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Investigators say Saudi Arabia accessed Jeff Bezos' phone

Becker indicated the Saudis may have targeted Bezos as he is the owner of The Washington Post . De Becker wrote that his investigation was now complete, his ...

Most Profitable Company in the World Doesn't Do Tech

The petrochemicals company is separate from the oil company, and the acquisition would grant "a massive jolt of cash" to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salma...

Burger King is market testing a meat-free Whopper from Impossible Foods

The chain has been trying to figure out a way to add a plant-based burger option to its menu for about a year, Finazzo said. Impossible Foods' simulated mea...

Turkey’s president suffers setback in big cities at local elections

Erdogan got 52.6 per cent of the vote in June. When Yildirim spoke, the state-run news agency showed 98.8 per cent of votes tallied, and then stopped reporting...

Facebook finally explains how it organizes your news feed

In effect, Facebook is going to help you understand how it ranks posts that show up on your News Feed. Facebook is introducing a useful new feature for the ...

Several major airlines hit with computer issues, FAA says

USA airlines were hit on Monday by system-wide computer outages related to problems with the Aerodata planning weight and balance program, the Federal Aviation ...

Petrol, diesel prices touch nine-month high

The Government of Pakistan has increased the petroleum oil lubricant (POL) Prices for the month of April 2019. Economists believe that with this increase in t...

Huawei profit in 2018 rises 25% amid USA stifling its 5G push

Ren, the company founder, said earlier this year's revenue target is $125 billion. Overall revenue grew 19.5 percent while sales in Huawei's consumer busi...

China, US trade talks adjourn until next week

Going into the talks at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, people familiar with the negotiations had said there were still significant differences on e...

1,500 jobs impacted as FCA cuts shift at Windsor, Ont. plant

Unifor Local 444 president Dave Cassidy said in a statement that the decision was unexpected. The plant employs more than 6,000 workers. The University of ...

AstraZeneca pays up to $6.9 billion in Daiichi Sankyo cancer deal

Trastuzumab deruxtecan delivers chemotherapy selectively to cancer cells and reduces systemic exposure, in contrast to conventional chemotherapy. Daiichi h...

California man awarded $80M in lawsuit claiming Roundup causes cancer

A US jury awarded 70-year-old Edwin Hardeman over $80 million in compensation for his claim that his exposure to Monsanto's popular herbicide caused him to deve...

Skytrax names HIA Qatar as fourth best airport in the world

The results are based on more than 13 million customer satisfaction surveys. From Switzerland to Qatar, we've rounded up this year's top 10 airports . In Gen...

Anti-gay app gone from Google Play Store

Amazon , Apple , and Microsoft had already removed the said app. The website also says that Living Hope Ministries' mission is to "proclaim God's truth a...

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

More than 71 million shares changed hands as investors sought out or sold shares in the stock market. Despite struggling to turn a profit over the years, ri...

Daimler: The Smart will be in the future built in China

As part of the vehicle-development program, the smart product portfolio is also planned to be extended into the fast-growing B-segment. Daimler now develo...

Bureau lowers fourth-quarter estimate of United States real GDP growth

USA corporate profits failed to improve for the first time in more than two years even as revised data showed GDP growth decelerating more than expected to 2.2 ...

Nissan committee says former exec Ghosn had too much power

The downfall of former CEO Carlos Ghosn illuminated a rumored plan to formally merge Renault and Nissan. Nissan has a 15 percent stake in the French automak...

B.C. ferry stuck after hitting dock near Gibsons

No one planned on spending the day aboard the Queen of Surrey this morning but that's what 200 passengers had to do. The ferry was scheduled to leave Horses...

Mike Ashley ousts Debenhams chairman, forces CEO to step down from board

In its announcement on Monday evening, Sports Direct said its alternative plan of a possible cash offer would be "compelling" for shareholders since it would ...

West fears strong Turkey - Erdogan

Another contending issue for the purchase of the S-400 missile system is that the USA stresses that they will reassess Ankara's participation in the F-35 figh...

Canada trade deficit shrinks slightly, still second-highest ever

In addition to the impact of tariffs on trade with China , the stronger-than-expected decline in the trade deficit could reflect the slowing in the United Stat...

No ban on Chinese 5G, including Huawei

The EU proposals are a setback for the United States, which has been lobbying allies to shun Huawei over fears its equipment could be used by China's communis...

China's Huawei posts 25 percent rise in 2018 profit on smartphone sales

Those concerns have escalated as Huawei has risen to become the world leader in telecom networking equipment and one of the top smartphone manufacturers along...

U.S. Government: Grindr Is a "National Security Risk"

Sources speaking to Reuters said that Beijing Kunlun Tech, which has owned Grindr since 2016, was told by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United S...

Do I need Apple Card to use Apple Pay?

Once you do that, your Apple TV will download the beta software . The USP is there will be no ads, once you are inside the app. These incidents only highligh...

Lyft's IPO lifts off at $72 a share, valuing company at $24B

The Lyft's rival's IPO might value it in the unheard of range of $100 billion to $120 billion, the largest in history. The strong investor interest in Lyft bo...

Ocado Inks Deal With Coles For Online Groceries In Australia

Coles now has annual sales of approximately AU$40 billion, with its online sales accounting for AU$1 billion of that figure. Ocado , which now works with Mor...

Edinburgh flights cancelled as Icelandic airline Wow Air ceases operation

WOW Air is now telling passengers to check available flights with other airlines to get to their destinations. "Not only was the flight canceled - the airl...

Oil prices sink after surprise USA crude stock build

Oil rose almost 2 percent on Tuesday as attention centred on geopolitical factors tightening supplies that are leading to falling exports from Venezuela and de...

Global coal use up by third as greenhouse gas emissions rise

This accounts for 11 per cent of global demand growth. "The U.S. saw both", says Timothy Goodson, an energy analyst at the IEA and one of the authors of the...

Apple’s credit card - Made of titanium, but can’t tap-to-pay

Another big selling point: The Apple Card has no annual, late, international, or over-the-limit fees. Jennifer Bailey, Apple's vice president of Apple Pay...

Biggest deal for McDonald's in twenty years set to revolutionise digital menus

More broadly, McDonald's can glean valuable insights by gathering data on its 68 million daily customers. Presumably, Dynamic Yield offers the kind of insight...

Will there be a victor? $750 million Powerball drawing tonight

Like the SC woman who won the $1.5 billion Mega Millions jackpot a year ago. Someone could get an early start on Spring Break by hitting tonight's Powerball j...

U.S. Treasury yields hit lowest since late 2017, global stocks fall

The bond markets remained the main focus though: 10-year German government bond yields remained below zero and key sections of the United States yield curve r...