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Global Future City Holding Inc. Terminates and Announces No Affiliation With Ran Qi Jun

Feb 05, 2016 14:15 pm UTC| Business

IRVINE, Calif., Feb. 05, 2016 -- Global Future City Holding Inc. (OTCQB:FTCY) (the “Company”) would like to announce that the Company has never been affiliated with Future World, www.futurejf.com, www.tianhejf.com, and...

Overstock.com Scheduled to Release Q4 and FY 2015 Financial Results on February 9, 2016

Feb 05, 2016 14:15 pm UTC| Business

SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 05, 2016 -- Overstock.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:OSTK) is scheduled to release fourth quarter and fiscal year financial results for the period ending December 31, 2015, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016 after the...

Diana Shipping Inc. Announces Direct Continuation of Time Charter Agreement for m/v G. P. Zafirakis With RWE and Time Charter Contracts for m/v New York With Rio Tinto and m/v Dione With Nidera

Feb 05, 2016 14:04 pm UTC| Business

ATHENS, Greece, Feb. 05, 2016 -- Diana Shipping Inc. (NYSE:DSX), (the “Company”), a global shipping company specializing in the ownership of dry bulk vessels, today announced that, through a separate wholly-owned...

Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation Announces the Date for the Release of Fourth Quarter and Year Ended December 31, 2015 Results, Conference Call and Webcast

Feb 05, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Business

MONACO , Feb. 05, 2016 -- Navios Maritime Acquisition Corporation ("Navios Acquisition") (NYSE:NNA) announced today that it will host a conference call on Wednesday, February 10, 2016 at 8:30 am ET, at which time Navios...

Steelwedge Joins “SCM World Live Americas” Feb. 8-11 in Miami

Feb 05, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Business

PLEASANTON, Calif., Feb. 05, 2016 -- Steelwedge, a provider of cloud-based planning solutions and services that inform better decision-making for global organizations, will participate in “SCM World Live Americas” a...

Mobile Matters More for High-Tech Online Shoppers, UPS Study Shows

Feb 05, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Business

ATLANTA, Feb. 05, 2016 -- A strong majority of tech-savvy consumers use mobile devices to shop, purchase and track packages, a recent UPS Pulse of the High-Tech Online Shopper survey shows, and these customers...

Medical Marijuana, Inc.'s HempMeds® México Ships RSHO-X, First-Ever Federally Approved Cannabidiol (CBD) Product February 8

Feb 05, 2016 14:00 pm UTC| Business

SAN DIEGO, Feb. 05, 2016 -- HempMeds® Mexico is the sales, marketing and distribution company for the first cannabidiol (CBD) hemp oil product granted special permission by the Mexican government for import. On Feb. 2,...

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Economy

Gold and Silver Prices Climb in Asian Trade as Markets Eye Key U.S. Economic Data

Gold prices edged higher during Asian trading on Monday, with silver also posting strong gains, as precious metal markets attempted to stabilize after a week marked by sharp volatility. The rebound comes amid lingering...

UK Starting Salaries See Strongest Growth in 18 Months as Hiring Sentiment Improves

Starting salaries for permanent employees in the UK recorded their strongest increase in nearly a year and a half in January, signaling early signs of stabilization in the British labor market. According to the latest...

Australian Household Spending Dips in December as RBA Tightens Policy

Australian household spending declined in December as consumers eased back after heavy year-end sales activity, but solid sales volumes continued to highlight why the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) recently raised...

Oil Prices Slip as U.S.-Iran Talks Ease Middle East Tensions

Global oil prices opened the week lower, sliding more than 1% on Monday as investor concerns over a potential conflict in the Middle East eased following diplomatic progress between the United States and Iran. The decline...

Indian Refiners Scale Back Russian Oil Imports as U.S.-India Trade Deal Advances

Indian refiners are increasingly avoiding purchases of Russian crude oil for delivery in April and potentially beyond, a strategic shift that could support New Delhis efforts to finalize a trade agreement with the United...

Politics

Trump Administration Appeals Court Order to Release Hudson Tunnel Project Funding

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has filed an appeal challenging a federal court decision that ordered the Transportation Department to unfreeze funding for the $16 billion Hudson Tunnel Project, a major...

Trump Congratulates Japan’s First Female Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi After Historic Election Victory

U.S. President Donald Trump publicly congratulated Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on Sunday following her coalitions decisive landslide victory in Japans lower house elections held over the weekend. The message,...

Japan’s Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi Secures Historic Election Win, Shaking Markets and Regional Politics

Japans Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi has secured a historic landslide victory in a rare winter election, consolidating power and paving the way for major shifts in economic, fiscal, and security policy. Takaichis Liberal...

Sydney Braces for Pro-Palestine Protests During Israeli President Isaac Herzog’s Visit

Sydney is preparing for large-scale pro-Palestine protests as Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits Australia, prompting authorities to declare the trip a major event and deploy thousands of police across the city....

Anutin’s Bhumjaithai Party Wins Thai Election, Signals Shift Toward Political Stability

Thailands political landscape may be entering a more stable phase after Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakuls Bhumjaithai Party secured a decisive victory in Sundays general election. Preliminary results from the Election...

Science

SpaceX Prioritizes Moon Mission Before Mars as Starship Development Accelerates

Elon Musks SpaceX is shifting its near-term space exploration strategy, choosing to prioritize a return to the Moon before pursuing missions to Mars, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report citing sources familiar...

NASA and SpaceX Target Crew-11 Undocking From ISS Amid Medical Concern

NASA has confirmed that the agency, in coordination with SpaceX, is targeting no earlier than 5 p.m. Eastern Time (2200 GMT) on Wednesday, January 14, for the undocking of the SpaceX Crew-11 mission from the International...

Neuralink Plans High-Volume Brain Implant Production and Fully Automated Surgery by 2026

Elon Musks brain-computer interface company Neuralink is preparing for a major expansion, announcing plans to begin high-volume production of its brain implant devices and transition to a fully automated surgical procedure...

Jared Isaacman Confirmed as NASA Administrator, Becomes 15th Leader of U.S. Space Agency

The U.S. Senate has officially confirmed billionaire private astronaut Jared Isaacman as the new NASA administrator, making him the 15th leader in the agencys history. The confirmation, which took place on Wednesday, marks...

Senate Sets December 8 Vote on Trump’s NASA Nominee Jared Isaacman

The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee announced it will vote on December 8 on President Donald Trumps renewed nomination of private astronaut and tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman to lead NASA. Isaacman, known for his...

Technology

Samsung Electronics Shares Jump on HBM4 Mass Production Report

Samsung Electronics shares surged on Monday following reports that the South Korean tech giant is set to begin mass production of its next-generation HBM4 memory chips, a key component in artificial intelligence hardware....

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Says AI Investment Boom Is Just Beginning as NVDA Shares Surge

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang reaffirmed his bullish stance on artificial intelligence, calling the massive capital expenditure flowing into AI infrastructure both appropriate and necessary as the industry...

Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate

Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) delivered a mixed but closely watched earnings report, beating Wall Street expectations on revenue while unveiling a massive long-term investment plan that unsettled investors. The e-commerce and...

Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch

Major PC manufacturers including HP, Dell, Acer, and Asus are reportedly exploring the option of sourcing memory chips from Chinese semiconductor companies for the first time, as a prolonged global supply crunch continues...

OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering

OpenAI is significantly accelerating its enterprise AI strategy by hiring hundreds of new employees for its technical consulting division, according to a report by The Information, citing a person familiar with the...