Ten years ago, on June 29, 2007, the first iPhone was released to the public. “iPhone is a revolutionary and magical product that is literally five years ahead of any other mobile phone,” said Steve Jobs, then the CEO of Apple, in a statement announcing the new device. “We are all born with the ultimate […]
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Blue Apron’s sharply lower IPO price actually helps the company on its first trading day, analyst Kathleen Smith told CNBC on Thursday. The IPO market “discovered a much better price for Blue Apron. This will help the IPO trade well today. It needed this discount,” Smith, a manager of IPO-focused exchange-traded funds at Renaissance Capital, […]
Read moreThe rise of robots has long been a topic for sci-fi best sellers and video games and, as of this week, a threat officially taken seriously by central bankers. The bankers are not yet ready to buy into dystopian visions in which robots render humans superfluous. But, at an exclusive gathering at a golf resort […]
Read moreGoldman Sachs has downgraded its forecast for oil prices over the next quarter amid a sudden uptick in shale drilling and an unexpected surge in production from Libya and Nigeria. The investment bank now points to a three-month average of $47.50 per barrel for WTI crude, down from its previous estimate of $55.00 a barrel. […]
Read moreNEW YORK — In my review of the first iPhone 10 years ago, I called it a “glitzy wunderkind” and a “prodigy.” The thing about prodigies, no matter how gifted, is they often flame out. For all the hype that surrounded Apple’s prized new device, there was no guarantee in 2007 that it, too, wouldn’t […]
Read moreSerial entrepreneur Elon Musk says his ambitious tunnel-boring endeavor, aptly named The Boring Company, has officially started digging underneath Los Angeles. Musk announced the news on Twitter, where he said “Godot,” the Samuel Beckett-inspired name of the company’s tunnel boring machine, had completed the the first segment of a tunnel in the Southern California metropolis. […]
Read moreA clutch of next-generation leaders are helping chart the future of some of Asia’s wealthiest families and disproving the notion of millennials as the entitled generation. CNBC spoke to four such millennials as part of a panel discussion and found that while some are focused on sparking innovation in their legacy businesses, others weren’t averse […]
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UK leader Theresa May is a leader on borrowed time: former chairman of the Conservative Party
U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May is living on borrowed time, according to the former governor of Hong Kong. On Monday, Theresa May’s Conservative Party signed a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP). The deal promised the ruling minority Conservative government the support of the 10 DUP politicians in upcoming votes. In exchange, the […]
Read moreDALIAN, China — Despite many risks and challenges facing the world’s second-largest economy, views on China were largely optimistic at the World Economic Forum meeting here in Dalian. The positivity may have seemed incongruous with the perennial spate of doomsaying headlines, but the line held strong throughout “Summer Davos.” During the three-day gathering — named […]
Read moreChinese bike-sharing unicorn Mobike is currently more interested in expanding its market share than making a profit, the company’s founder said on Thursday. Hu Weiwei, who is also president of Beijing Mobike Technology, the company behind the bike-sharing service, said the business was looking to move into new markets, both within and outside China. “If […]
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