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Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation

Smart glasses: Optic 2000 celebrates 50 years of innovation
The last edition of Las Vegas’ global innovation exhibition has been marked with French eyewear specialist Optic 2000’s 50th anniversary. After decades of focusing mainly on optics and design, the French firm is now addressing the next era of glasses: technology integration.

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed

Researchers Suggest Previous Studies On Smartphone Addiction May Be Flawed
Researchers are now suggesting the there are some serious flaws in a large majority of studies and surveys that have been conducted in recent times which examines the impact on the psychological...

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study

Myth Of Positive Health Impact Of Moderate Drinking Debunked In New Study
Earlier studies which had given rise to the notion that one or two drinks a day might protect against stroke have been negated in the results of a major genetic study which has also claimed a very...
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Walmart Lays Off 56 Executives In India As It Struggles To Expand

26% Fall In Ford Sale In China In 2019

2019 The Most Profitable Year For Jpmorgan Driven By Surge In Trading

US Says UK Using Huawei In 5G Is ‘Madness’

Eli Lilly CFO Says Company To Make Quarterly Deals Of $1 Bn-$5 Bn In 2020

Tesla’s Market Value Pushes Musk Closer To $346 Million Pay

A Design And Research Center In China To Be Opened By Tesla To Make "Chinese-Style" Vehicles

Volkswagen Will Take Up 20% Stake InChinese Battery Maker Guoxuan

Financial Headquarters Of Total To Be Shifted To Paris From London

Toyota To Move Production Of Its Tacoma Pickup Out of US to Mexico

Possible Water Woes Make Some Germans Unhappy With Tesla’s Proposed New Plant

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Fiat Chrysler Gives Assurance On Jobs And Continued Italian Investment To Unions

Fiat Chrysler Gives Assurance On Jobs And Continued Italian Investment To Unions

An investment plan of 5 billion euro ($5.54 billion) in Italy along with assurances for job security has been given by the Italian carmaker Fiat Chrysler after its merger with the French rival PSA, said the workers’ union at Fiat following a meeting with the management of the company.   The...
First Space Mission Of Reaching ISS Fails For Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft

First Space Mission Of Reaching ISS Fails For Boeing’s Starliner Spacecraft

The first test flight of Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft did not manage to achieve its mission – successfully reaching the International Space Station. The launch which took place from Cape Canaveral in Florida according to schedule on 20 December did make it successfully into an orbit around Earth...
Nike Fiscal Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates But Stocks Fall

Nike Fiscal Q2 Earnings Beat Estimates But Stocks Fall

Nike investors are apparently not happy with the company’s earnings even after the share price of the company touched a record high on Thursday.   After the company announced fiscal second quarter results that easily beat the market estimates, the shares of the company went down in late hour...
Paris Court Hold French Telecom Company Orange Guilty For Workers' Suicides

Paris Court Hold French Telecom Company Orange Guilty For Workers' Suicides

In a landmark ruling, a Paris court held the French telecoms group Orange and its former CEO Didier Lombard guilty of “moral harassment” resulting in a number of suicides in the company during a period in the late 2000s when the company was undergoing a restructuring.   According to analysts...
UK Ad Watchdog Bans BAT’s Vaping Ads On Instagram

UK Ad Watchdog Bans BAT’s Vaping Ads On Instagram

The advertising watchdog of the United Kingdom has ruled that it was preventing British American Tobacco (BAT)’s all forms of advertisement of its e-cigarettes on all of the public accounts on Instagram which would also include the accounts of some of the social media influencers that it has...
Trade Woes Aside, Airbus Likely To End 2019 With Strong Sale Numbers: Company Executive

Trade Woes Aside, Airbus Likely To End 2019 With Strong Sale Numbers: Company Executive

The 2019 year is set to wend on a high note for the European aircraft manufacturer Airbus as all of the major civil aircraft programmes of the company are currently on course to record a book-to-bill ratio above one. This was announced by the chief commercial jet salesman of the company Christian...
Top Oil Companies Face New Round Of Shareholder Climate Resolutions

Top Oil Companies Face New Round Of Shareholder Climate Resolutions

Five big oil companies of the United States and Europe are being put under pressure by an activist group by putting through shareholder resolutions which demand that the companies do more so that they meet the goals and objectives of the Paris climate accord and reduce carbon emissions from their...
PSA-Fiat Merger - French Shareholders Want Board Advantage Guarantee: Reuters

PSA-Fiat Merger - French Shareholders Want Board Advantage Guarantee: Reuters

In the latest twist to the planned merger of PSA and Fiat Chrysler, a unique demand has been put forward by French shareholders: the companies should ensure that after the merger, they will continue to have a numerical advantage on the new board for the new company in the eventuality that the exit...
$130 Million For 6 Year Operations For Its Content Oversight Board Announced By Facebook

