As the price of crude oil continues to slip down, the oil companies are cutting jobs to survive the business. In the first quarter of this year, blue collar jobs were deterred, this point, engineers and scientists will be affected.
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Citigroup's consumer bank has been fined to pay $700milion for its illegal credit card practices. The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has observed that Citibank's seven million customer accounts have been charged with misrepresenting costs fees. The consumer finance watchdog has also said that customers were charged for services not rendered to them. CFPB further notes that customers were affected by Citibank's deceptive marketing practices.
France is rethinking its taxi laws with the rising demand for Uber and other online ride-hailing services. France's Economy Minister Emmanuel Macron says key players are meeting next month to re-examine the industry's economic model.
Google offered $200 to $300 million to acquire Impossible Foods, a startup business, developing plant-based meat and dairy products. The company that wanted to beat the meat industry didn't agree on the price.
Energy sector was the prime culprit among other stocks including materials and biotech, that pulled S&P 500 and Dow Jones lower recently. S&P 500 fell 2.2% and Dow eased 2.9% during the week ended 24 July. S&P 500 suffered biggest weekly decline since March.
What happens when a single stock is influencing the performance of several mutual funds (MFs) and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) alike?
Apple and Nike will reportedly settle the claim filed two years ago over a misleading ad about the exact capability of Nike+ FuelBand, offering either $15 cash or $25 gift cards on its stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Compared to their iOS counterparts, Developers in the Mac App Store are making significantly less money and feels like they are treated like second class citizens in the world of Apple. This is bad news for developers and consumers alike.
U.S. authorities dig deeper into the alleged FIFA financial fiasco, contacting more than half a dozen banks associated to the football corruption scandal.
While the company has yet to release an official statement or at least a preview, multiple sources have begun sharing photos of what is believed to be the new Moto X, which features a screen of either 5.2- or 5.5-inch size and more advanced hardware.
