Millions of people have sleep apnea, a potentially serious sleep disorder in which breathing repeatedly stops and starts. But most of them go undiagnosed. Those missed diagnoses cost an estimated $150 billion a year in the United States alone from things such as lost productivity and car accidents, according to the American Academy of Sleep […]
Read moreAsian stocks traded mostly higher on Thursday, with markets shaking off some of the trade jitters seen overnight after the Trump administration announced a list of Chinese goods that may be subject to new tariffs. The Nikkei 225 rose 0.77 percent in Tokyo morning trade, recouping some of its declines from the previous session. The […]
Read moreCNBC’s Jim Cramer might not be a foreign policy expert, but that didn’t keep him from analyzing how President Donald Trump’s comments to NATO representatives could affect stocks. On Wednesday, the president said at a press conference that Germany was “totally controlled” by Russia, criticizing Germany for doing deals with Russian energy producers. He later […]
Read moreFacebook granted a Russian company with ties to the Kremlin a data collection extension, CNN reported Tuesday. The social media company told CNN that the extension allowed Mail.Ru Group to gather friend data from Facebook users past the cut-off date. According to CNN, Facebook said Mail.Ru developed “hundreds of Facebook apps,” only two of which […]
Read moreMartin Tripp, the Tesla technician who CEO Elon Musk accused of sabotage, has filed a formal whistleblower complaint about the electric vehicle maker and hired a prominent New York law firm to represent him. In his complaint with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Tripp alleges that Tesla has made several “material omissions and misstatements” to […]
Read moreComcast on Wednesday raised its cash offer for Sky to $34 billion, topping Twenty-First Century Fox‘s latest bid. Comcast said its upped bid has been recommended by the independent committee of Sky. The company also said it has earmarked funds to fulfill the terms of the deal. Earlier Wednesday, Fox raised its offer to about […]
Read moreCheck out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Broadcom fell as much as 6 percent in the extended session, after the Wall Street Journal reported the chipmaker was nearing a deal to acquire New York-based software company CA Technologies. The $18 billion deal could help diversify Broadcom, and mark a strategic win […]
Read moreThree months after its stock market debut, electronic signature company DocuSign is losing almost half its board of directors, including its founder and chairman. DocuSign said on Wednesday that five of its 12 directors are resigning and that three new people will be joining the board. Tom Gonser, who founded DocuSign in 2003, is leaving, […]
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Brexit ‘slightly less likely’ to happen now: Ex-UK foreign secretary
An agreement on the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is “slightly less likely” now after the resignations of two key players, said Lord William Hague, former U.K. foreign secretary. Late Sunday night, the U.K.’s main Brexit negotiator, David Davis, quit. Less than 24 hours later, Boris Johnson resigned as the U.K.’s foreign secretary. […]
Read moreShares of CA Technologies soared more than 16 percent in extended trading, after the Wall Street Journal reported that Broadcom was close to acquiring the software company for about $18 billion. Shares of Broadcom edged down more than 5 percent, pushing the stock down to about $233.15 per share. Broadcom is down more than 5 […]
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