August2016

News Hour: TerraPay, a mobile-first international network, announced, it has completed the acquisition of UK-based Pay2Global Limited, following regulatory approvals.  In an outright purchase, TerraPay has acquired 100% of Pay2Global for an undisclosed amount. Pay2Global is...

News Hour: Facebook Inc. will not become a media company, its founder, and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, telling students the firm would remain a technology platform, reports Reuters. An increasing number of users are...

News Hour: The six people who went into isolation for a year in Hawaii to help NASA plan for a mission to Mars emerged Sunday, happy to breathe fresh air and meet new people, reports BSS....

News Hour: Data transmission problems that caused the delay or cancellation of dozens of flights on Sunday have been resolved, Vienna Airport said, with its flight schedule having returned to normal, reports Reuters. “Austrian air traffic...

News Hour: Brazil’s suspended president Dilma Rousseff has appeared before the Senate to testify at her impeachment trial, denying allegations of breaking budget rules and saying the future of the country was at stake, reports Aljazeera....

News Hour: US Secretary of State John Kerry and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina have agreed to increase security cooperation between their two countries amid mounting attacks in the South Asian nation, reports Aljazeera. Kerry, who...

News Hour: Singapore confirmed 15 new cases of locally-transmitted Zika infections on Monday, taking the tally to 56 as authorities step up efforts to contain the outbreak. All the cases were in or near the Aljunied...

News Hour: Mylan NV (MYL.O) said it would launch the first generic version of its allergy auto-injector EpiPen for $300, half the price of the branded product, the drugmaker’s second step in less than a week...

News Hour: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday issued emergency authorization for a Zika diagnostics test from Swiss drugmaker Roche, skirting normal approval channels as the regulator moves to fight the disease’s spread. Zika...

News Hour:  New Jersey researchers said on Monday they had identified perhaps the first strain of E. Coli bacteria in the United States with mobile genes that make it resistant to two types of antibiotics now...