Science
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Amazon, Berkshire, JPM form healthcare company to cut costs
Jan 30, 2018Amazon.com Inc, Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase & Co will form a healthcare company aimed at cutting costs for their U.S. employees, they said on Tuesday, sending shares in the broad healthcare sector sharply lower. The... -
Amid angst over iPhone X, Wall Street braces for weak forecast from Apple
Jan 30, 2018When Apple Inc announces its first-quarter earnings on Thursday, investors will seek signs of whether the company’s $999 iPhone X launched last autumn was a Steve Jobs-style hit or, as more analysts suspect, a letdown. In... -
Nuro raises $92 million to launch a self-driving delivery vehicle
Jan 30, 2018The company, co-founded by two former engineers from Google’s self-driving car project, Dave Ferguson, and Jiajun Zhu, opted to bypass the high-profile race for self-driving taxis to focus on goods delivery. Silicon Valley start-up Nuro said... -
BP Plc invests $5 million in U.S. mobile electric vehicle charging company FreeWire
Jan 30, 2018BP, whose venturing business invested in FreeWire, said it plans to roll out the San Francisco- based technology firm’s Mobi Charger units at selected retail sites in the United Kingdom and Europe this year. BP Plc... -
Uber to sell vehicles and the existing lease portfolio of its auto-leasing business Xchange Leasing to startup digital car marketplace Fair
Jan 30, 2018Fair, based in Southern California, said it was buying the lease portfolio through equity and debt secured during its recent funding round. Ride-hailing firm Uber on Tuesday said it would sell vehicles and the existing lease... -
Rare “super blood blue moon” to be glimpsed on January 31
Jan 28, 2018The event is causing a buzz because it combines three unusual lunar events — an extra big super moon, a blue moon and a total lunar eclipse. A cosmic event not seen in 36 years —... -
Amazon removes magnetic putty from website over arsenic fears
Jan 26, 2018Amazon has removed a children’s toy from its website over fears it contains dangerously high levels of arsenic. It comes after testing of a product labelled “Magnetic Putty” found it contained seven times the permitted amount... -
Datsun marks milestone of 300,000 Datsun cars sold
Jan 26, 2018In less than four years since starting production, Datsun introduced five new models. Today, Datsun is producing cars in three plants, located in India, Russia, and Indonesia. Datsun has passed the milestone of 300,000 cars sold... -
China’s eight-year-long smartphone growth comes to an end
Jan 26, 2018China’s smartphone market has fallen for the first time, with annual shipments down by 4% in 2017, according to data from research firm Canalys. The decline ends eight years’ growth in the world’s largest mobile phone... -
China’s smartphone market has fallen for the first time in eight years
Jan 26, 2018The decline ends eight years’ growth in the world’s largest mobile phone market. Smartphone brands Huawei, Oppo, and Vivo continue to dominate the Chinese handset market. China’s smartphone market has fallen for the first time, with...
