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A Strong Dollar Hurts Some Commodities More Than Others
The recent oil price crash coincided with a rally in the US dollar.However, the dollar has varying relationships with varying commodities.A blog post by Jodie Gunzberg, global head of commodities at...
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'Ingenious' Antibiotic Discovery 'Challenges Long-Held Scientific Beliefs'
Scientists have discovered a new antibiotic, teixobactin, that can kill serious infections in mice without encountering any detectable resistance, offering a potential new way to get ahead of dangerous...
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Stock Market Returns In Years Ending In 5
From MKM Partners' Jonathan Krinsky: "There are likely different explanations for this, and while the results span 130 years, the actual number of samples is quite small. With that said, the results...
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Samsung Warns Sales And Operating Profit Were Way Down Last Quarter
Samsung warned today that revenues and operating profit in the last quarter of 2014 were down sharply from a year ago.The company said it expects sales of between 51 trillion and 53 trillion won ($46.4...
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Here's The Problem With Apple Getting Rid Of Its Magnetic Charger (AAPL)
Apple is rumored to be replacing its MagSafe charging port with a USB Type-C port on this year's MacBook Air.Ditching MagSafe would allow Apple's engineers to make the laptop thinner.USB Type-C would...
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Social-Media Demographics: The Unique Identity Of Every Social Network
The demographics of who's on what social network are shifting — older social networks are reaching maturity, while newer social messaging apps are gaining younger users fast.In a new report from BI...
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Samsung flags 37 percent on-year fall in Q4 profit
Seoul (AFP) - Samsung Electronics on Thursday flagged a further on-year plunge in profits for the fourth quarter, as the world's top smartphone producer continued to battle stiff competition from...
View ArticleYoungest of 3 suspects in Paris attack surrenders to police: source
Paris (AFP) - An 18-year-old implicated alongside two brothers in the bloody attack against a satirical weekly in Paris has surrendered to police, according to a source close to the case."Hamyd Mourad...
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The Image That Everyone Is Sharing By 'Banksy' Isn't By Banksy — But It's...
There's an illustration being shared on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter that claims to be a tribute created by street artist Banksy in response to the terrorist attack that killed 12 people near the...
View ArticlePolice release pictures of brothers wanted over Paris massacre
Paris (AFP) - French police on Thursday published photos of two brothers wanted as suspects over a bloody massacre at a magazine in Paris as they launched an appeal to the public for information.Paris...
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Man Linked To Paris Attack Voluntarily Hands Himself In To Police
An 18-year old man sought by police over Wednesday's shooting attack at satirical weekly magazine Charlie Hebdo handed himself voluntarily to police in northeastern France, an official at the Paris...
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Ebola fight has coordination problem, says new UN mission chief
Monrovia (AFP) - The three west African countries worst hit by the Ebola epidemic should be leading the response against the killer virus, the UN's new mission chief on the disease said, condemning "a...
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We'll Be Getting Netflix's 'Daredevil' Show Sooner Than Expected
Netflix's first Marvel series "Daredevil" will be streaming sooner than expected.The streaming site announced all 13 one-hour episodes of the series will premiere April 10, 2015 at 12:01 a.m. The...
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Kerry's year of diplomatic dangers
Washington (AFP) - The trouble with setting ambitious deadlines, especially in the unpredictable world of high-stakes foreign diplomacy, is that you run the risk of very public failure.Last year, top...
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LG Shares Spike On Hopes Of A Strong 2015
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares of South Korean consumer electronics maker LG Electronics Inc rose sharply early on Thursday, buoyed by expectations for healthy earnings in 2015 as well as...
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The Problem With The 'Bond Bubble' Thesis
Are you thinking about the Fed? About the bond market? The stock market? The economy?Say "yes" to any of the above and this is a chart you've pulled up: Fed funds and the 10-year, the two most closely...
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Sri Lanka votes in tightest election in decades
Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka went to the polls Thursday in its tightest election in decades, with its strongman president battling for survival after accusations of corruption and a failure to bring about...
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Aussies caught in 'spidercam' catch controversy
Sydney (AFP) - Runs came slowly for India in the face of tight bowling but there was controversy as television's "spidercam" appeared to contribute to an Australian dropped catch on in the final Test...
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Do sports cars have a future in a driverless world?
New York (AFP) - Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Bugatti. The prestigious names embody performance and luxury across the automotive world.But with the advent of soulless self-driving cars, are they...
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THE INTERNET OF EVERYTHING: 2015 [SLIDE DECK]
The way we access the internet has changed rapidly over the past few years, transitioning from desktops to mobile devices. Now, the internet is expanding again — coming to all of the everyday devices...
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