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Modi Must Lift 360 Million Indians Out Of Poverty: Can He Do It?
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 04:22
Modi's economy in 2020 begins to look like Manmohan Singh's economy back in 2013
Imagination Technologies charts its future with new Apple deal and post-MIPS strategy
Venture Beat - 18 Jan 2020 20:25
Imagination Technologies surprised many by announcing on January 2 that it had again signed a multi-year licensing deal with Apple.
Mark debuts AR street graffitti app at the LA Women's March
Venture Beat - 18 Jan 2020 16:16
Created by veterans of Sybo and iDreamsky, Mark is showing its augmented reality street graffitti app at the LA Women's March.
Ex-con hedgie Boaz Manor charged in $30M bitcoin fraud scheme
New York Post - 18 Jan 2020 05:33
A convicted hedge-fund swindler assumed a fake name and donned a disguise to lure investors into a $30 million bitcoin fraud in New York that spanned two years, the feds alleged on Friday. Boaz Manor -- a 46-year-old ent...
Friday Box Office: 'Star Wars' Falls Below 'Jumanji' In Daily Grosses, 'Little Women' And 'Knives Out' Hold
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 18:45
'1917' is holding about as well as 'Lone Survivor' while 'Jumanji: The Next Level' is now earning more on a day-to-day basis than 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker'
The vaping panic is looking eerily like the start of a new drug war
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 15:59
REUTERS/David Mercado The vaping "epidemic" is really a classic moral panic fueled by sensationalistic media reports that ignored evidence and exacerbated by opportunistic politicians. Legal nicotine vapes almost certain...
Apple shared customer data with US government in a record-high 90% of cases, even as Trump administration complains it's not doing enough
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 06:38
Apple announced in a report Friday that it received a record-high 3,619 requests from the US government for users' account information in the first half of 2019, up 36% from the previous six-month period. Apple said it c...
AEW's $175-Million Extension Through 2023 Offers More Incentive To WWE Free Agents
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 02:40
AEW's $175-million expansion is more good news for the health of the wrestling business, particularly when it comes to impending free agents.
How to easily zip and unzip any file on your Chromebook, to keep your file sizes small
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 02:07
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images You can easily zip and unzip files in the "Files" sections of your Chromebook. To unzip a file, simply copy and paste it into the desired folder on your Chromebook. Visit Business Insid...
Regions' plan to boost lending in 2020
American Banker - 18 Jan 2020 01:36
Total loans at Regions Financial fell slightly last year, but executives say a shift in consumer lending priorities and more aggressive C&I lending will start to pay off this year.
API Economy: Is It The Next Big Thing?
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 22:37
The large M&A deals and VC fundings certainly point to the strategic value of this technology.
The future of esports is bigger, messier, and worldwide
Venture Beat - 18 Jan 2020 22:12
While esports differ drastically from traditional sports on many fronts, there are a number of ways that they parallel and indeed mirror traditional sports
The first Space Force uniforms have reached the Pentagon, and people are making fun of the camouflage print
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 22:07
Twitter/@SpaceForceDoD The United States Space Force debuted the first ever uniforms for members of the newly created unit. A tweet sent from the offical Space Force account pictured the camouflage uniform with the "U.S....
AMD CTO: How making the right bets years ago is paying off now
Venture Beat - 18 Jan 2020 18:45
It's been a long ride for Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at Advanced Micro Devices. But the move to challenge Intel is paying off.
The United States' main allies are abandoning Trump as his threats to world leaders backfire
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 16:31
Getty President Donald Trump's threats to allies are backfiring as European leaders speak openly about loosening their alliance with the US. Trump has threatened Europe with a new trade war if it defies him on Iran. Now ...
One stunning chart undercuts Trump's favorite economic scorecard -- and shows why its misleading
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 15:35
Reuters Trump has repeatedly touted the stock market as a scorecard to show the economy is strong and reaching new highs. But the stock market doesn't entirely reflect the state of the economy. There's a widening gap bet...
A group of young people in Silicon Valley could get $1,000 per month from the county government in a trial of basic income
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 15:32Can Elizabeth Warren Really Forgive $1.6 Trillion Of Student Loan Debt?
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 15:30
Elizabeth Warren says she can forgive $1.6 trillion of student loan debt. Can she really?
Strum these: A $500K diamond-studded Fender Strat and an axe filled with water
USA Today - 18 Jan 2020 15:24
Guitar sales are up, thanks to YouTube and Spotify where interest in classic rockers Tom Petty, Jimi Hendrix and Prince lives on.
'Tariffs will absolutely bankrupt our business': US companies warn against Trump's plans to tax wine and cheese imports
Business Insider - 18 Jan 2020 15:17
Stefano Rellandini/Reuters The US has threatened to levy tariffs of up to 100% on $2.4 billion worth of products from France. In testimony before US trade officials this month, US businesses warned that the tariffs would...
What Boeing Aircraft Will Chinese Airlines Buy? US-China Trade War Easing Means Sales Announcements
Forbes - 18 Jan 2020 15:10
Boeing and Chinese airlines should announce deals as US-China trade tensions ease under a first phase pact, which calls for China to import a further $33 billion of manufactured goods in 2020 and $45 billion in 2021 comp...
Home of the Week: King of the hill in Silver Lake
L.A. Times - 18 Jan 2020 15:00
An estate in Silver Lake on about 4.5 acres is among the largest in that L.A. neighborhood. Asking price: $5.98 million.