FILE PHOTO: The General Electric Co. logo is displayed in the company’s headquarters building in Boston, Massachusetts, US July 23, 2019. Image taken July 23, 2019. REUTERS / Alwyn Scott (Reuters) – General Electric Co (GE.N) said it had valued two new agreements worth more than $ 1.2 billion with …
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The headquarters of Alibaba Group Holdings Ltd. will be lit at night ahead of the annual November 11 Singles’ Day online shopping event in Hangzhou, China, on Sunday, November 10, 2019. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images The post-coronavirus retail industry will benefit greatly from the online shopping trends …
Read More »Uber, Lyft say they will stop driving in California unless the court appeals
OAKLAND, Calif. – Uber and Lyft say unless a state appeals court appeals on Thursday, they will shut down passenger services in California for at least several months if not more than a year. The companies say it is virtually impossible for them to follow the orders of a San …
Read More »Asian markets fall after Fed minutes bring reality check
Asian stocks slipped Thursday after sobriety set in on Wall Street, and minutes from the US Federal Reserve posed economic challenges amid the coronavirus pandemic. Japanese benchmark Nikkei 225 NIK, -0.99% fell 1% in early trade, and the Kospi of South Korea 180721, -3.79% ploft 3.1%. Hang Seng HSI from …
Read More »Japanese HTV-9 cargo ship completes mission returned to space station
The Japanese HTV-9 new delivery ship is on its own manpower after it was released from the Canadarm2 robot arm that completed a three-month cargo mission at the station. Credit: NASA Eleven years after the launch of the first H-II Transfer Truck (HTV) to the International Space Station, the Japanese …
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