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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
(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
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
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
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.
As stocks continue to see a major selloff, Peter Schiff says markets are about to lose the one last thing propping them up.
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.
As the direct linkages to the American economy and markets are not immense, some strategists are questioning whether the angst over China is overdone.
LOS ANGELES, Aug 26 (Reuters) – “Star Wars” fans eagerly anticipating the December release of “The Force Awakens” won’t have to wait to get their hands on toys and memorabilia tied to the movie – Walt Disney Co. on Wednesday will hold a global online event to roll them out. The toys will be introduced over an 18-hour period in 15 cities and 12 countries beginning early on Sept. 3,
Orders to U.S. factories for long-lasting manufactured goods rose in July, and demand in a key category that tracks business investment plans jumped by the largest amount in 13 months. The Commerce Department …
