People attend an Anti-Trump demonstration to protest U.S. President’s coming to the World Economic Forum of Davos, in Geneva, Switzerland January 23, 2018. REUTERS/Pierre Albouy January 23, 2018 ZURICH (Reuters) – Thousands of anti-capitalist protesters marched through Zurich on Tuesday and other major Swiss cities to demonstrate against a planned […]
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Facebook hires the scientist who helped build IBM Watson to lead its A.I. expansion
Facebook has hired a former IBM executive to be its head of artificial intelligence as it aims to expand its efforts in that area. The personnel changes come as Amazon, Google and Microsoft also staff up in AI. Jérôme Pesenti, who led the development of the Watson platform at IBM […]
White House officials preview Davos trip
CBS News January 23, 2018, 3:10 PM How to watch today’s White House press briefing live: Date: Tuesday, January 23, 2018 Time: 3:30 p.m. ET Who: White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders Online: Watch live stream on CBSN, or in the player above Potential briefing topics: Sessions and the special counsel: CBS News confirmed […]
The vast majority of digital coin offerings are scams, warns CEO of a crypto services firm
CoinList CEO Andy Bromberg on CNBC Tuesday cautioned investors to be careful of fraud when buying into initial coin offerings. “The vast majority of ICOs are scams or people seeking to raise money easily,” said Bromberg, whose company is a platform that helps crypto start-ups find investors. ICOs are a […]
Trump says he will push investment in the US at elite gathering in Davos
President Donald Trump will push corporate and world leaders to invest more in the United States at the elite World Economic Forum in Switzerland this week, he said Tuesday. “I’m going to Davos. We’re going to be talking about investing in the United States again, for people to come and […]
Columbia journalism school launches civil rights center
NEW YORK – The Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism has a new center dedicated to civil rights news coverage. Continue Reading Below The dean of the New York school, Steve Coll, announced the creation of The Ira A. Lipman Center for Journalism and Civil and Human Rights on Tuesday. […]
Halliburton (HAL) Q4 2017 Earnings Conference Call Transcript
Halliburton (NYSE: HAL)Q4 2017 Earnings Conference CallJan. 22, 2018 9:00 a.m. ET Continue Reading Below Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the Halliburton Fourth-Quarter 2017 Earnings Call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. […]
New Oriental Education & Technology Group (ADR) Continues Its Massive Expansion
Last quarter, management at New Oriental Education & Technology Group (NYSE: EDU) — China’s largest after-school tutoring network — signaled to investors that it would be undergoing a massive expansion in the number of schools and learning centers that it runs. Continue Reading Below After successfully pivoting from primarily training […]
Prosecutors to seek death penalty against suspected Tampa serial killer
Florida prosecutors will seek the death penalty against a suspected serial killer in Tampa who is accused of slaying four people between Oct. 9 and Nov. 14, causing widespread fear in the Seminole Heights neighborhood. The death penalty is for the “worst of the worst,” Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew […]
CIA: North Korea moving “ever closer” to putting U.S. at risk
WASHINGTON — CIA Director Mike Pompeo said Tuesday that North Korea is moving “ever closer” to putting Americans at risk and that he believes leader Kim Jong Un won’t rest until he’s able to threaten multiple nuclear attacks against the U.S. at the same time. “North Korea is ever closer […]