The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost more than 650 points as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin tried to instill calm into a jittery market. The S&P 500 is less than half a percentage point away from entering a bear market.
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It looks like China is extending its Black Mirror-like ‘social credit system’ to overseas companies
REUTERS/China Daily China’s social credit system is known for punishing individuals but it is also being used to control the behavior of foreign companies. According to a new report, the system — which threatens restricted privileges for certain behaviour — was used to successfully threaten dozens of foreign airlines into adopting the political stance of […]
Trump signs bill extending NSA’s warrantless surveillance
On Friday afternoon, just hours before Congress failed to avert a government shutdown, the President signed into law the “FISA Amendments Reauthorization Act of 2017.” The bill passed the House and Senate earlier this week with the support of many Republicans and Democrats, offering only slight adjustments to Section 702, a law that oversees the […]
United’s Extending Expiring 1K and Global Services Upgrades Through April 2018
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Kuwaiti’s oil minister says extending the OPEC deal may be unnecessary
Thomson Reuters OPEC and its partners may not need to extend the November 2016 crude oil production cut agreement beyond its March 2018 deadline if everyone fully complies with their quotas, Kuwait’s Oil Minister Essam al-Marzouk told media yesterday. Al-Marzouk noted that OPEC’s compliance rate had hit 116 percent, without adding, however, that this figure referred to August production […]
Russia, US discuss extending nuclear arms reduction treaty – Russian deputy FM
Published time: 12 Sep, 2017 22:51 Senior Russian and US diplomats have discussed the possible extension of the 2010 Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, also known as ‘New START,’ during a meeting between Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister and US Undersecretary of State in Helsinki, Finland. Sergey Ryabkov and Thomas Shannon discussed the issue in context of […]
EU court rules for Intel in appeal of antitrust fine, extending decade-long fight
Google better buckle-up for the long antirust road that likely lies ahead following its $ 2.72 billion fine by the European Union this summer. To understand why, one can point to the current antitrust case involving the EU and Intel. Today, an EU court ruled in favor of Intel’s appeal of its $ 1.27 billion […]
A single gene in E. coli bacteria could hold clues for extending the human lifespan
Flickr/NIAID Researchers at the Baylor College of Medicine have found the key to longevity in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worms — and maybe, someday, humans. The team noticed that genetically identical worms would occasionally live for much longer, and looked to their gut bacteria to find the answer. They discovered that a strain of E. […]
Putin backs extending free land giveaway all across Russia
Published time: 15 Jun, 2017 14:29 Vladimir Putin has backed the idea of expanding a program that offers citizens a free hectare of land in Russia’s Far East to all of the country’s regions. The Russian president made the comment during one of his annual Q&A sessions on Thursday. Read more When asked whether the […]
Extending The Ban
View this image › Planes at Heathrow Airport near London on Oct. 11, 2016. Stefan Wermuth / Reuters The Department of Homeland Security is considering banning laptops in all airplane cabins on flights from Europe to the US. The agency confirmed to BuzzFeed News Wednesday that a large electronics ban is “under consideration.” However, the […]
