A Marine helicopter crashed during a Southern California training mission and all four crew members were believed killed, the military said. The CH-53E Super Stallion went down shortly after 2:30 p.m. Tuesday near El Centro, a few miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. The helicopter was with the 3rd Marine Aircraft […]
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Tech CEOs from Twitter and Uber call for stricter gun control after YouTube shooting
High-profile technology executives have called for increased gun control in the wake of the shooting at YouTube’s headquarters that left at least three people injured and the suspect shooter dead. The attack at the Google-owned video service’s headquarters in San Bruno, California Tuesday was allegedly carried out by Nasim Najafi […]
How IBM’s game show winning supercomputer is solving problems before they occur
IBM has been breaking new ground in the technology sector for more than a century. In the last 20 years or so, it has developed technology that would not look out of place in a science fiction novel. In 1997, for instance, its supercomputer Deep Blue took on and defeated […]
Russia, Iran and Turkey struggle to find common ground on Syria
The leaders of the three countries will meet in Ankara for talks on a new constitution for Syria and increasing security in “de-escalation” zones across the country, Turkish officials say. The Syria summit brings together two powers which have been President Bashar al-Assad’s most forceful supporters, Iran and Russia, with […]
China’s Meituan Dianping acquires Tencent-backed bike-sharing firm Mobike for $2.7 billion
Meituan Dianping, China’s largest provider of on-demand online services, is buying bike-sharing firm Mobike for $2.7 billion excluding debt, in a deal that will intensify the rivalry of their common backer Tencent Holdings with Alibaba Group. Meituan announced the deal on Wednesday but did not disclose the value of the […]
There is an election in Europe that nobody is talking about — but it could actually deliver a big boost to markets
Markets are not preparing for an election in Greece this year, but this is a risk that cannot be ruled out. The mandate of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras ends in September of 2019. But with key austerity reforms starting in January, and a bailout program expected to end this summer, […]
A China-US trade war could hurt the IPO market for a time: EY
A potential trade war between the world’s top two economies may affect the initial public offering market in the short term, a managing partner of a top accounting firm told CNBC on Wednesday. “I think it all depends on the sectors and how long it will affect [them],” Ringo Choi, […]
Chart analysis shows a very bearish situation for the US dollar
The U.S. market is faltering as scandals hit companies like Facebook. It’s also struggling because larger companies realize the true impact of President Donald Trump’s tariff and trade war with China. Previously, as the U.S. markets went from strength-to-strength, the U.S. dollar index continued to weaken. This was contrary to […]
Woman who allegedly carried out YouTube shooting is identified by police
The person who allegedly shot at least three people at YouTube’s campus on Tuesday afternoon has been identified as Nasim Najafi Aghdam, according to senior law enforcement officials. Police responded to YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, California, around 1 p.m. local time on Tuesday. Approximately 1,100 people work in the […]
Mueller reportedly told Trump’s lawyers the president is not a criminal target at this point
Special counsel Robert Mueller told President Donald Trump’s lawyers last month that the U.S. leader is a subject of the investigation into Russian interference into the 2016 election, but he is not a criminal target at this point, The Washington Post reported Tuesday. The Post, citing three sources, said the […]