UK state pension to be protected against inflation, says David Cameron
British Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK state pension will rise by 2.5% or more until the end of this decade if the...
Zynga accepts Bitcoin payments
Bitcoin recovered its value to over $1,100 on the Mt. Gox exchange after social online games company Zynga Inc. said it plans to accept...
Eurozone private lending still very weak
Eurozone private lending to companies and households shrank further in November 2013, placing more pressure on the European Central Bank to stimulate economic growth.
The...
Union members vote in favor of Boeing contract extension offer
Members of the International Association of Machinists & Aerospace Workers District 751 (IAM) voted 51% in favor of the Boeing contract extension offer.
Under the...
Facebook sued for scanning private messages
Facebook faces a class-action lawsuit filed in a Californian federal court for scanning private messages of its subscribers to provide data to marketers.
According to...
Global semiconductor sales grew 6.8% in a year
Global semiconductor sales expanded by 6.8% in November 2013 compared to November 2012, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which represents US leadership...
Open Collaboration will likely grow and displace traditional organizations
Open collaboration – which created Wikipedia, Bitcoin and TEDx – is likely to spread and progressively replace traditional organizations, researchers from Emory University and...
2014 may be good year for US economy, Bernanke
2014 should be a good year for the US economy as the worst effects of the housing crash wane and Washington’s fiscal tightening eases,...
Ford unveils solar powered car – the Ford C-MAX Solar Energi Concept
Ford has teamed up with the Georgia Institute of Technology and SunPower to develop a hybrid car which powers itself using solar energy (also...
Median home price in Manhattan increases to $855,000
Median home prices in Manhattan, New York, reached $855,000 at the end of the final quarter of 2013, according to a report by Douglas Elliman.
The real...