Cardinal acquiring J&J’s heart-product business Cordis for $1.94 billion
Cardinal Health Inc. will be acquiring Johnson & Johnson's heart-product business, Cordis, for $1.94 billion in cash. The buyout is part of Cardinal's effort...
Nasdaq closes above 5,000 for the first time in nearly 15 years
For the first time in almost 15 years The Nasdaq Composite closed above the 5,000 mark - the highest level its been at since...
Google’s internet balloons could generate tens of billions of dollars
Google is determined to make internet access more widespread in underserved parts of the world by using high-altitude balloons to offer connectivity.
When the company...
Bill Gates world’s wealthiest person in 2015, again, for the 16th time
According to Forbes magazine’s annual ranking of billionaires worldwide, Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company, is the richest person...
Tories back in lead with 34% versus 31% for Labour in Ashcroft poll
The latest Ashcroft National Poll puts the Tories back in the lead with 34%, three percentage points clear of Labour at 31%. UKIP are...
Eurostar suffers 17 cancellations after person is killed, hit by train on railway track
After a person was killed, hit by a train between Ashford International and Ebbsfleet International, on the English side of the London-Paris and London-Brussels...
Nigel Farage says he’d be no good as Prime Minister
Nigel Farage, leader of the anti-EU UKIP party, says he does not think he would be very good as Prime Minister, and also confessed...
SpaceX launches two all-electric satellites on Falcon 9 rocket
SpaceX launched two all-electric satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket, which launched successfully on Saturday. The huge booster lifted off from Cape Canaveral Air...
Homer Simpson wrote Higgs Boson equation 14 years before scientists did
Fictional character Homer Simpson was super close to predicting the Higgs boson (Higgs particle), an elementary particle in the Standard Model of particle physics,...
Svalbard Doomsday Vault receiving thousands of seeds this week
The first delivery of forest tree species seeds have been accepted by the Svalbard Doomsday Vault, a secure seed bank on the island of...