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Petrol price to go up for May

The OGRA has submitted a summary in this regard to the government. The price of diesel (0.05% sulphur) will rise by 1 cent a litre and the price of diesel (0....

Airline SAS cancels hundreds of flights due to pilot strike

The airline has announced that it will cancel flights on Monday and Tuesday as well, prospectively affecting another 110,000 passengers. Seventy percent of th...

Graham: Kushner Wrong, Russia Interference a Big Deal

U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke attacked the close ties between Republican President Donald Trump and Fox News on Sunday, saying the Whit...

Second-Biggest Diamond In History Found In Botswana | Social

Since its introduction, a total of 12 diamonds in excess of 300 carats have been recovered at Karowe, of those, 50 per cent have been cateogrised as gem quality...

Wall Street opens mixed, Nasdaq hits record high on tech rally

ANALYSTS' COMMENTS: Companies have mostly met profit forecasts for the first quarter, taking some pressure off the market. Stocks are closing at a fresh all-t...

Jaguar Land Rover trialling a crypto 'Smart Wallet'

The system, known as Smart Wallet , is now being tested at Jaguar Land Rover's software engineering base in Shannon, Ireland. The company claims that the c...

Donald Trump says China's Xi Jinping will soon come to White House

The White House says a US delegation will travel to Beijing next week to keep trade discussions, along with also a Chinese delegation will go back to Washing...

WPP sales hit by United States client losses | 26 April 2019

Comparable sales at the group fell 2.8% in the period, with total revenue up just 0.9% to £3.58 billion. Read has responded by merging several of its biggest ...

Ford expands electric vehicle investment

Traditional automakers like Ford and General Motors have hosted electric vehicles in past, however they are still far behind from U.S. market leader Tesla. Whil...

Amazon to bring one-day delivery to Prime members

Postal Service in addition to all its other transportation partners to make one-day Prime shipping as the standard for all Prime members. Executives have not sp...

United Kingdom competition watchdog blocks Asda-Sainsbury's merger, Companies & Markets News & Top Stories

The Competition and Markets Authority has blocked the Sainsbury's-Asda merger after finding it would lead to increased prices in stores, online and at many petr...

India is reportedly looking to ban cryptocurrencies once and for all

The Indian government has recently started an inter-ministerial consultation as regards a draft bill created to legalise the banning of cryptocurrencies in th...

Facebook leak of millions of user passwords investigated by Irish privacy regulator

Ireland's Data Protection Commission said Thursday it's trying to determine if Facebook violated European rules by how it stored hundreds of millions of user ...

Slack files for unusual direct NYSE listing

Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories . It is very rare that a company going public lists cyber-security related issues as a major factor that m...

Stocks mostly inch up but dollar eases in wake of U.S

The yen was little changed on Friday, at 111.63 yen per dollar, after shedding 0.5 percent overnight. The other big mover in currencies was the Japanese yen, ...

Exxon's 1st-quarter profit tumbles 49%

Exxon's chemicals business also disappointed investors with a 49 percent slump in profit. The company's fuel-making plants lost $256 million during the Januar...

Carlos Ghosn's trial to be delayed possibly until next year

Ghosn had been working to achieve a deeper integration before his arrest on financial misconduct charges in November past year. It is the second time he has bee...

Nasdaq eyes record high after strong tech earnings; 3M results hit Dow

The cable giant missed first quarter revenue estimates but showed strong growth across several lines of business. But Facebook surged 5.8 per cent following...

Jet employee, suffering from cancer, kills self

Following suspension of its operations, the first employee of Jet Airways has committed suicide. As per functionaries of Jet Airways Staff and Employees Ass...

RBS first-quarter earnings down 12.5% amid Brexit worries

RBS relies heavily on its mortgage book: personal banking, which includes home loans, made about half of the bank's net interest income past year. However,...

US expands probe into air bag failures to 12.3M vehicles

Last month, 1.1 million vehicles in the USA were recalled voluntarily by Honda after an air bag exploded with an inflator provided by Takata and injured a drive...

Gold prices are expected to trade lower today: Angel Commodities

EDT (1816 GMT), after hitting its highest level since April 16, at $1,288.59. A slide in U.S. equities added to losses in global stock markets , which have bee...

Nokia reports surprise Q1 loss — International Business

Shares in the company fell 10 percent to their lowest level in six months as Nokia said it also expected pressure in the second half of the year. Nokia said...

New York investigating Facebook over storage of ‘unauthorised’ email contacts

Attorney general Letitia James said that it is "time Facebook is held accountable for how it handles consumers' personal information" . While Facebook has a...

RBS unveils biometric fingerprint card UK News

The card is being trialed by 200 Natwest customers over three months, and if successful the cards could become commonplace in the future. In Scotland, the tri...

Apple Announces Voluntary Recall of Three-Prong AC Wall Plug Adapter

Norfolk County Council trading standards posted the warning on its Facebook page on Friday morning. The three pronged plugs sold between 2003 and 2010 with Ap...

Apple recalls United Kingdom wall plug adapters over electric shock fears

Apple is aware of six incidents worldwide. If you have a two-pronged adapter that you bought with a device or Travel Kit between 2003 to 2015, then we would re...

Canada begins banning oil, gas, mining in marine-protected areas

Canada on Thursday began a ban on oil and gas work, as well as mining, waste dumping and bottom trawling in all of Canada's marine protected areas, according to...

Facebook Sues Company Over Selling Fake Likes

The lawsuit , against a company colloquially known as a " likes farm ", is part of Facebook's larger effort to combat what it calls " inauthentic behavior " on...

Woman Finds Feathers In McDonald's Chicken Wings

According to Shanghaiist , the woman's daughter ended up with a " mouthful of feathers " when she bit into one of the wings. The girl quickly felt nauseated ...