It’s Prime Day 2017, which is Amazon‘s now-annual midsummer deals bonanza designed to entice the few of us that are left without a Prime subscription to sign up. Thousands of prices get slashed, as if being admonished for their insolent cost, and replaced with marginally more affordable ones. Delivery is free, unlimited, and same day […]
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WHAT is the best way to kill a zombie? Fans of Daryl Dixon, a character in “The Walking Dead”, a television series, will know the answer: a crossbow bolt to the brain. Getting rid of corporate zombies, however, is a much more complicated process. Ageing populations mean that the workforces in developed economies are likely […]
Read moreAn electric car maker deserted its plan to construct a $1 billion manufacturing plant in southern Nevada in a move experts say could spell trouble for the company and the broader niche electric automobile businesses. Faraday Future Chief Financial Officer Stefan Krause said Monday’s decision to scrap the plant was due to a shift in […]
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The U.S. dollar looks ready to turn from loser to leader. Strategists say the beaten-up dollar could be in the process of making a turn higher, thanks to Federal Reserve policy. The currency was at a four-month high against the yen Tuesday and was rising against a basket of currencies. The dollar index was up […]
Read moreBarclays on Tuesday upgraded shares of Exxon Mobil to overweight, saying the oil major’s stock price appears to have bottomed and it now looks attractive compared with its peers and the broader market’s payout to shareholders. The bank maintained its $94 price target on Exxon’s stock, compared with an average target price of $85.94, according […]
Read moreThe United States and Qatar signed an agreement on combating terrorism and its financing during a visit to Doha by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, his senior adviser R.C. Hammond told reporters. “Qatar and the United States have signed a memorandum of understanding between the two counties outlining future efforts Qatar can take to […]
Read moreAmazon’s third annual Prime Day has a new piece to its shipping puzzle: airplanes. The new Prime Air fleet will help deliver the Echo devices, flat-screen TVs and countless other marked-down goods expected to lure consumers’ dollars with the easy swipe of a tab. The 30-hour Black Friday-like sales event is marketed to Prime members, […]
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Morgan Stanley analysts downgraded Snap on Tuesday, a day after the shares fell below their IPO price of $17. This is particularly insulting because Morgan Stanley took the Snapchat parent public, and therefore priced the IPO at $17 a share. The analysts are separate from the underwriters, but it still creates an awkward appearance. Shares […]
Read moreThe head-spinning, mouth-drying, bone-crushing fatigue of jet lag is enough to make anyone think twice about changing time zones. But sometimes, traveling is worth the suffering — or, it’s just unavoidable. So we quizzed Stanford sleep expert Jamie Zeitzer about how to minimize the misery of jet lag. The body operates on a biological schedule […]
Read moreShares of Arena Pharmaceuticals surged more than 44 percent Tuesday morning, after the drugmaker announced positive results for a treatment for a rare lung disease. The experimental drug Ralinepag met its primary Phase 2 program goal to show a meaningful improvement in the conditions of patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Patients who used the drug […]
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