Category: News

  • Nvidia sinks despite possible catalyst from SIGGRAPH

    David Baker/Getty Images News Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) decreased by 6% By midday trading Tuesday, despite product announcements, partnerships, and expanded capabilities for generative AI unveiled this week at SIGGRAPH 2024. Nvidia is now down about 20% Since July 10. The stock is hovering above Its 100-day moving average is $103.66.…

  • How to watch, stream Simone Biles and Day Four of the 2024 Olympics live online free without cable, on NBC

    Simone Biles has dominated gymnastics for nearly a decade, but she hasn’t won an Olympic gold medal since Rio 2016. That could end Tuesday when Biles and the U.S. women’s team enter the artistic gymnastics finals. Biles’s final and the women’s final are undoubtedly the highlight of a busy day…

  • Lawmakers shine spotlight on Sh400bn State service fees

    Government agencies, which collect about Sh400 billion annually in fees for government services, are facing increasing scrutiny over changes proposed by lawmakers aimed at improving accountability in spending public funds. A committee report submitted to the National Assembly has referred to a change in the law governing how ministerial allocations…

  • McDonald’s global sales drop for the first time in four years as cost of living impacts consumer choices

    McDonald’s global sales fell for the first time in nearly four years, falling 1% in the second quarter as consumers tired of inflation opted to eat at home or opt for cheaper menu options. The company expects same-store sales to continue to decline over the next few quarters, and is…

  • McDonald’s global sales drop for the first time in four years as cost of living impacts consumer choices

    McDonald’s global sales fell for the first time in nearly four years, falling 1% in the second quarter as consumers tired of inflation opted to eat at home or opt for cheaper menu options. The company expects same-store sales to continue to decline over the next few quarters, and is…

  • Canadian Red Cross announces financial assistance for people evacuated from Jasper due to wildfires in Alberta

    Article Content $750 will be provided to families evacuated from their primary residence in Jasper. OTTAWA, July 30, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Canadian Red Cross today announced it will provide $750 per household to people evacuated from their primary residence in Jasper, Alberta, to help individuals and families meet…

  • Gasoline prices in Israel to fall Wed night

    The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced that the maximum price of government-controlled 95-octane gasoline at self-service stations in Israel will be reduced as of midnight on Wednesday, August 1, by 0.08 shekels per liter to 7.48 shekels per liter. The Israeli Ministry of Energy and Infrastructure announced that…

  • Web Attacks Targeting Applications and APIs Up by 49% in the Last Year By Investing.com

    Akamai has recorded over 26 billion attacks on applications and APIs in June 2024 Cambridge, Massachusetts., July 30, 2024 /PR Newswire/ — Akamai Technologies (NASDAQ:AKAMAI), Inc. Akamai (NASDAQ: AKAM), the cloud computing company that powers and protects life online, today released a new State of the Internet (SOTI) report that…

  • 3 Stocks I Plan to Double Down On If the Stock Market Plunges

    Almost two years ago, the markets were in a frenzy on Wall Street. And the markets have been in a frenzy ever since. Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI: ^DJI)standard Standard & Poor’s 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC)and nutritious growth Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQ: ^IXIC) Prices bottomed out in October 2022, but have all…

  • European markets mixed as economic indicators hit (EUR:USD)

    da-kuk/E+ via Getty Images London (UKX) -0.53% Germany (DAX:IND) +0.27% Germany’s GDP shrinks by 0.10% in Q2 France (CAC:IND) +0.32% France’s GDP grows 0.3% in Q2 Spain’s GDP grows 0.8% in Q2, inflation falls to 2.8% The Czech Republic’s GDP grew by 0.3% in the second quarter. Producer prices in…

  • Millennial entrepreneur and podcaster Dan Murray-Serter, behind a £35 million supplements startup wishes he could tell his 20-year-old self to ‘sack off NFTs’

    What would you do if you had a six-figure salary? You’d probably never cook another meal or enjoy a monthly Thai massage and a Soho House membership to relieve the stress of being at your best. Here at The Good Life, you no longer have to imagine what life at…

  • Jacob Juma widow loses bid to stop eviction from Loresho land

    The widow of late businessman Jacob Juma has failed to persuade an appeals court to block her eviction from a controversial property in Nairobi’s Loresho area. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal dismissed Ms Miriam Juma’s application, saying they were not satisfied that her appeal would be in…

  • Reeves’ tax raid spells ‘game over’ for North Sea oil and gas

    The North Sea is approaching an “endgame zone” after Rachel Reeves pushed through a widening tax raid on oil and gas companies. On Monday, the chancellor delivered on Labour’s election pledge to impose tougher taxes on oil companies by increasing the Energy Profits Tax. Reeves announced that the tax, originally…

  • South Korea Taps US Trade Deal to Prevent Chip Spats with Japan

    Breadcrumbs Path Links PMN Business South Korea is seeking to play a bigger role in a U.S.-led trade pact in Asia aimed at stemming the risk of friction with Japan that has affected global semiconductor supply chains. Article author: Published on July 30, 2024 • Read for 3 minutes You…

  • Camtek jumps on new order from tier-1 chipmaker

    Camtek CEO Rafi Amit Credit: Raanan Tal ICL Buys US Custom Ag Formulators for $60 Million Approval of a reduction in home purchase tax for new immigrants The Israeli company announced today that it has received orders worth over $25 million from a top-tier manufacturer specializing in high-bandwidth memory (HBM).…

  • US-Philippines engagements help with ‘agile’ responses to China, says Marcos By Reuters

    By Simon Lewis and Karen Lima MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told U.S. Secretaries of State Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin on Tuesday that regular communication between Manila and Washington is needed to ensure “agile” responses to maritime tensions between his country and China. The Philippines, a…

  • US-Philippines engagements help with ‘agile’ responses to China, says Marcos By Reuters

    By Simon Lewis and Karen Lima MANILA (Reuters) – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. told U.S. Secretaries of State Antony Blinken and Lloyd Austin on Tuesday that regular communication between Manila and Washington is needed to ensure “agile” responses to maritime tensions between his country and China. The Philippines, a…

  • High-Flying QXO Erases $36 Billion in Paper Value in Minutes

    (Bloomberg) — QXO Inc., which boasted an implied valuation of more than $90 billion at one point last week, hurt some investors late Monday when its thinly traded shares fell sharply. Most Read from Bloomberg Shares of the investment firm built by Brad Jacobs plunged 81% to $11.25 each in…

  • Meta CEO Zuckerberg envisions new era of AR glasses: SIGGRAPH

    Drew Angerer/Getty Images News Meta platforms (Nasdaq: TargetCEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed his vision for augmented reality glasses that could pack a lot of technology into a thin, designed frame during a discussion with Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDACEO Jensen Hwang at SIGGRAPH 2024 conference in Denver Monday evening. He eventually wants to…

  • Wealthy California neighborhood plagued by a landslide that is moving 9 inches per week

    Natural gas service was cut off to 135 homes Monday in a neighborhood on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California due to deteriorating conditions in the area where a long-running landslide has damaged homes, roads and utilities, authorities said. Southern California Gas Co. announced over the weekend that it…