Almost 20 years ago, a new company came on the scene promising to revolutionize the tedious and often frustrating chore of securing a restaurant reservation. No more waiting on the phone and pleading with snooty receptionists. With just a few clicks of a mouse, a diner could secure a table at prime times in the […]
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COUNTRIES find it easier to get rich once their neighbours already are. East Asia’s growth pattern has for decades been likened to a skein of geese, from Japan at the vanguard to laggards such as Myanmar at the rear. The same pattern can often be seen within big countries: over the past decade, for example, […]
Read moreIn the hours after European antitrust regulators levied a record $2.7 billion fine against Google in late June, an influential Washington think tank learned what can happen when a tech giant that shapes public policy debates with its enormous wealth is criticized. The New America Foundation has received more than $21 million from Google; its […]
Read moreBillionaire investor Warren Buffett told CNBC on Wednesday that U.S. economic growth does not feel like 3 percent. The 3 percent threshold is what President Donald Trump and his administration want to achieve for gross domestic product growth. The government reported on Wednesday that GDP increased at a better-than-expected 3.0 percent annual rate in the […]
Read moreSenator Dianne Feinstein says talks in Congress about a tax break to encourage U.S. companies to bring home more foreign cash have little momentum. “I’ve had discussions, I haven’t given up yet,” California Democrat Feinstein told a crowd of hundreds packed into the Herbst Theater in her hometown of San Francisco. Her comments, during an […]
Read moreChina’s stronghold as the leading BRICS economy could be up for contention by the end of the next decade, according to a new report which suggests that India is set to see a surge in innovation. India’s innovation growth rate is expected to rise significantly over the next 15 years, placing it ahead of Russia […]
Read moreThe markets will rise or fall depending on whether President Donald Trump stays on message during his speech in Missouri about tax reform, CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. In an address Wednesday, Trump is expected to tout tax cuts as a way to help workers and the middle class in an economy “rigged” against them, […]
Read moreGoogle announced Wednesday that its voice assistant, better known simply as Google Assistant, will be coming to appliances this year. Google said washers, dryers and vacuums will soon gain voice controls. Need to run the dishwasher? A command like “OK Google wash the dishes” might start your washing machine. Google says it’s partnering with companies […]
Read moreBasketball’s current most famous family, the Balls, are headed to Facebook. “Ball in the Family” — which features father LaVar Ball, mother Tina Ball and their three sons, Los Angeles Lakers rookie Lonzo Ball, UCLA freshman LiAngelo Ball and Chino Hills High School player LaMelo Ball — is a reality TV series about the basketball […]
Read moreMarkets hate unpredictability. Yet, since the election of Donald Trump, investors are faced with massive doses of it every day. Few of us ever conceived of a United States president lashing out in tweets about everything from his “beleaguered” Attorney General to a “Low I.Q. Crazy” TV journalist who was “bleeding badly from a face-lift.” […]
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