SNC-Lavalin cutting 4,000 jobs, downgrades earnings forecast
SNC-Lavalin Group Inc., Canada’s largest engineering and construction company, has announced it will be cutting 4,000 jobs as part of its restructuring plan to...
Will Netflix launch virtual reality (VR) programming?
Will Netflix eventually offer VR content? It's possible, the tech firm has expressed interest in the possibility of virtual reality programming, however, it wants...
Starbucks and Fiat must pay €30m each in tax repayments, says EU
The Netherlands acted illegally by offering Starbucks a sweetheart tax, while Luxembourg, which did the same with FIAT, also acted outside the law, the...
Tui and Tui Travel merger agreement announced
A Tui and Tui Travel merger agreement has been announced by the two companies. German based Tui, one of the world's biggest tour operators,...
Voice-activated devices need to be more toddler friendly
What happens when toddlers talk to voice-activated devices? What happens, for example, when a small child talks to Echo, Alexa, Siri, or Google Assistant,...
Mummies turning into black slime due to climate change, say Harvard scientists
Perfectly-preserved mummies dating as far back as 5050 BC have been degrading rapidly over the past ten years, gradually turning into black slime, say...
Mercedes fixed prices, says Chinese probe
A Chinese probe has concluded that Mercedes fixed prices of spare parts. According to China’s official Xinhua News Agency, regulators said the German luxury...
Renewables supplied a record 25% of UK energy in Q2
In the second quarter of 2015 renewables accounted for 25.3% of electricity generation in the UK.
This is up from supplying only 16.7% of power...
Job openings at one third number of job seekers, USA
In September there were 3.9 million job openings and 11.3 million people looking for work, a ratio of 2.9-to-1, according to the Job Openings...
MESSENGER spacecraft will crash into Mercury at 8750 mph today
According to NASA, its MESSENGER spacecraft runs out of propellant today, 30 April, and crashes into Mercury at 8,750 miles per hour or 3.91...