General manager of TV station: 2 crew members shot, killed on air in central Virginia
MOENTA, Va. (AP) — General manager of TV station: 2 crew members shot, killed on air in central Virginia.
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Love them or loathe them, emails are here to stay: survey
Despite the popularity of instant messaging, texting and social media, the poll showed that email is the top communications tool at work and will grow in importance over the next five years. In the online survey, comprising 400 U.S. white-collar, adult workers, nearly half of the respondents said they think their use of emails for work will increase in coming years. “Email is and will remain a cornerstone of the
Europe faces up to flight safety threat posed by drones
By Victoria Bryan and Peter Maushagen BERLIN/FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) – No-drone zones, software to block flights into sensitive areas and registration rules are among proposals from European regulators and aviation experts to ensure growing numbers of drones don’t case dangerous run-ins with passenger aircraft. The use of civil drones, whether for commercial purposes such as crop surveillance, monitoring of natural disasters, photography or just as a fun leisure activity, is
IDC expects steeper 8.7 percent PC shipment decline this year
(Reuters) – Research firm International Data Corp said it expected 2015 PC shipments to fall steeper than its earlier forecast due to a large inventory of notebooks and the impact of a strong dollar. IDC on Wednesday forecast PC shipments to fall 8.7 percent this year, higher than its earlier estimate of a 6.2 percent decline. PC shipments are expected to start growing again in 2017 led by the commercial
Barcelona mayor's tourism crackdown puts Airbnb in firing line
By Adrian Croft BARCELONA (Reuters) – Barcelona’s new mayor is picking a fight with home rental websites as she tries to crack down on uncontrolled tourism that she fears could drive out poor residents and spoil the Catalan capital’s charm. Ada Colau is threatening to fine firms like Airbnb and Booking.com if they market apartments from tourists without a number showing that they are on the Catalan tourism register. “Everybody
Angry Birds maker Rovio plans deep job cuts as profits fall
By Jussi Rosendahl HELSINKI (Reuters) – Finland’s Rovio, maker of mobile phone game Angry Birds, forecast its earnings would fall for a third consecutive year and said it planned to slash up to 39 percent of its workforce to try to improve its prospects. Rovio has failed to create new hit games since the 2009 launch of Angry Birds, the top paid mobile app of all time, though it has
Stocks trim opening gains, up about 2% in choppy trade
U.S. stocks jumped, attempting for a second day to bounce from a recent plunge, as investors eyed stimulus moves out of China and U.S. data.
Peter Schiff: The market's 'pipe dream' is ending
As stocks continue to see a major selloff, Peter Schiff says markets are about to lose the one last thing propping them up.
Analyst trolls Chanos, says he's lying about Elon Musk's SolarCIty
One of Wall Street’s most famous short-sellers has set his sights on one of Elon Musk’s companies. But Pavel Molchanov of Raymond James says Jim Chanos isn’t being truthful about SolarCity.
The one big market disequilibrium that hasn't been resolved
As the direct linkages to the American economy and markets are not immense, some strategists are questioning whether the angst over China is overdone.