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Visa is aiming to make B2B payments simple

Upon launch, it covers over 30 global trade corridors, with plans to expand to 90 markets by the end of the year. This will use tokens to give each transaction ...

Ford recalls 1.3 million vehicles for suspension, transmission woes

So far, Ford says they have only had one reported crash and no injuries reported. The recall will affect more than 1.2 million vehicles. Ford says a rear su...

Uber begins delivering McDonald's burgers by drone

The first food partner for the test is McDonald's, but the program will expand to include more options later in the year. According to Bloomberg , which got ...

Facebook offers to pay if you'll let it study your online habits

Facebook announced Tuesday that it is recruiting participants to download its new app Study from the Google Play store . If you've got the app downloaded, ...

FedEx drops air-delivery contract with Amazon

Amazon has increasingly situation its sights on the segment, which is most fundamental for its core industry, threatening the possibilities of the incumbents UP...

Privateer To Release Tilray Shares Over Next Two Years

During the first year following the closing of the merger, shares will be released only pursuant to marketed offerings and/or block trades to institutional inve...

Automaker Ford Inaugurates New Research Center in Tel Aviv

Ford's global network of research centers include Aachen in Germany, Nanjing in China and Dearborn in the United States. Israel in recent years has grown to r...

USA consumer inflation slows in May on cheap energy, used cars

Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said last week that the central bank was closely monitoring the implications of the trade war on the economy and would "act as approp...

Facebook to Announce Cryptocurrency Project This Month

This might reassure users that the digital currency, which most probably will be a stablecoin , will be free of any manipulations. The currency is now believed...

S.Korea, UK negotiate FTA to address possible hard Brexit

Last year, the trade relationship between the United Kingdom and South Korea was worth US$18.5 billion and has increased by an average of 12% per year since the...

Elon Musk talks up Tesla's 'Cyberpunk truck,' and 400-mile range EVs

Revenues fell to $3.7 billion, from $6.3 billion in the previous quarter, the fourth quarter of 2018. Rivals are stepping up efforts and Tesla continues to inve...

Build-A-Bear Brings Back Its ‘Pay-Your-Age’ Event, Sort Of

Those who are not yet Bonus Club members can sign up for the program and complete a birthday profile in order to enter the Count Your Candles sweepstakes and P...

Dropbox’s new desktop app is a radical overhaul

You can even view AutoCAD files inside a Dropbox file viewer, even if you don't have AutoCAD installed. The app is available for Windows, MacOS, Android and iOS...

Amazon Restaurants food-delivery service on the chopping block

It is also ending its Daily Dish program, which delivered lunch to workplaces. To be sure, this is hardly a surprise. If this is the first you're hearing ...

Study finds Google makes billions from news

But one relatively recent arrival in the business had a banner year: According to a report from the News Media Alliance , Google nearly matched the industry'...

Fiat Chrysler in talks with Aurora on autonomous vehicles

Though FCA's commercial division covers everything from police cars like the Dodge Durango Pursuit and Charger Pursuit models to heavy-duty trucks and delivery ...

Stocks climb with bond yields on trade optimism

Earlier, S&P500 mini futures rose as much as 0.8pc and was last up 0.3pc. Global investors had feared that opening up another trade conflict, while still batt...

Flying Uber trial to take place in Melbourne from 2020

A number of aviation companies are now prototyping vertical take-off and land (VTOL) aircraft - essentially helicopters - to be used as part of the Uber Air s...

Trump says secret deal with Mexico takes effect when he wants

And it means crime. "There is no other thing". That's a lot. And we're moving along very rapidly. As we've repeatedly said before, it's shameful that the U.S. B...

Centre defends methodology after former CEA Arvind Subramanian says GDP figures ‘overstated’

India objectively measures the contribution of various sectors in the economy and the country's gross domestic product (GDP) estimates are based on accepted pro...

Google top spender on lobbying in US, spent $21.7 million in 2018

He said it was unclear if American tech companies actually deserved the lawsuits from the European Union, which he described as "easy money" for Europe. Goo...

Image gallery: 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLB SUV

But the hike in price is well worth it, as there is essentially more of everything in this new auto. Including destination, the 2020 GLS 450 4MATIC will start...

Honda Mean Mower V2 sets Guinness record for 0-100 miles per hour

Lest you think that it can't possibly still cut grass, Honda would like to assure you that it does. Honda claims Mean Mower V2 hit 150.99mph at the Lausit...

President Trump defends using trade tariffs

I think interesting things will happen. Fitch Ratings said on Monday any such move would be disruptive to the U.S. technology sector and could hurt some Chine...

Stock skyrockets after shareholder bid to take retailer private

Baker and investors including WeWork Property are offering $9.45 a share for the remaining stock of Hudson's Bay. In February, it announced a "fleet review" of ...

Audi Recalls 1644 e-Tron SUVs Globally

Talks with German authorities about a potential recall in Europe are ongoing, Audi spokesman Udo Ruegheimer said. Under certain circumstances, Audi says, mois...

Chinese shareholder has its eye on larger slice of Thomas Cook

Thomas Cook said in a statement: "There can be no certainty that this approach will result in a formal offer". However, a company spokesman said: "It's busine...

Ted Baker blames 'extremely hard trading' for profit warning

The company complained of "unseasonable weather" across North America and a "highly promotional" sales environment as it said profits for the year ending Januar...

Apple iPhones for the U.S. can be made Outside China, Says Foxconn

For those who don't know, Hon Hai Precision (aka Foxconn Technology Group or just Foxconn) is now the world's largest contract manufacturing company. "Twenty-...

Huawei's Rise to Top of Smartphone Market Has Stalled

Huawei's chief strategist, Shao Yang, said Tuesday the company now has to "wait a little bit longer to achieve that". But Shao provided some data to prove his c...