around the world today, The Morning Show official Instagram account has revealed. "We're cognizant that there ...