$130 Million For 6 Year Operations For Its Content Oversight Board Announced By Facebook

It has been over a year that a content oversight board is being attempted to be set up by the largest social media platform Facebook.   While the company earlier shared a charter that outlined the new rules for content, its founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has also outlined his vision or the...
Boeing No Longer Expects 737 MAX Return To Air By 2019

Boeing No Longer Expects 737 MAX Return To Air By 2019

Following a meeting between the Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg and senior US officials from the United States aviation regulator - the Federal Aviation Administration, the US plane maker said that it was withdrawing its aim of getting approvals from the regulator for the returning in air...
$2trillion Valuation Touched By Saudi Aramco In Day 2 Of Trading

$2trillion Valuation Touched By Saudi Aramco In Day 2 Of Trading

The Saudi Arabian oil giant Saudi Aramco ultimately crossed the $2 trillion valuation mark as projected by the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman four years ago on the second day of trading as a publicly traded company on Thursday as the company’s shares rose in value.   The value of its...
Large Tech Companies, Including Google, Facebook, No Longer Most Preferred By Employees

Large Tech Companies, Including Google, Facebook, No Longer Most Preferred By Employees

For long, some of the largest global tech companies such as Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google have been considered to be among the best organizations to work for as they offer very good payments and compensation and perks along with the host of benefits for their employees.   However...
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World

Scientists Find Way To Easily Find Source Of Geothermal Energy, Can Lead To A Boom

Scientists Find Way To Easily Find Source Of Geothermal Energy, Can Lead To A Boom
It is touted that one of the cleanest sources of energy is geothermal energy because it is free of any carbon emissions, is renewable and efficient, so much so that even those who are indifferent to...

Planned US Farm Visit By After Trade Talks By China Delegation Cancelled

Planned US Farm Visit By After Trade Talks By China Delegation Cancelled
The plan of a Chinese delegation that had come to Washington to take part in the face to face trade negotiations with United States to stay back after the talks to visit US farm areas has been...

‘Toughest Ever’ Sanctions On Iran’s Central Bank Imposed By The US

‘Toughest Ever’ Sanctions On Iran’s Central Bank Imposed By The US
The ‘toughest ever’ sanctions against Iran were announced by on Friday by the United States president Donald Trump while also indicating that there were no plans for any military actions against...

US Sanctions 3 North Korean Hacking Groups Responsible For Global Cyber Attacks

US Sanctions 3 North Korean Hacking Groups Responsible For Global Cyber Attacks
Three North Korean hacking groups have been identified by the United States to have been behind the "WannaCry" ransomware attacks as well as involved in the hacking of international banks and...

Argentina Appeals To Extend Terms Of Private And IMF Debt

Argentina Appeals To Extend Terms Of Private And IMF Debt
Amidst an increased business confidence over financial health of the country fueled by enhanced political tensions before the general elections in October, Argentina is planning to seek an extension...

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Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones

Facebook's Zuckerberg Will Focus On Long Term Goals Instead Of Annual Ones
No more annual targets for Facebook Inc Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg. The co-founder of the largest social media company of the world said on Thursday that he would no longer focus on the...

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss

Japanese Prosecutors Want To Arrest Ghosn’s Wife To Rein In The Former Nissan Boss
An arrest warrant on charges of alleged perjury was issued against the wife of Carlos Ghosn by Japanese prosecutors on Tuesday in an effort of the prosecutors to bring back Ghosn into Japan and make...

From Japan To Lebanon – How Ghosn Escaped Is Yet Not Clear

From Japan To Lebanon – How Ghosn Escaped Is Yet Not Clear
The former chairman of Nissan and one of the icons of the global auto industry who was arrested in Japan November last year over charges of financial irregularities, Carlos Ghosn, has jumped bail and...

Study Claims Cancer Risk Increase From Consuming Sugary Drinks, including Fruit Juice

Study Claims Cancer Risk Increase From Consuming Sugary Drinks, including Fruit Juice
A study by French scientists has claimed that the risk of contracting cancer could be increased by consumption of sugary drinks such as orange juice or soda.   Consuming of sugary soft drinks...

Huawei Related Gov. Meeting Information Leak End In Sacking Of UK Defense Secretary

Huawei Related Gov. Meeting Information Leak End In Sacking Of UK Defense Secretary
Based on the findings of an incident of leak of information of issues discussed during a high-level government meeting over the issues of the Chinese telecom equipment manufacturer Huawei, the United...

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