CHICAGO, IL – OCTOBER 12: Domino’s menu items are shown on October 12, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. Shares of the restaurant chain fell 4 percent today despite reporting an increase of more than 8 percent in domestic same-store sales. (Photo… Continue Reading
Gold weathered the Federal Reserve’s 7th rate hike of this cycle this week. Gold-futures speculators and to a lesser extent gold investors have long feared Fed rate hikes, selling ahead of them. Higher rates are viewed as the nemesis of… Continue Reading
Electric, vertical-lift air-taxis may someday criss-cross the skies, but the timelines their advocates are proposing are ambitious, to say the least. Uber, for example, predicted at its Elevate conference last month that it would begin deploying its system, UberAIR, in… Continue Reading
As Hurricane Maria approached Puerto Rico in late September 2017, planetary scientist Ed Rivera-Valentin knew he needed to get out. His apartment was near the coast, in Manatí, and some projections had the storm passing directly over. “I knew I… Continue Reading
Sean Healy was driving for Uber in Seattle when a passenger offered him an intriguing job. It wasn’t the first time a rider had proposed a new line of work; in the bustling tech scene in Seattle, his passengers often… Continue Reading
Which startups have the best chance of making money today? That’s the question MassChallenge, the globally ranked accelerator whose startup alumni have raised over $3B and created 80,000 jobs, asked the Boston Consulting Group (BCG). The accelerator offered five years… Continue Reading
According University of Scranton, a whopping 92 percent of people who set New Year’s goals never actually achieve them. You can count me in that group. Failing to meet goals is pretty frustrating and can set you back. That leaves 8 percent of us in a very… Continue Reading
(Reuters) – French defense electronics group Thales is partnering with Microsoft to jointly develop a common defense cloud solution for armed forces, the companies said on Tuesday. FILE PHOTO – The logo of French defence and electronics group Thales is… Continue Reading
In the US and Europe, Uber’s issues are more of the lawyerly type. It fights to maintain surge pricing, its status as a platform and not an employer, and its right to operate in certain cities and airports. In growing… Continue Reading
It’s finally happened. On Monday, U.S. net neutrality—the rule that says telecommunications network operators must treat the traffic they carry in a neutral way—died at the hands of the current Federal Communications Commission (FCC), led by Ajit Pai. But what… Continue Reading