Current Biz: Dash Price Up 70%, Bitcoin SV Gains 300%
Bitcoin (BTC) has been showing strength recently, as it surged from $6,900 to $8,500 in a matter of two weeks. Not only has Bitcoin sees a period of growth, but privacy coins and Bitcoin forks have also been showing a similar move. Dash (DASH) is up 70% in four days, while ZCash (ZEC) is up […]
Tinder Accused Of Illegally Sharing User Data
Popular dating apps Tinder and Grindr are sharing the personal data of their users to third parties in breach of EU regulations, a Norwegian consumer rights group said on Tuesday. A new report by the Norwegian Consumer Council (NCC) details how Grindr, which markets itself as the “world’s largest social networking app for gay, bi, […]
SA: Tied-Up Reverend, 83, Found Dead In North West
A postmortem will be conducted to determine the cause of death after an elderly churchman was found dead in his house in Bodibe village. An investigation is under way into the death of an 83-year-old reverend whose body was discovered in his house on a church property in the North West. Rev Joseph Hollanders was […]
Boeing Net Orders Slump To Lowest In Decades
(Reuters) – Boeing Co reported its worst annual net orders in decades on Tuesday, along with its lowest numbers for plane deliveries in 11 years, as the grounding of its 737 MAX jet saw it fall far behind main competitor Airbus. Allowing for cancellations and changes to earlier orders, Chicago-based Boeing said it had received […]
Amazon Boss Jeff Bezos Arrives In India
MUMBAI (Reuters) – Amazon.com Inc founder Jeff Bezos arrived in India on Tuesday, according to a post on his Twitter account, as thousands of small traders across 300 cities planned protests, claiming the firm is distorting local retail market. Bezos, dressed in an Indian attire, paid his regards at a memorial dedicated to Mahatma Gandhi, a […]
Delta Beats Profit Forecast On Strong Demand
CHICAGO (Reuters) – Delta Air Lines Inc on Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter profit that beat estimates, boosted in part by customers it gained from rival airlines’ 737 MAX cancellations and growing air travel demand. Airlines that own Boeing Co’s 737 MAX are cancelling more than 10,000 monthly flights in total as the aircraft remains […]
U.S. Flood Risk Model To Be Available For Homebuyers
NEW YORK (Reuters) – A climate research organization will offer access to a risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes across the United States, giving the public a look at the data institutional investors use to gauge risk. First Street Foundation on Tuesday launched Flood Lab, a research partnership which provides eight […]
Stock Rally Stalls Ahead Of U.S-China Trade Deal
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Equity markets traded little changed globally on Tuesday as investors awaited the signing of the China-U.S. trade deal, while oil prices rose on hopes the agreement will help revive the world’s sluggish economy. MSCI’s all-country world index and shares on Wall Street backed off fresh records reached on Monday as investors […]
Boeing 737 Flight Cancellations Extended Into June
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – American Airlines Group Inc will extend cancellations of Boeing Co 737 MAX flights through June 3 as the grounding threatens to impact a second busy U.S. summer travel season. American, the largest U.S. airline, announced last month it was canceling about 140 flights a day through April 6. Once the Federal Aviation […]
Orji Uzor Kalu Has Been Abandoned By His Friends
Their is news going around in various news platforms that described the reality downing the jailed former Governor of Abia state Orji Uzor Kalu. The former governor who recently entered the register of convicted former governors is lamenting how his friends and Associates abandoned him in Prison. The list of ex-governors includes Joshua Dariye of […]
NDDC: Drop Your Ego And Develop Niger Delta – Timi Frank
Timi Frank, a political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, on Tuesday urged South-South governors and lawmakers in the National Assembly to set aside their differences and work for the development of the region. Frank gave the call while commending the efforts by the current leadership of the […]
Under Pressure, Iran Makes Arrests Over Airliner Downing
Iran announced Tuesday its first arrests over the shooting down of a Ukrainian airliner last week, as it struggles to contain the fallout from the disaster that sparked three days of protests. The Ukraine International Airlines plane was brought down by a missile shortly after takeoff on Wednesday, killing all 176 passengers and crew […]