March2025
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YouTube rolled out a $7.99 monthly subscription service that is ad-free for most videos, except music
Mar 6, 2025Alphabet’s YouTube on Wednesday rolled out a $7.99 monthly subscription service that is ad-free for most videos, except music, to create a plan to compete more directly with offerings from Netflix and Disney. The “Premium Lite”... -
Elon Musk advises Trump, USPS and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized
Mar 6, 2025Billionaire Elon Musk, who is advising President Donald Trump on plans to radically shrink the U.S. government said Wednesday that the U.S. Postal Service and passenger railroad Amtrak should be privatized. “I think logically we should... -
Tesla’s sales of its China-made electric vehicles dropped 49.2% in February from a year earlier to 30,688 cars
Mar 6, 2025Tesla’s sales of its China-made electric vehicles dropped 49.2% in February from a year earlier to 30,688 cars, the lowest since August 2022, as the U.S. automaker faces pressure from Chinese rivals in a relentless smart... -
Asian markets mostly up on Wednesday
Mar 6, 2025Asian markets were mostly up on Wednesday as investors weighed bullish growth targets announced by China despite its sluggish economy and the looming prospect of a global trade war. Global stocks had tumbled Tuesday after China,... -
The US Internal Revenue Service to consider letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees
Mar 6, 2025The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is considering letting go up to half of its approximately 90,000 employees, a source with knowledge of the situation told AFP on Tuesday. The bloodbath would be the latest drastic... -
European stock markets rebounded on Wednesday
Mar 6, 2025European stock markets rebounded on Wednesday after a top US official signalled that President Donald Trump could dial down huge tariffs on Canada and Mexico this week. The Paris stock exchange gained 1.3 percent while Milan... -
Shares in CK Hutchison soared 25 percent in Hong Kong on Wednesday
Mar 6, 2025Shares in CK Hutchison soared 25 percent in Hong Kong on Wednesday after it agreed to sell its lucrative Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump. The firm... -
US-Bangla Airlines decided to spread its wings to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from April 21
Mar 6, 2025US-Bangla Airlines, one of the Bangladeshi private carriers, has decided to spread its wings to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from April 21 aiming at providing better passenger services to expatriate Bangladeshis residing in the oil-rich nation.... -
World’s most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan
Mar 6, 2025Resembling a squat, wide fridge, the world’s most accurate clock went on sale for $3.3 million in Japan on Wednesday. The “Aether clock OC 020” is so precise that it would take 10 billion years for...
