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Jaguar Land Rover and BMW team up on electric cars

The Coventry-based auto maker and German premium automotive business will work together to make electric drive units (EDUs) for the next generation of battery v...

Manufacturing sector PMI gains in May

Commercial building was the softest area of construction activity in May, with output falling to the greatest degree since September 2017. Vehicle dealers rep...

Walmart extends college benefits to high-schoolers

Tuesday's announcement is also tied to USA retailers struggling to hire and retain talent, especially young workers, with unemployment at its lowest in almost h...

YouTube Bans Children from Livestreaming Amid Pedophilia Concerns

Post the horrifying event a lot of questions have been raised regarding the ability of tech giants such as YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and more to monitor live ...

RBA cuts interest rates for first time in nearly three years

Shadow treasurer Jim Chalmers argues the rate cut must be passed on to fulfill the central banks' goal of shoring up the economy. "Here was an opportunity, po...

Gold holds near three-month peak on slowdown fears, Fed rate views

China "believes that the differences and frictions between the two sides in the economic and trade field will ultimately need to be resolved through dialogue a...

General Motors set to test airless, puncture-proof tires on MI roads

Still in the prototype phase, this high-tech tire could roll out to passenger vehicles as early as 2024 . Airless tyres - otherwise known as tweels - are not...

Renault delays decision on Fiat Chrysler merger proposal

Renault directors nominated by Nissan are expected to abstain from the vote on backing further talks with Fiat, according to people familiar with the informat...

Oil prices fall after surprise build in U.S. inventories

On Monday WTI crude futures for July settled lower by $0.25, or 0.5%, at $53.25 a barrel, the lowest settlement since mid February. Brent futures were down 95...

Republicans warn Trump against Mexico trade tariffs

The letter came from Toyota executive vice president for North America Bob Carter and added that the proposed tariffs will have an effect industry-wide, noting ...

Raspberry Pi opens its first bricks-and-mortar retail store

The first of the pop ups - which will be called Clicks and Mortar - will open in St Mary's Gate in central Manchester on Monday and will also offer Amazon L...

Amazon Expands 1-Day Delivery Option

The company also said that one-day delivery for Prime is available coast to coast, up from 10,000 cities and towns cited in its Q4 call. Prime Now same-da...

Toxicology report pending for Maryland couple who died at Caribbean resort

WUSA reports that Miranda Schaupp-Werner's brother-in-law told Fox News that she took a drink from the mini-bar, sat down to take a selfie, screamed and co...

Huawei Losing Ground in Europe Amid US Crackdown

The chill may threaten Huawei's bid to overtake Samsung Electronics Co.as the largest smartphone maker this year. An official Huawei spokesperson said that ...

Top tech executives will be asked to testify in US probe

Technology firms are facing a backlash over fears they have too much power and are not competing fairly with rivals. "After four decades of weak antitrust enf...

DOJ preparing Google antitrust probe after deal with FTC

The sources told the Journal that the Federal Trade Commission and the Justice Department have recently been in talks over which agency would oversee the Googl...

China Issues Warning Over U.S. Student Visa ‘Risks’

China has on Tuesday, June 4, 2019, issued a travel warning for the USA, saying Chinese visitors have been interrogated, interviewed and subjected to other form...

Tesla Pickup to Start Under $50000, Elon Musk Says

Speaking to " Ride the Lightning " podcaster Ryan McCaffrey, Tesla CEO Elon Musk admitted that he had been talked into building the Model Y at the existin...

$344.6 million Powerball ticket won in Hope Mills grocery store

The next drawing will be Tuesday night at 11 p.m. There was no victor on Tuesday night. Players select five white numbers from (1 to 69) and one red ball (1 t...

Google outage affects YouTube, Google Cloud and G Suite

The issue appears to be regional, however, with anecdotal reports indicating not everyone is affected. Google Search was still functioning normally as of 4 ...

White House: "Trump 'deadly serious" about Mexico tariffs

As Trump threatens tariffs, US authorities are overstretched and overwhelmed by an unprecedented surge of Central American migrant families arriving at the bord...

Oil heads for biggest monthly slump this year on trade-war fears

New York Mercantile Exchange closed on Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday. Oil's pullback this month illustrates that the supply issues that have preoccup...

Elon Musk says he earned nothing from Tesla in 2018

That's 49,000 ($7,000) less expensive than consumers are paying now. Tesla's US-built cars are now subject to a 25 per cent import duty in China . -China tra...

India plays down Trump decision to remove US trade privileges

Jaishankar assumed office as External Affairs Minister, pointing to the fact that the immediate challenges before him will come from the us, and its "great powe...

Australia's Minimum Wage Has Just Been Bumped Up

At the moment, Australia's national minimum wage is $719.20 a week - and earlier this year, Reserve Bank governor Philip Lowe threw his support behind a 3.5 per...

Oil mixed with fall in Iran's exports, US-China woes

WTI Crude plunged 3.08 per cent at $57.32, while Brent Crude lost 2.52 per cent to stay at $66.94. Worldwide benchmark Brent crude was trading at $68.12 per b...

China has stopped buying United States soybeans during ongoing trade dispute

China threatened on Friday to unveil an unprecedented hit-list of "unreliable" foreign firms, groups and individuals that harm the interests of Chinese compani...

GDP growth dips to 6.8%, Unemployment climbs to 6.1%

The worry is stagnancy in sectors like manufacturing, mining, and agriculture as unemployment rates reached 6.1 percent previous year. "The growth in the "agr...

Air Canada experiencing technical issue; Pearson, other airports affected

She said there are a few cancellations this morning, but overall they are anticipating a normal flight schedule. Air Canada recently sent out a statement conf...

Uber posts $1bn loss weeks after stock market listing

Uber Technologies Inc has reported a $1 billion loss as the ride-hailing service spends heavily to build up its food delivery and freight businesses, sending...

Family Dollar to add alcohol to 1,000 stores

Chesapeake, Virginia-based Dollar Tree, which owns Family Dollar, announced the plans Thursday but did not say which locations are included. In a normal year, ...

Saudi Arabia gathers Arab leaders over attacks on oil assets

Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront recent attacks in the region that the United States and allies have blamed on Ira...

United States rebrands fossil fuels as 'molecules of freedom'

The Energy Department announced the rebrand in a press release by signing off on domestic exports of natural gas, which they are referring to as " freedom gas...

Trump hitting Mexico with 5% tariff in response to migrants

The president says the percentage will gradually increase "until the Illegal Immigration problem is remedied". The Washington Post reported earlier in the ...

Uber to boot riders from app if they repeatedly misbehave

But starting soon, the ratings drivers give to their passengers will now matter as well, according to Kate Parker, the head of safety brand and initiatives at...