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Hotpack Packaging Industries, a UAE-based producer and wholesaler of disposable food packaging materials, has announced an investment of £50 million to develop a facility in the UK. The facility in Wrexham, Wales will be equipped with the latest in packaging and manufacturing technologies, the company said in a statement. The announcement was made when Lesley Griffiths, Welsh Government Cabinet Secretary for Environment and Rural Affairs, and Philip […]

(Image: IBM) IBM CEO Ginni Rometty on Friday announced plans to hire 2,000 more US military veterans over the next four years, as part of the company’s plan to hire 25,000 US workers through 2020. Many of the positions are “new collar jobs” that don’t always require a four-year college degree, IBM said. Rometty’s announcement was made at the White House during a meeting with President Donald […]

Sprint and U.S. Cellular have also announced the sale of LG G6 on their networks. This move comes close on the heels of Verizon Wireless, AT&T and T-Mobile sharing their offers for the LG G6. What Is Sprint Offering? Like Verizon, Sprint is also ready to accept pre-orders for the LG G6. The latter has also put up a lucrative offer, wherein it is offering a Google Home […]

Foreign investment capital has surged into Chinese domestic bonds over the past year, intensifying pressure for the inclusion of China’s $9.3tn bond market in dominant market indices that direct some of the world’s biggest fund flows, fund managers and analysts said. A year since China took meaningful steps to further open its bond market to international capital, inflows from foreign institutions rose 53 per cent to Rmb732bn […]

The GCC mobile phone market returned to growth in the final quarter of 2016 after suffering three consecutive quarter-on-quarter declines, according to the International Data Corporation (IDC). The global technology research and consulting firm said the region saw the shipment of 5.98 million units in Q4, up 7.7 percent on the previous quarter. When viewed year on year, however, the shipment numbers for Q4 were still down […]

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I think that Donald Trump has invented a new use for quotation marks. In several now-famous tweets, the president accused Barack Obama of wiretapping him during the election. Trump used quotation marks around versions of the word but also used the word without quotes. When the accusation was criticized from many quarters, Trump, and those speaking for him, said that when the president said “wiretapping”, he really […]

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Netflix is considering the possibility of streaming mobile-specific versions of its original TV shows and movies, aiming to enhance the experience for mobile users. So far, Netflix has allowed streaming on various platforms, including mobile, but it has never delivered different cuts of movies and TV shows specifically tailored for certain platforms. It’s the same cut across all devices, but Netflix believes there’s some room for improvement […]

Beijing, China – 16 March 2017 On the sidelines of King Salman bin Abdulaziz visit to China and during the 2017 ‘Saudi-China Investment Forum’, Huawei Tech. Investment Saudi Arabia and Royal Commission for Jubail and Yanbu have signed a milestone agreement to establish a training academy and a smart city innovation center in Yanbu, Saudi Arabia, accelerating smart city deployment in line with the Kingdom’s Vision 2030. […]

Are you sick and tired of opening a new web page and being greeted by a loud, obnoxious advertisement? I sure am. Pop-up and pop-under ads were bad enough, but now it seems like I can hardly go to a site without having a video start up with a blaring voice braying about a great diet, deal, or the like. I’m looking at you, Facebook. It’s easy […]

OTTAWA In a bid to attract high-tech workers, British Columbia said on Friday skilled immigrants living in Vancouver will not have to pay a special property transfer tax on foreign purchases of real estate. The Canadian province imposed the 15 percent tax on nonresidents’ purchases of property in the city last August amid concern that speculation by global investors, mostly from mainland China, was fuelling a bubble. […]

Brazilian outsourcing firm Stefanini IT Solutions has appointed a new chief executive for its operations in North America and Asia-Pacific. Former IBM head for global technology services Spencer Gracias will be leading the business for both regions, after joining the company as vice president in July 2016. Based at the firm’s Detroit offices, Gracias replaces Antonio Moreira, who had been leading Stefanini’s US presence since its launch […]

