Softbank Vision Fund, the world’s largest private equity fund, recently said that it has raised over $93 billion to invest in technology. As they said in a statement, “The next stage of the Information Revolution is under way, and building the businesses that will make this possible will require unprecedented large-scale, long-term investment.” The fund… Continue Reading
The recent global cyber-attack known as WannaCry infected over 300,000 computers around the world, with China among the hardest hit. As of Saturday, about 30,000 Chinese organizations were infected with a “ransomware” virus that takes advantage of weaknesses in Microsoft Corp systems. China lashed out against the United States in the wake of the damage,… Continue Reading
The premier business awards program in the United States announced its winners of the 15th annual prize. The Alexium International Group took a prize, which will be presented in New York in June. The CEO and executive director of Alexium, Nicholas Clark, was awarded the Silver Stevie Award for Executive of the Year in the… Continue Reading
Talk about multi-tasking. MIT’s Senseable City Lab, which tries to find ways to better understand modern cities, has a great new program called City Scanner. They are taking single-purpose garbage trucks and turning them into multi-tasking centers. There are currently five trucks in Cambridge, Massachusetts that are measuring many variables including air pollution, traffic status,… Continue Reading
First Quarter figures are in, and they are not pretty. The country’s GDP grew at a three-year low rate of only 0.7 percent during the first three months of 2017, the slowest growth since January-March 2014. The news of the poor economic performance comes in stark contrast to the great expectations held by newly elected… Continue Reading
Reach back in memory to January and the well-publicized meeting between newly inaugurated US President Donald Trump and Executive Chairman Jack Ma of Chinese mega-company Alibaba. At that meeting Ma made a pledge to launch an online sales platform which would give at least 1 million small US businesses a chance to market their wares… Continue Reading
According to a study conducted by personal finance site NerdWallet, it sometimes makes more sense to hold onto your frequent flyer points and use cash to pay for your plane ticket. The new summer travel study showed that in a few specific circumstances, using reward points is a financial mistake. NerdWallet examined 20 of the… Continue Reading
Due to huge cost overruns in two projects in Georgia and South Carolina, Westinghouse, the US nuclear division of Toshiba, has filed for bankruptcy protection. The losses have negatively affected the Japanese parent company, Toshiba putting the future of the conglomerate at risk. Toshiba announced that the bankruptcy will not harm Westinghouse, UK, which has… Continue Reading
Researchers at the University of Vermont have been working to encourage the cultivation of the world’s most expensive spice, saffron. The exotic spice comes from a fall-flowering crocus, which is now grown mostly in Iran. U of V scientists have already been raising the flower and extracting the valuable spice, and now would like to… Continue Reading
Since President Trump issued his first executive order banning refugees from certain countries from entering the United States, there has continued to be a flow of people into the country, since the ban was cancelled a federal judge. Nearly 2,500 refugees have entered the United States from banned countries since the day of the executive… Continue Reading