Slovak’s Prime Minister Robert Fico was overwhelmingly defeated in the country’s presidential election that would have helped cement his dominance politically. Fico was defeated by philanthropist and businessman Andrej Kiska showed preliminary results Sunday from the election. Kiska, who is 51, earned 59% of the vote to only 41% for Fico. Fico was prime minister […]
Stock was surging for CBS Outdoor on Friday on its debut on the NYSE. Shares of the advertising company a subsidiary of CBS were up by $2.02 or over 7.2% in trading in the morning to $30.02 after they peaked earlier Friday morning at $30.47. The initial public offering for CBS Outdoor Americas included 20 […]
Chipmaker Intel has added Basis Band to its growing number of wearable technologies. Intel acquired Basic Science a high-end health tracker in just one more sign that wearable devices are becoming mainstream. The startup, based in San Francisco produces the Basis band, which is billed as a wristband that is advanced in health tracking. Intel […]
On Monday, shares across Europe fell after new data indicated that manufacturing in China contracted during the first quarter increasing the worries over growth globally. Concern grabbed the nerves of investors as President Barack Obama from the U.S. started talks with allies in Europe over their Crimea crisis response. The euro was up against the […]
University of Manchester researchers in northern England say that those with a higher risk than average of developing breast cancer should received mammograms annually. Researchers from the Manchester study said 33% of women have a higher risk of breast cancer developing and could be benefitted from having screening more frequently. The researchers said however that […]
Russian oligarchs, corporations and banks have been borrowing heavily from banks in the West, which underscores risks on both sides in the growing crisis in Ukraine. According to the central bank in Russia, the total amount of foreign debt was $732 billion on December 31, 2013, which was up nearly $200 billion over the past […]
In 1999, when Phil Jackson started coaching the Los Angeles Lakers, he pulled aside star center Shaquille O’Neal and offered the big man a deal. Do things my way, said Jackson and I can guarantee an NBA Most Valuable Player award. O’Neal was obliging and he won the MVP award earning 120 of the 121 […]
On Saturday authorities in Aspen, Colorado said a third person had been arrested in the death of a socialite in the resort town, more than a full week after a man and woman who had rented the home of the socialite were taken into police custody. On Friday, Katherine Carpenter who is 56 was detained […]
General Motors continued to have pressure mount late Thursday as federal crash information was reviewed that found 303 drivers as well as passengers in the front seat died during vehicle accidents in which the vehicle’s air bags did not inflate in two vehicle models the U.S. automaker recall in February. The review was conducted by […]
General Motors was facing additional pressure this week over the way it handled a defect that was deadly in certain compact vehicles. Word leaked out that a criminal investigation and two committees in Congress were opening probes into the matter. The Department of Justice is currently investigating whether any laws were broken by GM when […]