How a startup and funding boom is having a seismic impact on Europe’s economy

A sweeping new report about European startups from venture firm Atomico paints a picture of a cross-border ecosystem that is brimming with confidence and having a transformative effect on the continent’s workforce. “The State of European Tech 2017,” the third annual data set Atomico has compiled, was released today at the Slush tech conference in Helsinki, […]

Italy’s new savings accounts fuel a boom in stockmarket listings

ITALY seems an unlikely place to be enjoying a boom in new listings on the stockmarket. It is full of family-run small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that mostly rely for their finance on banks; and Italy’s banks are notorious for the bad debts still lingering on their balance-sheets. But Borsa Italiana, Milan’s stock exchange, has […]

Mysterious boom rattles San Diego

Published time: 2 Nov, 2017 21:22 San Diego residents have reported loud booms and sensations of shaking. The US Geological Survey said there were no signs of an earthquake, but an independent group did confirm seismic activity. Residents described experiencing the boom from Alpine to El Cajon, Carmel Valley, National CIty, Eastlake and as far […]

Boom: US nuclear arsenal upgrade to exceed $1trillion

At a time when the US national debt stands at just over $ 20 trillion, American taxpayers find themselves stuck with a massive maintenance bill to keep the nation’s nuclear arsenal operational over the next three decades. The modernization of US nuclear forces will carry a price tag estimated at $ 1.2 trillion from 2017 […]

Ford crushes October sales estimates amid truck boom (F, GM, FCAU, NSANY)

REUTERS/Paulo Whitaker US auto sales rose more than expected in October.  Ford, among the major manufacturers that topped forecasts, was supported by strong truck sales.  September was the strongest month of this year for the auto companies. They benefitted as people replaced cars that were salvaged by recent hurricanes.  This bump could persist for a few […]

Boom Time wins Caulfield Cup

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The natural gas market is set to boom

Ralph Wilson/AP All current projections point to natural gas as the fastest-growing fossil fuel in the energy mix for decades to come. All of Big Oil’s five are betting on natural gas in the future. Until 2022, the IEA sees gas gaining a firmer foothold in South and East Asia as the availability of ample, […]

Marc Faber, author of influential ‘Gloom, Doom, and Boom,’ report, says ‘thank God white people populated America, not the blacks’

REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi Marc Faber, the über-bearish investing newsletter author and frequent financial TV guest, wrote in his latest “Gloom, Doom, and Boom” report that he is glad the US “enjoyed 200 years in the economic and political sun under a white majority.” In the October edition of his report, which is only available as a paper […]

Grown-up gap year holiday BOOM as almost half of over-45s fulfil extended travel dreams

Once a celebration of schooling and foray into tertiary studies, the tides of gap year are finally changing.  Many Britons aged over 45 years old are now taking their own ’grown-up gap year’, according to a new study.  The research, revealed by online money transfer company Azimo, found almost half of the age demographic had […]

Top Israeli minister makes rare criticism of Trump, promises boom of new settlements

REUTERS/Ammar Awad JERUSALEM (AP) — A top Israeli minister considered close to Benjamin Netanyahu has expressed rare criticism of President Donald Trump and has warned that he expects Israel to approve more construction in settlements. Zeev Elkin says he is “disappointed” that Trump hasn’t fulfilled his campaign promise to move the U.S. Embassy from Tel […]