U.S. stocks pushed higher in a choppy session on Friday following a wild week of trading that has seen equities rebound from a prolonged slide. Major indexes moved in and out of positive territory during the day, action that was emblematic of recent volatility though lacking the huge swings of the past week. Thursday’s trading […]

WASHINGTON  – President Donald Trump threatened on Friday to close the southern U.S. border unless Congress agrees to provide $5 billion in taxpayer funds for a border wall with Mexico, blaming Democrats for a partial government shutdown that he previously said would be on him. A dispute over funding for Trump’s proposed wall has led […]

This holiday season, delight your customers with a personalized message. Video is huge. I know this isn’t news, but I think we find it hard to grapple with how big it is becoming — and, hence, how important. To get a feeling for it, consider this: as of October 2018, Netflix is devouring 15 percent of all […]

The Litecoin Foundation has partnered with Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), one of the leading mixed martial arts organizations, in a deal to promote the cryptocurrency. The deal will see the litecoin logo displayed on the octagonal fighting canvas at an upcoming event called UFC 232 – a rematch between former UFC light heavyweight champion Jon […]

The U.S. Department of Defense says blockchain technology has “enormous” potential in helping improve disaster relief efforts. The Troop Support division of the Defense Logistics Agency held a meeting earlier this month in Philadelphia to understand how blockchain could have helped its already “successful” efforts assisting in Puerto Rico after the devastating Hurricane Maria in 2017. The meeting […]

US and European stock markets have lost ground again as global political and economic uncertainty continues to haunt investors. Despite their apparent recovery on Wednesday, leading US indexes fell nearly 2% in early Thursday trading, following similar losses in Europe. Weak US consumer confidence data for December sparked the latest sell-off. However, analysts cautioned that […]

The alert level for Indonesia’s Anak Krakatau volcano has been raised to the second-highest level possible, after a series of eruptions. All flights around the volcano have been rerouted and a 5km (three-mile) exclusion zone has also been imposed. Indonesia’s disaster management agency (BNPB) said the alert level had been raised from level two to […]

Brilliant marketing skill is embedded in Apple’s DNA. Watch — isn’t a phone, it’s an additional accessory, the need to buy which for many people is not obvious. In how many times the value of Apple Watch for customers can be increased if somebody will say that this watch could save their life? The latest story at ABC News […]

Bank of America (BoA) has filed another blockchain patent, documents with the USPTO reveal. The American multinational investment bank stated that it would use blockchain, the underlying technology which powers the world’s leading cryptocurrency Bitcoin, to handle some portions of its cash handling devices. The patent, titled “Banking Systems Controlled by Data Bearing Records, mentioned blockchain around […]

CARACAS  – Last July 6, Major General Manuel Quevedo joined his wife, a Catholic priest and a gathering of oil workers in prayer in a conference room at the headquarters of Petroleos de Venezuela SA, or PDVSA. The career military officer, who for the past year has been boss at the troubled state-owned oil company, […]