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Tesla to Shrink Board to 7 Directors From 11

Mr. Gracias has been an independent director at Tesla since Y 2010. Director terms would be cut from three years to two, allowing shareholders to vote on the ...

Vitalik Says He Tried to Intern at Ripple in 2013

Imagine an alternate universe in which Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin never started working on Ethereum because he was way too busy with his internship...

U.S. homebuilding drops near two-year low in March

They were at a rate of about 1.313 million, a decrease of 1.9% compared with February but an increase of 6.8% compared with March 2018. So far this year, starts...

On 420, Carl's Jr. stirs the pot with cannabis-infused burger

Jumping into the festivities for the first time is West Coast-based fast food chain Carl's Jr ., which will be the first major fast food restaurant to add CBD ...

Sick Passengers Taken To Hospital After Landing In Boston

A spokesman for the airline said the 16 people were all from the same group, WCVB reports. Boston EMS responded to the airport with multiple units after rec...

Wall Street opens higher after strong retail sales data

Special Needs Easter Egg Hunt

The annual Easter egg hunt is on again this Sunday, April 21 at the Katikati Bird Gardens, so grab the kids and bunny hop them out to pick up some tasty chocola...

BP, partners to move forward with $6B Caspian Sea oil project

Once oil begins flowing in 2023 the new rig could produce as much as 100,000 barrels of oil a day, and up to 300 million barrels over its lifetime. Abdullayev...

FTC considering oversight of Facebook's Zuckerberg

According to The Washington Post , the FTC regulators who are investigating Facebook are going over the previous statements of the company chief regarding priva...

Drinking on BC Ferries?

Customers are limited to a two-drink maximum, and only with the purchase of a meal in the Pacific Buffet. The Northern Expedition, the ship making the 22-hour...

It's a Hard Time for the Euro

The PMI has acted as a reliable gauge of the health of the Japanese economy and such a weak reading added to gloomy prospects for economic growth in 2019. Retai...

5-year-old boy calls 911 to ask for McDonalds

In audio obtained by the news station little Iziah can be heard asking dispatcher Sara Kuberski for some fast food. "What's your emergency?" she answered. "5-ye...

Plans for Trans Mountain expansion project delayed

Interestingly, during the Alberta election, Rachel Notley stated she believed the Trudeau government would approve it by the end of May . The feds took actio...

Sears suing former chairman over loss of $2 billion in assets

According to a CNBC report , the lawsuit claims that Lampert was the cause of Sears' downfall and that he and several of the retailer's largest shareholder...

Diane Abbott apologises after drinking mojito on TfL train

The Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP said she was "sincerely sorry for drinking on TfL". Ms Abbott, who previously campaigned to end the sale of cheap al...

Blackstone set to adopt corporation structure to help investors buy stock

Easter Egg Hunt and Bunny Run this Saturday in Apple Valley

The city-wide Easter Egg Hunt in Marquette was such a hit they're adding bonus eggs. A lot of work goes into preparing for an egg hunt, and it takes some ...

B.C. Ferries: Long waits for sailings on Good Friday

ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP) Sells UK Oil & Gas Production Unit For $2.7 Billion

The latest deal comes after private equity-backed Chrysaor bought up a package of North Sea assets from Shell in 2017 for up to US$ 3.8bn. The transaction w...

Barnes & Noble Is Offering Free Download of the Mueller Report

Consumers can pre-order the document at the bookseller's site and receive a copy after its release on Thursday. Bookseller Barnes & Noble said Wednesday tha...

Competition watchdog calls for shake-up of audit market

More choice and competition for the audits of big businesses can and should drive up their quality, but the barriers to entry for "challenger" audit firms are n...

Unilever first quarter sales beat expectations

Growth in Unilever's continuing operations remained solid, particularly in emerging markets, where underlying sales were up 5 per cent. It also stood by its 2...

Amazon to close online store in China

Amazon is the latest example of an American tech company in China struggling to contend with local leaders like Alibaba Group Holding and JD.com, as well as gro...

Intu sells 50% stake in Derby Shopping Centre

Intu will continue to manage the centre on behalf of the joint venture. "While expected, the transaction provides some confidence in Intu's ability to dispose...

Toyota, SoftBank fund, Denso invest $1 billion in Uber

The world's biggest taxi-hailing company said that it had struck a deal with the technology fund of Softbank, the Japanese conglomerate, as well as with Toyota,...

Huawei secures more 5G contracts despite security concerns

The Huawei Deputy Chairman said there are 40 5G handsets already in the market, even before any large scale launch of 5G services. "We don't believe there is ...

Check out these Easter egg hunts this weekend

It's all happening at Minnick Park on Kissingbower Road. Those who have correctly counted all of them are entered into a draw for the giant chocolate bunny wh...

Australia employment rose 25.7k, no imminent need for RBA cut

The upbeat jobs report could alleviate pressure on the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) to cut rates in the second half of this year. Australian employment cli...

Binance Chain launches on mainnet

According to the above press, the next steps include the migration of the now existing ERC20-based BNB tokens to the new Binance Chain BNB (BEP2 BNB). Moreove...

Fiat Chrysler Recalls 320,000 Vehicles

National Highway Traffic Administration. To date, there have not been any reported crashes or fatalities, but thousands of Dart owners have reported the need ...