There are many reasons to reject fossil fuels now, after 200 years of their reign as society’s primary energy source. History will articulate both the benefits provided to human society derived from fossil fuel energy technologies from 1750 to the…
Faced with a firestorm of criticism for lacking a woman director, Twitter last week named media executive Marjorie Scardino to its board. While Scardino’s appointment to the previously all-male board finally quashes the raunchy (forgive us) “three…
By Carmel DeAmicis On December 6, 2013There was a hubbub before Twitter’s IPO when The New York Times reported that no member of Twitter’s board was a woman. The article quoted researcher Vivek Wadhwa saying “It’s the same male chauvinistic…
By Hamish McKenzie On November 29, 2013Facebook and Google were both said to be trying to buy WhatsApp. Japan’s Line is mulling an IPO. China’s WeChat is becoming a threat to the country’s equivailent of PayPal. Snapchat turned down a $3 billion…
By Erin Griffith On November 29, 2013Startups are seeking to change the way we buy groceries, eat out, host dinner parties, pay for drinks, and cook our meals. OpenTable proved there’s a lucrative business in reservations, earning its investors a…
US stocks rose modestly in early trade Tuesday after mixed economic data and sparkling earnings from luxury jeweler Tiffany. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 16.92 points (0.11 percent) at 16,089.46 at 1550 GMT, extending its record high close…
By Robert McCurtain November 24, 2013 • Reprints Market Snapshot: Last Week Chg Week %Chg S&P 500 Index 1804.76 +6.58 +.36% Dow Jones Industrials 16064.77 +103.07 +.64% NASDAQ Composite 3991.64 +5.68 +.14% Value Line Index 4239.88 +9.20 +.21…
BEIJING, China, November 25, 2013 (ENS) – The European Union and China are working together to improve urban mobility. Hundreds of European and Chinese city mayors as well as academics and business representatives with an interest in the future of…
European stock markets rose solidly on Monday after Iran struck a landmark deal on its nuclear programme that will see sanctions eased on the key oil exporter. The accord reached over the weekend in Geneva sent crude futures lower in Monday trading,…
GOVERNMENT EVADING CYBER CURRENCY Bitcoin has reached the final frontier, after being announced as the latest way to pay for a trip into space. Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic has announced on its website that, not only do customers of its sub…
