FedEx is betting on bots to help increase the efficiency of its employees. Since 2016, the company has been using autonomous delivery robots at its equipment repair center in Collierville, Tennessee. Technicians can call the robots to retrieve, move or pick up various parts and tools they need from the stock room without having to […]
Read moreNew images have emerged that allegedly portray a streaming music service from Tesla, called “TTunes.” The images were provided to Tesla blog Electrek by an insider named “Green” who digs around inside of Tesla’s software. It’s not immediately known if Tesla already has contracts with music partners or if this is just early software in […]
Read moreCheck out which companies are making headlines before the bell: Big Lots – The discount retailer reported quarterly profit of 67 cents per share, five cents a share above estimates. Revenue was above forecasts, as well. Big Lots also posted a slightly-better-than-expected comparable-store sales increase of 1.8 percent. Starbucks – Wedbush upgraded the coffee chain’s […]
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In stinging attack, France's Macron says Poland isolating itself in Europe
French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday said Poland was isolating itself in Europe and Polish citizens “deserve better” than their government’s refusal to seek compromise on European rules on the employment of labour from low-pay nations. Macron said Warsaw, where a nationalist, eurosceptic government has been in power since 2015, was moving in the opposite […]
Read moreThe futures market has “solidly” anticipated the intensifying threat from Hurricane Harvey, commodities king Dennis Gartman told CNBC on Friday. “This is going to be a short-term event,” the Gartman Letter editor and founder said. “Obviously there are going to be repercussions. What has happened, however … it’s put downward pressure on crude oil, which […]
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Frankfurt hopes to become 'little London' after Brexit: City official
Frankfurt could become a miniature version of London after Brexit, a city official has predicted, after a study said tens of thousands of jobs would be created, bolstering Germany’s banking capital. The research, commissioned by the city’s chief promoter, is the first comprehensive tally on possible job creation in Frankfurt, as London, its dominant British […]
Read morePresident Donald Trump will start publicly campaigning for the tax reform plan next week, chief economic advisor Gary Cohn said. In an interview with the Financial Times, Cohn said Trump will begin the campaign Wednesday in Missouri. “Starting next week, the president’s agenda and calendar is going to revolve around tax reform,” Cohn said in […]
Read moreHedge fund managers have a dim view of the second half of 2017 after a solid start to the year, an industry survey released on Thursday showed. Fundraising, which had picked up during the first six months of 2017, will likely slow and investor sentiment is more negative now than it was a year ago, […]
Read moreAt least 21 insurgents and 11 members of the security forces were killed in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Friday when militants staged a major coordinated attack on 24 police posts and an army base, the military said. The fighting – still going on in some areas – marked a major escalation in a simmering […]
Read moreChinese People’s Liberation Army troops were deployed onto the streets of Macau on Friday to help clean up in the aftermath of a devastating typhoon and amid mounting criticism authorities were unprepared for the severity of the storm. Macau public broadcaster, TDM, reported some 1,000 Chinese PLA troops left their Macau barracks to assist in […]
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