Nissan Sues Carlos Ghosn For $90 Million Nissan Motor Co. said Wednesday in a release it is suing its former chairman, Carlos Ghosn for “an initial amount” of $90 million “in order to recover a significant part of the monetary damages inflicted on the company (by Ghosn)..as a result of years […]
The Ultimate $600 million Sustainable Hydrogen-Powered Superyacht Multiple media outlets has reported that Microsoft Co-Founder Bill Gates pledged well over $600 million to build a 376-foot-long, hydrogen-powered superyacht concept designed by Sinot Yacht Architecture & Design and Lateral Naval Architects. Sinot’s 376-foot-long liquid hydrogen-powered superyacht concept AQUA received lots of attention when it was unveiled at the most recent Monaco […]
Barclays CEO Staley Probed By Britain’s Financial Watchdogs Over Links With Longtime Friend Britain’s financial regulators are investigating Barclays chief executive Jes Staley over his links to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein and concerns that he was not fully transparent about the extent of their relationship. Staley, an American banking executive, […]
Apple Watch Users To Get New Biometric Security Feature The Apple Watch is a very cool device, as far as smartwatches go. But so far, one thing has been missing–an extra layer of security via biometric authentication. That could be about to change. According to Patently Apple, a new patent shows Apple is […]
Data Company, Snowflake Set To Be Worth $12.4 Billion To Become One Of Tech’s Most Valuable Startups Data company Snowflake, which operates in the booming cloud computing market, is set to become one of tech’s most valuable private companiesin the world. Snowflake is raising new funding at a valuation of […]
Leonardo Di Caprio Throws Explosive Pre-Oscars Party At £9m LA Mansion With an Oscars Best Actor nod last night, Leonardo DiCaprio spent the weekend preparing for one of his biggest ever tear-ups. But as one of Hollywood’s most notorious party lovers, he did it in his trademark style. The A-lister […]
Casino Operator Losing Up To $2.6 Million Per Day From Coronavirus Shutdown Wynn Resorts, which operates high-end hotels and casinos around the world, said in its latest earnings call that it was losing as much as $2.6 million per day from closures in Macau due to the coronavirus. The company’s […]
Bitcoin has climbed back above the psychological $10,000 per bitcoin mark for the first time in five-months though some other smaller cryptocurrencies are leaving it in the dust. The bitcoin price, up some 40% since the beginning of 2020, smashed through the key $10,000 barrier to hit highs of $10,127 on […]
China Set To Halve Tariffs On $75 Billion Of U.S. Goods China announced on Thursday that it would uphold its first part of the recently signed phase one trade deal with the U.S. by halving tariffs on $75 billion worth of American goods, as both sides continue to de-escalate the years-long trade […]
Coronavirus Could Infect 2.5 Billion And Kill 53 Million – AI An AI-powered simulation run by a technology executive says that Coronavirus could infect as many as 2.5 billion people within 45 days and kill as many as 52.9 million of them. Fortunately, however, conditions of infection and detection are […]
$675 million Needed To Protect Vulnerable Countries Against Coronavirus – WHO With the spread of the new coronavirus not showing any signs of slowing down, the World Health Organisation said about $675 million would be needed to stop further spread of the outbreak globally. This call was made on Wednesday at a […]
Bill And Melinda Gates Foundation Donate $100 Million To Coronavirus Vaccine Research And Treatment The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced they will commit up to $100 million for the global response to the 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV). The funding will help strengthen detection, isolation and treatment efforts; protect at-risk […]