Royal Dutch Shell says it’s postponing a final investment decision on its proposed liquefied natural gas megaproject in British Columbia as it grapples with plummeting earnings due to low energy prices. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
London’s leading shares rise sharply in Thursday trading, with mining stocks leading the rally. read more >>> Source : BBC
Hackers tried to access over 20 million active accounts on the Taobao shopping site, Chinese state media says. read more >>> Source : BBC
MADRID, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Indebted Spanish renewable energy firm Abengoa said on Thursday it would sell its stake in a solar thermal power plant in the United Arab Emirates as it offloads assets in a bid to avoid bankruptcy. read more >>> Source : Reuters
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sharp Corp has chosen Taiwan’s Foxconn as its preferred bidder in takeover talks, sources with knowledge of the decision said, paving the way for the biggest acquisition by a foreign company in Japan’s insulated technology sector. read more >>> Source : Reuters
An Uber full of puppies! And other lessons start-ups can learn from Uber’s success. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
* Materials, energy lead U.S. stocks higher (Adds open of U.S. markets, byline, dateline; previous LONDON) read more >>> Source : Reuters
As the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) “free-trade” agreement was signed in New Zealand by representatives of the 12 participating countries, Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders strongly voiced his opposition and committed to doing what he can to kill the deal if he is elected president. Rival Hillary Clinton has also stated opposition to the TPP, but […]
Kik Messenger, a Canadian-made smartphone app popular among younger teens, is on the defensive following the stabbing death of a 13-year-old girl in Virginia who told friends she was using Kik to connect with an 18-year-old man. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Use tax software? Then you could be a target of phishing scams seeking to steal your identity this filing season. read more >>> Source : BankRate.Com
The Bank of England has kept rates at a record low of 0.5% for the 83rd month in a row. Homeowners and others with a lot of debt will be rejoicing at the unanimous 9-0 decision by the BoE’s rate setting panel — the Monetary Policy Committee — to keep rates low. This is because […]
Melbournes occupancy during the tournament (18-31 January 2016) increased 16.3% from the week before the event started, reaching an average of 90.4%. Average daily rate was up 36.3% to AUD238.13. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
A Canadian Crown corporation paid out a travel claim to the chair of its board based on a false receipt, and approved two taxpayer-funded trips to international conferences that overlapped with his private business interests, CBC News has learned. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
I was recently asked if I had any financial advice for 20-somethings. As I wrote out my thoughts, and reflected back on 10 years helping newlyweds make their wedding and honeymoon dreams come true without blowing their budget, I realized that a few smart money moves in one’s twenties can be hugely impactful on future […]
The CEO of Canada’s biggest oilsands player says about 1,700 jobs were shed over the past year or so — far surpassing its original target. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
Software bugs leave a jet fighter in development for 15 years unable “to provide accurate coordinates for precision attack” and with “limited ability to respond to threats”. read more >>> Source : BBC
MEAGUI, Ivory Coast, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The quality of cocoa in top grower Ivory Coast’s main crop has already fallen to levels normally seen later in the year as poor weather takes its toll, raising fears for the April-to-September mid-crop, exporters and farmers said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Award-winning British Organic spa and beauty brand, ila, has signed a partnership with luxury hotel Rudding Park, with the introduction of ila products and treatments to the venue’s Harrogate Spa. Set among the beautiful landscape gardens and woodland, Rudding Park Harrogate Spa is the perfect place to enjoy ila’s signature treatments using artisan spa products, […]
Morgan Stanley has downgraded its outlook for oil prices, expecting the supply and demand imbalance to continue for another two years. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
I am a woman and I am on the Internet. It’s brave. It’s not “eat a burger in public” brave, but it’s still pretty admirable. It shouldn’t be. Last month I wrote a joke on Twitter. That’s not notable because I’ve done it literally fifteen thousand times. I spend all day every day writing jokes […]
A court hearing into whether Navinder Sarao, the so-called “flash crash” day trader, can be extradited to the US has begun. read more >>> Source : BBC
The market doesn’t think the Fed will raise rates until 2017. After the Federal Reserve raised interest rates in December for the first time in nine years the big question was: “When’s the next one?” The most aggressive forecasts for the Fed in 2016 called for four rate hikes, which most assumed would occur in […]
WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) – International Monetary Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that low oil and commodities prices would continue for some time, and the Fund will… read more >>> Source : Reuters
EBay says it has partially fixed a vulnerability on its online auction site that could have allowed hackers to trick users into downloading malware. read more >>> Source : BBC
Former Turing Pharmaceuticals Chief Executive Officer Martin Shkreli invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and declined to answer questions on Thursday from U.S. lawmakers interested in why the company raised the price of a lifesaving medicine by 5,000 per cent. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
“I’m seeing a huge momentum for our company which we believe will continue in 2016”, Daimler’s chairman said. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
China’s yuan will chip away at the US dollar’s dominance over the next decade but is unlikely to supplant it as the world’s top currency. read more >>> Source : EconomicTimes.IndiaTimes.Com
Pharmaceutical chief Martin Shkreli has arrived at a hearing where U.S. lawmakers want to hear from about severe hikes for a drug sold by a company that he acquired. read more >>> Source : CTVNews.Ca
Radisson Blu today announced the launch of ‘BluPrint,’ a new dynamic interior design offering for the styling of guest rooms, social and public spaces, as well as meetings & events. read more >>> Source : HotelNewsresource.Com
Image source: photodune Admit it. We’ve all invested hours into crafting the perfect catchy title and compelling hook for a blog post on a trending topic and thought, “This is it! I’m finally going viral! Internet, here I come!” The inevitable result: our content gets a handful of shares and retweets only to slowly fade […]
Company goes to Kirkland, Washington, to try out its experimental cars in a state where there is plenty of rain. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
Oil-dependent Saudi Arabia and Russia are getting more desperate, oil expert Daniel Yergin tells CNBC. read more >>> Source : CNBC.Com
* Canadian dollar at C$1.3680 or 73.10 U.S. cents * Currency touches its strongest since Dec. 11 at C$1.3640 * Bond prices higher across the maturity curve TORONTO, Feb 4 (Reuters) – The Canadian… read more >>> Source : Reuters
The Internet streets are a modern-day wild west where there are more bad guys than peacekeepers. However, even the darkest corners of the interweb have some (formerly) unwritten rules that could be the difference between a relatively peaceful existence or a complete dragging through social media. Seriously, there is no reason for this. Whether you […]
Feb 4 (Reuters) – Online food order and delivery company GrubHub Inc reported better-than-expected quarterly revenue as more diners used its services to order meals. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Of the 50 richest people in the world, most built their wealth up from nothing, creating some of the most powerful companies out there — including Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway, Nike, and Google — along the way. The 25 richest self-made billionaires on earth have accrued more than $850 billion combined, each with a personal net […]
Like it or not you can’t ignore it – Facebook is 12 years old. In that time it has grown to become a dominant force on the internet, the largest… read more >>> Source : EuroNews.Com
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Indian IT services exports are likely to grow at a slower pace next fiscal year than in the recent past as global clients rein in technology spending, an industry lobby group said on Thursday. read more >>> Source : Reuters
The interim CEO of Valeant, Howard Schiller, will testify before Congress on Thursday, and his written statement is already out in the internet ether. It’s long, but there are three main points. We hired consultants, and they’re the ones who told us to increase prices. Price increases don’t impact patients as much as hospitals because […]
Every year I have a digital free holiday. Let me explain what I mean. A few years ago I turned off my phone and travelled around Myanmar (Burma) for three weeks. There was no point in taking my phone with me as there is very little phone or wifi access. Scary, yet liberating at the […]
The Canadian dollar was trading above 73 cents US this morning for the first time since December. read more >>> Source : CBC.Ca
Microsoft’s latest ‘Redstone’ Windows 10 test build for PCs, Build 14257, continues to lay the groundwork for coming new features. read more >>> Source : ZDNet.Com
The US dollar suffered its worst losses in seven years on Wednesday, as oil prices rebounded more than 5% and equities stabilized in North America. This most recent course-correction was the result of news that Russian leaders had agreed to meet with OPEC to discuss cutting output to stabilize per barrel prices. The EUR/USD rate […]
DUBAI, Feb 4 (Reuters) – Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia), said a bomb scare that grounded its Riyadh-bound flight from Madrid on Thursday was a false alarm. read more >>> Source : Reuters
Daimler says it expects slower sales growth for its Mercedes cars in China this year. That follows a surge in demand which helped the German… read more >>> Source : EuroNews.Com