You can use Apple‘s Siri voice assistant to send money using your iPhone. This morning, for example, I needed to send my friend money for the upcoming fantasy football season. I was getting out of the car and, instead of fumbling with Venmo to enter in his name and the amount I owed him, I […]
Read moreAfter pioneering the technology behind marijuana delivery service Eaze, Roie Edery and Aleksey Klempner began looking for other industries that were “ripe for a technological disruption” — and they kept coming back to food trucks. The food truck industry is a lucrative niche, with revenue growing at an annual rate of 7.9 percent from 2011-2016, […]
Read moreFleas have been found to carry the plague in at least two Arizona counties, a publication reported. Fleas carrying the disease were detected most recently in Navajo county, according to a report by ABC News. The first case was first reported a week ago when officials in Coconino County found infected fleas on local prairie […]
Read moreThe venture capital industry has been careening from crisis to crisis spurred by a series of sexual harassment allegations. Firms are now looking inward, and so is the lead trade group. Bobby Franklin, the head of the National Venture Capital Association, the lobby and official voice of the spread-out industry, said his Washington-based organization is […]
Read moreA Wisconsin company is offering its workers the chance to toss their employee ID card and chuck all their passwords. If that sounds appealing—especially for people who frequently lose or forget those staples of modern-day office life—it comes with a catch. In exchange, each employee will insert a tiny microchip: Under their skin. As it […]
Read moreThe Philippine central bank on Sunday sought to soothe frayed nerves in the foreign exchange market after the peso hit an 11-year low, saying it was not in a freefall and assuring it would be on guard against excessive volatility. “Let’s calm down,” Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Nestor Espenilla said in a statement, […]
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Top UK ministers say Brexit transition cannot be back door to staying in EU
Britain needs a transition period to soften its exit from the European Union, but it cannot be used to stop Brexit, two senior ministers said on Saturday, signalling a truce between rival factions in Prime Minister Theresa May’s cabinet. May’s Brexit strategy has been the subject of open debate among her top team ever since […]
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'We are ready' says Britain, launching push to break Brexit stalemate
Britain says it is ready to move to the next phase of Brexit talks and set out details of the future relationship it wants with the European Union. Opening rounds of talks with Brussels have made little headway, with EU negotiators demanding greater clarity from the British delegation. The EU has warned that an already-tight […]
Read moreSoftBank has begun approaching other investors besides Benchmark in a continuing effort to acquire a piece of Uber, according to people briefed on the moves. As has been widely reported, the giant Japan-based investor and conglomerate has offered to buy shares in the car-hailing company owned by the Silicon Valley venture firm, but has been […]
Read moreThis week’s stock market’s tumble may signal a much bigger downside lies ahead. Technician Scott Redler is noticing an ominous trend in the charts that could temporarily pull the S&P 500 Index down by three to five percent. “We could be at a short-term top,” T3Live.com’s chief strategic officer recently said on “Futures Now.” Redler […]
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