(Reuters) – Facebook Inc (FB.O) said on Friday that Apple Inc (AAPL.O) had rejected his request to waive a 30% commission fee, the iPhone maker charges apps called on iOS devices, and made a shot at his fellow Big Tech peer when developers challenged the policy. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed …
Read More »Exclusive: Review of US-China trade postponed as China warms up farm, energy purchases
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and China have delayed an assessment of their Phase 1 trade sales, which originally began on Saturday, sources familiar with the plans told Reuters, citing schedule conflicts and the need to allow time for more Chinese purchases of U.S. exports. PHILO PHOTO: U.S. Trade …
Read More »‘Canary in coal’: Greenland ice is shrinking further back, study finds
(Reuters) – Greenland’s ice sheet may have shrunk past the point of return, with ice likely to melt, no matter how fast global warming emits from global warming, new research suggests. A fishing vessel will be in the ice fjord near Ilulissat, Greenland 12 September 2017. Photo taken 12 September …
Read More »U.S. prosecutors investigate former NASA officer Boeing over space contract: sources
WASHINGTON / SEATTLE (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a criminal probe into whether the former head of NASA’s human spaceflight gave Boeing Co.PROHIBITION) wrong guidance during a lucrative lunar-lander contract competition, said two people familiar with the matter on Friday. PHILO PHOTO: The Department of Justice …
Read More »Investors in Belarus face ‘dictatorship dilemma’, Putin may hold the key
LONDON (Reuters) – Investors face a classic ‘dictatorial dilemma’ in Belarus – hold on to securities that take advantage of the status quo in a brutal regime, or sell them and close their bonds – but whichever way they go, for largely dependent on Vladimir Putin’s Russia. PHOTO PHOTO: Russian …
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