• ELECTRONICS
    Is The Global Economy Half The Apple It Used To Be?

    For the first firm to crack the trillion-dollar valuation ceiling, Apple’s performance is usually a bellwether of broader market confidence and conspicuous consumption among fawning technophiles. It should worry more than Apple investors that the usually reticent firm when it comes to company performance has warned the world of economic deceleration in “Greater China,” a […]

  • NEWS
    US economy grows faster than expected in third quarter

    The US economy expanded at an annual pace of 3% during the three months to the end of September, which was stronger than expected. The growth extended the robust activity reported in the previous quarter, when US GDP grew at an annual pace of 3.1%. Analysts had been expecting a sharp slowdown after back-to-back hurricanes […]

  • ALL DEALS
    37 Percent of Discussions on Gig Economy Negative, Study Finds

    Media calls it the force that could save the American worker. But independent workers feel differently about the gig economy. According to a new media analysis by Cision, on behalf of The Rockefeller Foundation, about 37 percent of overall discussions on gig economy is negative. Clearly, there’s a “disconnect between news coverage of the independent […]

  • NEWS
    Uber’s New Guidelines Highlight Issues With Sharing Economy (Watch)

    Uber Updated Its Terms To Ban Flirting Between Drivers And Passengers In-Flight Phone Calls May Be The Next Annoying Thing On Planes Disney Is The Undisputed King Of The 2016 Box Office So The US Is Almost $20 Trillion In Debt; Who Do We Owe? Popular ride-sharing app Uber just updated its community guidelines. And […]

  • NEWS
    Indian Economy to Grow at 7.4% in FY16: Industry Body

    New Delhi: The Indian economy is expected to grow at 7.4 per cent in the current fiscal year, slightly lower than 7.6 per cent projected in advance estimates of the Central Statistics Office, industry body Ficci said on Tuesday. “The results of latest round of Ficci’s Economic Outlook Survey put across a median GDP growth […]