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Uber buys Middle Eastern rival Careem for $3.1bn

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U.S. Treasury yields hit lowest since late 2017, global stocks fall

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Halifax's Emera sells ME power assets to Calgary's Enmax for $1.8B

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All black everything: Ford offers Black Appearance Package for 2019 Ford Rangers

Breaking up the black are body-colored bumpers that also come as part of the package. Ford also offers a STX appearance package for the Ranger XL. "The Blac...

German billionaire family that owns Einstein Bros. Bagels admits Nazi past

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Ford Bronco reportedly looks retro, has removable doors

It was previously rumoured the new SUV would be available only in four-door guise, which pretty much goes against everything the Bronco stands for. In state...

BA flight lands in Edinburgh instead of Dusseldorf by mistake

The flight has now been redirected and landed in Dusseldorf , BA says. " We have apologised to customers for this interruption to their journey and will be c...

Twitter on Fire After Dusseldorf-Bound British Airways Plane Lands in Edinburgh

Surprised passengers complained on social media, with one writing: "Can you please explain how can my morning flight taking off from LCY to Dusseldorf land in...

California avocado recall: How to check if your fruit is safe

No illnesses have been reported so far, the recall is simply "out of an abundance of caution", the FDA said in an announcement. The voluntary recall went into a...

Aston Martin DBS GT Zagato First Renderings Released

Its creators say the auto embodies the next evolution in Aston Martin Zagato design language, though signature elements such as a double-bubble roof and truncat...

South Africa's Naspers to list global businesses in Amsterdam

Founded more than 100 years ago in Stellenbosch, South Africa, Naspers has transformed itself from a newspaper publisher into a 1.5 trillion rand ($103.75 billi...

Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao Reveals Why Crypto Exchanges Fake Volume

Bitwise has noticed that most of the reported spot volume of BTC is fake in his in-depth research, which has been compiled for submission to the US Securiti...

Boosts Micron Technology (MU) Price Target to $64.00

Charles King of Pund-IT Inc. said Micron's main problem right now is that the memory chip space is in the midst of a cycle where oversupply is causing suppliers...

Jet Founder Naresh Goyal, Wife Anita Goyal Exit Amid Debt Crisis

With just six days left to the end of this financial year, lenders are in a rush to seal a resolution plan. Naresh Goyal, Chairman of Jet Airways speaks durin...

Uber Plans to Takes Over Middle-Eastern Rival Careem for $3.1 Billion

Two sources familiar with the deal confirmed the same to Reuters . The Dubai-based company shareholders including Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal's investment ...

Bloodhound land speed tests in SA ‘could start this year’

Ian Warhurst has vowed to begin the high-speed testing for the Bloodhound LSR as soon as possible. The auto now has red and white livery and has moved into h...

Jet airways suspends ops of 13 int'l routes over rentals non-payment

That has also impacted the Rs 750 crore of interim funding to keep Jet afloat, resulting in the grounding of aircraft and flight cancellations. "The lenders w...

Debenhams warns restructuring may wipe out shareholders

Debenhams is reportedly on the verge of securing a £200 million cash injection as a way to save the business and stave off a takeover campaign led by Mike Ash...

India's Reliance says not breaching USA sanctions against Venezuela

A senior US government official has told Indian media that private local refiners had stopped importing crude oil from Venezuela, noting the cooperation of Indi...

Trump to nominate conservative economist Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve board

And he tapped Powell, who had been chosen for the Fed board by President Barack Obama , to succeed Janet Yellen as chairman. He's been a Fed guy for many yea...

Unemployment Rate Holds at 4.0 Percent in February

It's also the 34th consecutive month where MA has had an unemployment rate of 4 percent or lower. Payroll gains in multiple sectors of the regional economy he...

USA budget deficit reaches record 234 bln United States dollars in February

As is typically the case, the timing of payments played a role; without the timing shifts, the deficit would have grown by 25 percent in the first five months, ...

Pinterest Speeds Up IPO, Uber Picks NYSE for Public Debut

The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reports it would list on the New York Stock Exchange. As per data compiled by Bloom...

STM forced to recall busses all across Quebec over safety concerns

Montreal had to remove 285 of the buses, and it advised commuters to expect delays. The association representing the transit corporations said Nova Bus has id...

Marmite peanut butter is officially a thing as it hits United Kingdom supermarkets

The new spread - called the Marmite Crunchy Peanut Butter - is about to land in United Kingdom supermarkets for the very first time. Further, he added that Ma...

Avocados recalled because of listeria risk

All shipments from the California packing facility are subject to the recall, Henry Avocado said, adding that the company only started packing at the facility i...