Google is rolling out an update to Chrome OS to bring the Google Now experience to Chrome OS. The feature was previously available in a beta of the Chrome operating system, and now all Chromebooks have access to Google’s anticipatory search computing engine in the public release. Along with porting Google Now from Android to Chrome OS, there are a few other notable changes as part of the Chrome OS
Investors attempting to determine whether U.S. equities will rebound from Friday’s selloff or continue to sink will look to a deluge of earnings next week for a clearer picture of the economy. Equities lost ground after industrials Honeywell International and General Electric took hits from the strong dollar, while concerns over new trading regulations in China and Greece’s place in the euro zone dented sentiment. Investors have grown concerned about
MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) – Russia denied on Saturday a German media report suggesting that it could sign a gas pipeline deal with Greece as early as Tuesday which could bring up to five billion euros into Athens’ depleted state coffers. German magazine Der Spiegel, citing a senior figure in Greece’s ruling Syriza party, said the advance funds could “turn the page” for Athens, which is now struggling to reach a deal
SHANGHAI/DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co’s (F.N) global premiere of its redesigned Taurus sedan in China underscores a shift in its U.S. home market from the big sedan to roomier, utilitarian crossover SUVs. There’s a similar trend in China, the world’s biggest car market, but there is still a decent appetite among Chinese buyers for large sedans while, in the United States, demand has stagnated. According to research firm IHS
Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) will sell Postbank (DPBGn.DE) but keep a pared back own-brand retail business in the overhaul plan currently favored by management, sources familiar with the internal discussions at Germany’s biggest lender said. Only two management board members support dumping all retail activities, with the other six favoring just selling Postbank, the sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity as the matter is not public. Seven years after
Crude futures fell from 2015 peaks in choppy trading on Friday, but Brent’s 9.6 percent weekly gain was its biggest in more than five years as Middle East turmoil and signs of lower U.S. production lifted prices. Brent June crude fell 53 cents to settle at $63.45 a barrel, having swung from $62.95 to $64.50 after hitting $64.95, its 2015 high, on Thursday. Brent’s second straight weekly gain, the fourth
Ukrainian authorities met with investors in Washington on Friday as part of an effort to secure agreement on extending maturities of bonds issued by state-run Ukreximbank. In a news release issued following …
Big may be beautiful, but Toyota Motor Corp’s global design chief is betting that edgy is the way to go for the Japanese automaker’s premium Lexus brand, specifically its signature ‘spindle grille’ design. Tokuo Fukuichi, who is also Lexus’ global chief, says the design shock-therapy gives the brand – and conservative Toyota more broadly – the stand-out face it previously lacked. While some industry rivals and design experts
Greece will need to tap all the remaining cash reserves across its public sector — a total of 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) — to pay civil service wages and pensions at the end of the month, according to finance ministry officials. Barring a last-ditch deal with its creditors, that is likely to leave no money to repay the International Monetary Fund almost 1 billion euros due in the first
Now, as the company prepares to expand the technology to most of its 2016 U.S. models, GM is lifting the curtain on its digital business strategy. GM is the first automaker to reveal its projections, but it is not alone in chasing digital profits. As in-car broadband usage grows, GM’s estimates could turn out to be conservative, some analysts say, since the potential for revenues from in-car broadband connections are
