Chinese companies outpaced their American counterparts in venture-capital funding for the first time during the second quarter, according to Goldman Sachs. Tech giants and Softbank contributed the most to this milestone.
The New York Giants suffered through a disastrous 3-13 season in 2017 when many people thought they would win the NFC East. However, they lost each of their first five games and had two other streaks of three losses or more. They never won back-to-back games and had the second-worst record in the…
The New York Giants are trying to rebuild on the fast track this season. They had, and still have some, aging players. The goal has been to get younger. They accomplished that in some spots, but need to get better and younger at others. Here are the best players on the Giants roster and some…
Smart meters in 11 million British homes can be set to pre-payment and have to be kept topped up and paid in advance or their gas or power would be shut off.
H&M has become the first of the big high street retailers not to airbrush out models’ stretch marks. The clothing chain has been widely praised for the ‘refreshing’ policy.
Top global plane makers land at the Farnborough airshow in England next week, hoping to pick up speed on demand for passenger jets while charting a path through Brexit and trade war turbulence. This year’s sector showpiece event, opening Monday, will be buzzing on the back of rapid changes in the industry, as US titan […]
The Transportation Security Administration apologized to New York Giants
This eye-catching title leads to a Jason Colavito report, with his own commentary for context, on a podcast that left this listener wishing he’d just taken Colavito’s description and moved on to another subject. In How Jacques Vallee Helped Create the Myth that Space Aliens Mutilate Cattle Jason is more speculative and may be making […]
Research suggests the average UK high street shop spends 2.3 per cent of turn-over on business rates while online firms are paying just 0.6 per cent. Experts say it could lead to the end of the high street.
On Monday (June 18), Google announced it would invest $550 million in JD.com, the Chinese e-commerce company that competes against Alibaba. The deal comes as the US tech giant revamps its China strategy. The company has had a marginal presence in the country since March 2010, when authorities shut down its search engine for mainland…
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