Buying a car can be an exercise in frustration — but Shift wants to make it seamless and stress-free. The virtual used car dealership is looking to disrupt the auto purchasing process in a few ways, which include delivering cars for on-demand test drives that customers ordered online, and helping finance loans from a smartphone. […]
Read moreLike many 13-year-old boys, Hunter Allis loves video games. His dream is to create them. Allis also suffers from a rare congenital heart disease called hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The left side of his heart is unable to effectively pump blood to his body. Thanks to the Make-A-Wish Foundation and mobile app developer Bottle Rocket, […]
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Spanish police move in to stop banned Catalan independence referendum
Authorities in Madrid have moved to stop an independence referendum in the Spanish region of Catalonia this weekend, with reports that police have sealed off polling stations and raided a telecommunications center. The national government has said police have secured 1,300 of 2,315 schools in Catalonia which had been designated as voting stations, according to […]
Read moreSeveral North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take more provocative actions. The report cited an unnamed intelligence source saying South Korean and U.S. intelligence officials detected missiles being transported […]
Read moreSpanish police have occupied the Catalan government’s communications hub on the eve of a banned independence referendum which Madrid is attempting to thwart, the regional authority said on Saturday. Tens of thousands of Catalans are expected to vote in a ballot that will have no legal status as it has been blocked by Spain’s Constitutional […]
Read moreChina’s central bank on Saturday cut the amount of cash that some banks must hold as reserves for the first time since February 2016 in a bid to encourage more lending to struggling smaller firms and energize its lackluster private sector. The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) said on its website that it would cut […]
Read moreThe divisions between Uber and its former chief executive, Travis Kalanick, are widening. For the past few weeks, Mr. Kalanick, who had resigned as chief executive in June, kept a low profile. Last month, Uber installed a new chief executive, Dara Khosrowshahi, and the company appeared to be trying to get past a turbulent period […]
Read moreChina’s manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace since 2012 in September as factories cranked up output to take advantage of strong demand and high prices, easing worries of a slowdown before a key political meeting next month. Production, total new orders and output prices all improved to the highest level in at least a […]
Read moreIn his decades of investing, CNBC’s Jim Cramer has never liked the month of September. But this one turned out to be different. The “Mad Money” host expected waves of hedge fund selling, politically-charged stock declines and negative earnings pre-announcements from companies experiencing a summer slowdown. But none of those happened. So, with the market’s […]
Read moreShares of streaming platform Roku surged after its Thursday initial public offering, so CNBC’s Jim Cramer decided to find out if the company was fit for your portfolio. “Judging by the strength of its IPO, there’s a lot to like here. Roku’s been growing at a solid clip, and [as] the maker of the No. […]
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