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Finnish post office tests drone for parcel delivery

The Finnish postal service has begun tests with drones to deliver online purchases. According to Posti Group, it is the first company in Europe to experiment with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) for mail delivery in an urban area, with a flight path that is partially obstructed. During the tests, parcels that weigh no more than three kilograms will be flown to the island by the drone, while letters and other

Kuwait telco Zain eyes technology investments: CEO

By Matt Smith DUBAI (Reuters) – Kuwait’s Zain will investment more in technology firms in parallel industries and is considering buying into two digital advertising companies, the telecom operator’s chief executive said on Monday. Zain, like many Gulf telecoms operators, has suffered as subscriber growth stagnated and replacement services such as instant messaging and Internet-based calls replaced higher-margin text messages and conventional phone calls. Last week, it announced a link-up

Wild trading exposed flaws in ETFs

The extreme stock-market gyrations in August exposed cracks that many critics had warned about in the booming business of exchange-traded funds—cracks that fund managers such as BlackRock Inc. are now acknowledging as they work to figure out what went wrong.

Fischer's 2014 why-wait wisdom points to Fed liftoff this week

Stanley Fischer offered a word to the wise in 2014 that resonates today as he and other Federal Reserve officials face their toughest decision in years — the benefits of waiting can be overrated. Slowing economic growth abroad and volatile stock prices at home are prompting some U.S. central bankers to rethink whether now is the best time for the first interest-rate increase since 2006. One option, says former Fed