Titan, the biggest moon of Saturn, has frequently piqued the interest of NASA and is the subject of several studies and research. A new study funded by NASA, now sheds light on how the hydrocarbon lakes, as well seas on Titan may erupt with patches of bubbles occasionally. The Cassini spacecraft has shared that Titan’s composition of the lakes and seas, differs from place to place, with few […]

Havas, the French media agency, has joined the British government in pulling all of its digital ad spending from Google and YouTube in the UK, after it was revealed that government and corporate advertisements were being displayed alongside videos that advocate extremism. Havas, one of the world’s largest marketing groups, spends about £175m on digital advertising in the UK annually. It said it was also considering a […]

Mulesoft, a software “unicorn”, gained 46 per cent in its trading debut in New York on Friday, the latest in a number of hot listings that are reviving the US market for initial public offerings. Mulesoft rose to $24.75 after pricing at $17, giving the IPO the best first-day “pop” this year, according to Dealogic. The performance follows recent first-day gains from Canada Goose, the maker of […]

Humans, especially Americans, are kind of slobs. We mess up the Earth by throwing out about 4.5 pounds of garbage per person on average every day. Two-thirds of that waste could be composted, but isn’t. And half of the rest of it could be recycled, according to research from the Duke Nicholas School of the Environment, corroborated by studies from the Global Footprint Network and others. Now, […]

STUTTGART, Germany Porsche (VOWG_p.DE) will invest hundreds of millions of euros in digital services to generate the revenue needed to offset an expected decline in car sales in the coming years, its finance chief said on Friday. Growing demand for ride-hailing and car-sharing will make the part-time use of vehicles, including Porsches, as convenient as ownership in seven to 10 years and that could dent new car […]

As the launch date of the Samsung Galaxy S8 is coming closer, rumors, speculations and leaks, pertaining to the device are gathering momentum. Based on the rumored speculations, Samsung is expected to beef up the device with biometric security options, including facial recognition as well as fingerprint and iris scanners. All three features are reflective of Samsung’s goal to make the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8+ secure […]

Markets do not have a clue how to handle political populism. They are still frightened of it, even though last year’s populist earthquakes in the UK and US are yet to have the drastic consequences that had been feared, and they cannot gauge its chances of success. This might yet create opportunities for those who can stomach some risk. This was a great week for European stocks, […]

Credit: Public Domain Slow wi-fi is a source of irritation that nearly everyone experiences. Wireless devices in the home consume ever more data, and it’s only growing, and congesting the wi-fi network. Researchers at Eindhoven University of Technology have come up with a surprising solution: a wireless network based on harmless infrared rays. The capacity is not only huge (more than 40Gbit/s per ray) but also there […]

As part of sweeping efforts to reduce regulation and boost business, President Trump this week announced plans to relax fuel economy standards. The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards, which were implemented decades ago but accelerated under President Obama, call for automakers to reach a fleetwide average 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. In typical deal-maker fashion, Trump went to Detroit to announce the easing […]

It is not uncommon for younger people to believe that cancers such as colon and rectal cancers afflict mostly older individuals. Recent study, however, has shown that the number of Gen X and millennials diagnosed with this disease each year is increasing as the number decreases for adults over the age of 50. While the main reason for the increase in diagnosis for Gen X and millennials is relatively […]

The White House has assured the UK government it will not repeat allegations that President Donald Trump was placed under surveillance by GCHQ, Britain’s electronic eavesdropping agency, after London protested over the “nonsense” claims. The allegations, made on Thursday by White House press secretary Sean Spicer, triggered an angry response from Downing Street, an extraordinary high-level spat between two allies with possibly the closest intelligence-sharing relationship in […]

Doha Festival City, which is due to open next month, has revealed its plans for a 3km outdoor leisure trail. Visitors to the new shopping mall will have free access to the trail, which includes a running and walking path, as well as an adjacent cycling lane with technical trail features specifically designed for mountain bikes, a statement said. The mall has postponed its opening date several […]

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