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Saudi crown prince blamed for Khashoggi death by USA senator

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo , as well as the German, British and Turkish foreign ministers. But the Saudis have faced intense criticism over the Khashogg...

India ranked 58th most competitive economy in WEF index

The highest mark possible is 100 points, an imaginary ideal "frontier" of economic competitiveness. "While it is too early for the data to filter through in t...

Disappearance of Saudi Arabia journalist Jamal Khashoggi: Prof. John Stremlau

The New York Times and the Washington Post have reported , citing anonymous sources, that Saudi officials may soon acknowledge Khashoggi's slaying at the co...

Mega Millions jackpot now $868M, 2nd largest in USA history

The jackpot has been growing since it was last won on July 24. The winning numbers were 3, 45, 49, 61, 69, and the megaball of 9. The Tuesday drawing had gr...

Lyft Subscription Plan Rolls Out With All-Access Service

At least not on a comparably wide scale, as Uber ride passes are still in testing and available to only a limited number of users each month, while the Lyf...

Oil steady as growth in USA supplies faces lower Iran exports

The market has been supported by reports that Iranian crude exports may be falling faster than expected ahead the November 4 deadline on sanctions. The 11.21 ...

YouTube Goes Offline For Users Worldwide

YouTube, the Google-owned streaming service, says it's looking into reports of problems with its services after several people took to Twitter to complain abo...

Insurance companies not covering storage of Iranian oil, says Indian Oil official

With the world's only sizable spare oil output capacity, Saudi Arabia is expected to export more to offset the loss of Iranian oil supply from the sanctions. ...

Asheville Regional Airport begins nonstop service to DC on United Airlines

A spokesperson for United says shifting the flights will allow the airline to strengthen its East Coast hubs. Later that morning, Flight SQ21 would make the fir...

OPEC says it has not failed India, provided mkt stability

Reuters reported that OPEC sees the oil market as well supplied and is wary of creating a glut next year, the group's secretary-general said, suggesting prod...

Uber could be worth as much as $120 billion

Dara Khosrowshahi, who took over as chief executive a year ago, said in September that Uber was on track for a 2019 IPO, adding that he was not concerned if Lyf...

Fine French wine fetches record-smashing $558,000 at auction

Although this did not quite break the record set by Bonhams for the same whisky several times this year, it is still the most expensive single bottle of wine ...

Bloodhound Supersonic Car project runs out of cash

The British-led attempt to create the world's first land vehicle capable of breaking the 1,000mph speed barrier has called in administrators as it seeks a £25m ...

Audi hit by £700 million fine for diesel emissions scandal

The case covered some 4.9 million Audi cars sold in Europe, the USA and elsewhere between 2004 and 20018. In total, the case dealt with nearly 5 million cars ...

Tesla says order by Monday to get full $7,500 tax credit

The $7,500 tax credit was meant to spur people into buying more electric vehicles-but only to a point. Tesla confirmed to Business Insider in July that it ha...

Beer prices to spike as climate hots up, scientists warn

In 2016, the World Meteorological Organization estimated that the world was already at 1.2 degrees Celsius (34.16 degrees Fahrenheit) above pre-industrial leve...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai confirms censored China search engine

With China representing 20% of the world's population, Pichai said they believed it was important to explore the option of providing Google's services in the co...

Brace for another fuel price hike

The diesel price rose for the 10th consecutive day on Monday to wipe out all of the ₹2.50 a litre cut in rates announced earlier this month through excise du...

How to check if your Facebook account got hacked

The hackers accessed name, email addresses or phone numbers from those 29 million accounts. "That includes posts on their timelines, their lists of friends, G...

Raids on existing pot shops 'highly unlikely' Wednesday: head of police chiefs

Palmer, speaking as president of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police, said enforcement of the new rules surrounding marijuana will be shared by police,...

Elon Musk Files Trademark Application for 'Teslaquila' Tequila

It featured a photo of Musk "passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by "Teslaquilla" bottles, the tracks of dried tears still visible on his cheeks". ...

PM Modi Warns Oil Producers Over High Crude Prices Hurting Global Growth

Union Ministers Arun Jaitley and Dharmendra Pradhan and Vice-Chairman NITI Aayog Dr. Rajiv Kumar also present on the occasion. "Though there is enough produ...

Another migrant caravan heads north

Some 1,300 people joined the so-called "March of the Migrant" - just days after the US urged Honduras' president to halt mass migration. The group was organiz...

Saudis reject threats as stocks plunge after Trump comments

The sources said bin Salman is ready to allow an individual to bid on the team, or throw the country's huge resources behind a takeover to buy it outright. "I...

From Trump to blockchain: Gary Cohn signs on with Spring Labs

Spring Labs is building a "decentralized network for identity and credit" to provide a more secure and transparent platform for the financial services industry...

Sears Holdings Corp (SHLD) Sees Large Increase in Short Interest

Sears Holdings Corporation (NASDAQ: SHLD ) has had quite a year when it comes to price performance. The ADX is typically used along with the Plus Directional I...

Mega Millions and Powerball lotteries now have $1 billion combined jackpot

If you don't have luck with the Mega millions, maybe you'll have better luck on Wednesday! A nine-member office pool from Aurora won a $1 million prize from M...

Sears, the Amazon of its day, files for bankruptcy

Sears, the 125-year-old USA department store chain that was once the biggest retailer in the world, has filed for bankruptcy after years of losses and mountin...

Turkish officials will today search Saudi consulate over Khashoggi

But Riyadh vowed to hit back on October 14 against any punitive measures as its stock market tumbled, with the fallout from the crisis threatening to imperil ...

Sears, once a retail titan, files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

The plans, which remained in flux on Friday afternoon, would leave the fate of Sears' remaining roughly 250 stores uncertain, the sources said. Sears, the v...

Air India Express 737 Hits Airport Perimeter Wall on Takeoff

The state carrier last week grounded two pilots after one of its jets carrying 136 people hit an airport perimeter wall on take-off and then flew for nearly fou...

Patisserie Valerie chairman pledges multimillion-pound rescue loan

In May, Patisserie-Valerie reported a 14.2 per cent rise in pre-tax profit for the six months ended March 31, up from £9.7 million to £11.1 million. The firm ...

Warner, Rubio urge Trudeau to reconsider Huawei inclusion in Canada’s 5G network

Huawei , the world's largest maker of telecommunications network gear, criticized the Australian ban as "politically motivated". They wrote: "As you are aware...

Anaplan Stock Pops 30% Amid a Shell-Shocked Market

The spike-coming after the company priced the shares late Thursday at the high end of an upwardly revised range-shows that two days of harrowing market declines...

Saudi stock market plunges amid U.S. threats over Khashoggi case

Trump said he would meet with Khashoggi's family. "It's clear, we can not have an ally who murders in cold blood, in their own consulate, a critic, a dissiden...