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Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Spectators watch a Boeing Co. 737 Max 7 jetliner land on the opening day of the Farnborough International Airshow 2018 in Farnborough, U.K., July 16, 2018. Boeing announced Friday it had inked two separate deals to sell up to 150 of its popular …
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Half the world’s population tuned in to this year’s soccer tournament
Bruno Levesque | IP3 | Getty Images French fans attend the French football team parade on the Champs Elysees in a double-decker bus the day after their victory in the 2018 World Cup final, on July 16, 2018 in Paris, France. The French team won their second star after winning …
Read More »Could an electric fence have stopped Gatwick drone chaos?
Athanasios Gioumpasis | Getty Images Passengers stranded at Gatwick wait for updates on their travel options on December 20, 2018. Technology that stops drones delivering contraband to prisons could be used to prevent chaotic flight disruptions like those seen at London’s Gatwick Airport this week, an industry expert told CNBC. …
Read More »House votes on spending bill, border wall ahead of government shutdown
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and House Speaker designate Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) speak to reporters after meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, U.S., December 11, 2018. At the news conference with Schumer, Pelosi called the House bill “shameful.” She …
Read More »Microsoft IE emergency patch issued
Criminals are currently exploiting a newly found flaw in several popular versions of Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, according to the company, security researchers at Google and the Department of Homeland Security. Attackers can use the vulnerability to gain broad access to computer systems, according to the U.S. Computer Emergency Response …
Read More »‘Hopefully it will all come together’
Jabin Botsford | The Washington Post | Getty Images President Donald J. Trump speaks in the South Court Auditorium in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex on Wednesday, June 27, 2018 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump on Thursday doubled down on his insistence that any …
Read More »Conagra shares crater as Pinnacle deal fails to boost growth
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images In the Pinnacle Foods deal, Conagra gained brands such as Birds Eye, Hungry-Man, Aunt Jemima Frozen Breakfast, and Armour brand frozen foods. Shares of Conagra Foods nosedived 17 percent Thursday, hitting a 52-week low, after the company missed revenue estimates, citing hurricane effects …
Read More »Drone sightings shut down Britain’s Gatwick airport
Dan Kitwood | Getty Images Passengers wait for announcements at Gatwick South Terminal on December 20, 2018 in London, England. Authorities at Gatwick closed the runway after drones were spotted over the airport on the night of December 19. Drone sightings kept London Gatwick Airport closed for a second day …
Read More »Buffett protege Jain buys $20 million of Berkshire Hathaway’s shares
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Ajit Jain, head of the Berkshire Hathaway reinsurance business. Berkshire Hathaway’s Ajit Jain bought about $20 million of stock on Dec. 18, according to a regulatory filing on Thursday. The move was in A shares, the ones that trade around $288,000 each. The …
Read More »Apple appoints AI chief John Giannandrea to exec team
Bloomberg | Getty Images John Giannandrea, senior vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy at Apple, speaks at the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017. Apple on Thursday said John Giannandrea, the company’s recently appointed senior vice president of artificial intelligence and machine learning strategy, is now part of the company’s …
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