science / science - 5 years ago
The shares rose 4.1 percent in Tokyo on Friday after the company announced the buyback, which starts Tuesday and will last through March 22. The repurchase makes up 2.4 percent of the stock, and comes days after Japanese telecoms and technology gian...
science / science - 5 years ago
To make matters worse, the fall of Cuban ally President Nicolas Maduro's socialist government in Venezuela would be a serious blow to the Communist-run nation's already fragile economy. "It’s Trump going after Cuba that worries investors, as opposed...
science / science - 5 years ago
"It’s like I'm the universe and you'll be N-A-S-A"
science / science - 5 years ago
In a surprising move that lit up social media feeds worldwide, the Amazon.com Inc. founder and chief executive officer published a blog post on Thursday, alleging that the publisher of the National Enquirer tried to blackmail him with embarrassing ph...
science / science - 5 years ago
Marcelo Claure was named chief operating officer in May with the goal of improving operations across SoftBank portfolio companies and getting startups such as Uber Technologies Inc. and WeWork Cos Inc. to work together. The staff Claure has been hir...
science / science - 5 years ago
A prominent Chinese businessman and political donor, linked in the past to a row about the promotion of Chinese interests, said on Friday Australia's decision to rescind his visa was based on nothing more than speculation. Huang Xiangmo is unable to...
science / science - 5 years ago
Experts start the delicate task of taking apart Genoa's Morandi motorway bridge on Friday almost six months after its partial collapse during a storm killed 43 people and injured dozens. Thousands of tonnes of steel, concrete and asphalt have alread...
science / science - 5 years ago
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science / science - 5 years ago
The court on a 5-4 vote granted an emergency application by Shreveport-based abortion provider Hope Medical Group for Women to block the Republican-backed law from going into effect while litigation continues. The four liberal justices were joined b...
science / science - 5 years ago
Or at least that’s what the top people at the National Enquirer thought. AMI, the owner of the National Enquirer, led by David Pecker, recently entered into an immunity deal with the Department of Justice related to their role in the so-called “Catc...
science / science - 5 years ago
The Cupertino, California-based technology giant gave O’Brien two sets of 23,922 restricted stock units -- one group that will vest across three years beginning Aug. 5, 2021, and the other based on the company’s performance that may vest on Oct. 1, 2...
science / science - 5 years ago
The magazine, owned by American Media Inc., published an expose on Bezos’s relationship with former TV anchor Lauren Sanchez, and Bezos has hired investigators to find out if the story was politically motivated. In a surprising move on Thursday, Bez...
science / science - 5 years ago
Women are less successful in receiving research funding than men if the selection process focusses on the scientist making the pitch rather than the science presented, according to new research released Friday. The experiment analysed nearly 24,000...
science / science - 5 years ago
A state-of-the-art astronomical camera system in California known as the Zwicky Transient Facility is rolling out an early batch of greatest hits with an assist from the University of Washington. The wide-angle camera makes use of the 48-inch Samuel...
science / science - 5 years ago
China's space agency has had a busy year thus far, with a successful Moon landing and rover deployment as well as some pretty neat experiments that are offering scientists some interesting insights.The country's Chang'e 4 lander touched d...