Twenty-six-year-old Kuniako Saito and his team at Cocoa Motors recently unveiled the lithium battery-powered “WalkCar” transporter, which is the size of a laptop and resembles a skateboard more than a car. The futuristic skateboard will have a price-tag of around 100,000 Japanese Yen (approx. $800 USD).
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – JD.com Inc, China’s second-largest e-commerce site by sales, reported a 61 percent year-on-year rise in quarterly revenue, topping expectations, powered by a jump in the number of shoppers and goods bought on its platform. The group’s second-quarter revenue of 45.9 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) exceeded an average estimate of 44.45 billion, according to a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 14 analysts. JD.com, a distant
By Paul Carsten BEIJING (Reuters) – JD.com Inc, China’s second-largest e-commerce site by sales, reported a 61 percent year-on-year rise in quarterly revenue, topping expectations, powered by a jump in the number of shoppers and goods bought on its platform. The group’s second-quarter revenue of 45.9 billion yuan ($7.4 billion) exceeded an average estimate of 44.45 billion, according to a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 14 analysts. JD.com, a distant
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Bill Gross, money manager at Janus Capital Group Inc., said the global economy is “dangerously close to deflationary growth.” Once there is a “whiff of deflation, things tend to reverse and go badly,” Gross said
Bill Gross, money manager at Janus Capital Group Inc., said the global economy is “dangerously close to deflationary growth.” Once there is a “whiff of deflation, things tend to reverse and go badly,” Gross said
Bill Gross, money manager at Janus Capital Group Inc., said the global economy is “dangerously close to deflationary growth.” Once there is a “whiff of deflation, things tend to reverse and go badly,” Gross said
The solid jobs growth for last month gives the Fed little reason not to raise interest rates next months, market watchers told CNBC Friday.
The solid jobs growth for last month gives the Fed little reason not to raise interest rates next months, market watchers told CNBC Friday.
A Whole Foods Market Inc shareholder has accused the grocer in a lawsuit of committing securities fraud by concealing its overcharging of New York City customers, leading to bad publicity that hurt sales and drove its share price down. In a complaint filed on Thursday in federal court in Austin, Texas, the plaintiff Yochanan Markman said Whole Foods knew or recklessly disregarded that it routinely overstated the weight of pre-packaged