Lunar New Year festival at the Oakland Museum of California. Odell Hussey Photography | Courtesy Oakland Museum of California This year, the Lunar New Year falls on Saturday, Jan. 25 and will be followed by 15 days of celebrations marking the transition from the Year of the Pig to the […]
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Dell just put out a mammoth 43-inch monitor for traders — and we tried it for a week
The enduring image of a trading floor is a cacophonous gaggle of men yelling to buy and sell stocks and other securities. But these days, trading floors are more likely to be dominated by batteries of screens — some desks are equipped with several different displays for a financial terminal, […]
‘I decided to fight like a mother’: How one parent is battling to cure a disease so rare it has no name
The only thing Amber Freed ever wanted was to be a mom. Like a lot of people, she and her husband Mark had a hard time conceiving. But after two years of IVF treatments, the Denver couple got a double dose of good news: Amber was pregnant with twins. Maxwell […]
Microsoft calls on Samsung to bring its walkie-talkie technology to workplace smartphones
DJ Koh, president and CEO of Samsung Electronics, shakes hands with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, at a launch event for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 smartphone in New York on August 7, 2019. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Samsung Electronics and Microsoft are bringing back the walkie-talkie. On Sunday, […]
Iran braces for protests after admitting plane shootdown
Residential and commercial properties sit illuminated on the city skyline in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015. Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Iran’s security forces deployed in large numbers across the capital on Sunday, expecting more protests after its Revolutionary Guard admitted to accidentally shooting down a […]
UK’s Queen Elizabeth calls Prince Harry for crisis meeting
Queen Elizabeth II, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex watch a flypast to mark the centenary of the Royal Air Force from the balcony of Buckingham Palace on July 10, 2018 in London, England. Max Mumby | Indigo | Getty Images Queen Elizabeth has summoned her […]
Saudi Aramco raises IPO to record $29.4 billion through greenshoe option
Investors monitor a screen displaying stock information at the Saudi Stock Exchange (Tadawul) following the debut of Saudi Aramco’s initial public offering (IPO) on the Riyadh’s stock market, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, December 11, 2019. Ahmed Yosri | Reuters State-owned oil company Saudi Aramco said on Sunday it has exercised […]
Trump tells Iranian protesters he stands with them and warns Tehran: ‘The world is watching’
President Donald Trump announces proposed rollbacks to the National Environmental Policy Act regulations during an event in Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, January 9, 2020. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump expressed solidarity with Iranian protesters on Saturday, as they took to the streets of Tehran […]
Mike Bloomberg’s New York supporters cheer former mayor’s billions and his ability to ‘get it done’
Supporters said they believed Bloomberg’s vast wealth would insulate him from special interests. Tucker Higgins for CNBC Harlem, N.Y. — Hundreds of Michael Bloomberg supporters in New York cheered on the former mayor’s vast wealth during a kickoff event in Harlem on Saturday, even as his fellow contenders for the […]
With package theft at an all-time high, Amazon and others are fighting back
Package theft is at an all-time high, with 1.7 million packages stolen or lost every day in the U.S., according to researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. As Amazon drives more shopping online, Prime members say they receive on average 51 packages a year, and one in three Americans report having […]