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HSBC Pre-Tax Profit grew more than expected due to lower regulatory fines cost

Lower cost of regulatory fines led to an increase in HSBC's pre-tax profit, beating analysts' expectations of $5.2 billion.

Nov 04, 2015 02:37 AM EST


Chipotle responds to the 35 cases of E. coli infection

Chipotle restaurant chains announced to improve food safety amid E. coli infection cases in Washington and Oregon. The company is hiring two food safety consultant firms to perform batch testing the food ingredients.

Nov 04, 2015 03:27 AM EST


American Tech Giants Increasing Partnerships with Chinese Companies Impose Threat to US National Security

Critics fear that the growing number of United States giant tech companies partnering with Chinese firms connected with the Asian country's military may improve Chinese military technological capabilities and could even harm US national security.

Nov 04, 2015 02:20 AM EST


Norwegian Cruise Line Increases Fares To Boost Revenue; Company Undergoing Major Makeover For 2016

The Norwegian Cruise Line CEO, Frank Del Rio has expressed its plan to increase fare and service fees onboard to drive more revenue.

Nov 04, 2015 10:43 PM EST


Energy, healthcare triggers Wall Street gains; Nasdaq 100 hits 15-year high

US stocks climbed across sectors Monday adding to the momentum of its growth from the August 25 drop. Thanks to the increases in the energy sector and the growing acquisition activities in healthcare.

Nov 04, 2015 02:13 AM EST


Virgin America and AirBnb’s Latest Collaboration: Earning Virgin America points with AirBnb

A lot of flyers had been monitoring fares for discounts and deals from Virgin America. The recent partnership of the airline and AirBnb reportedly causes the Elevate members to earn points by booking Airbnb's across the world.

Nov 04, 2015 11:02 PM EST


Dubai Theme Park Featuring 21st Century Fox Characters To Open in 2018

A Dubai Theme Park will be constructed and opened its door to the public in 2018.

Nov 04, 2015 10:47 PM EST


Twitch Install's Social Experiment Failed to Accomplish Goal

Twitch Install, a social experiment to crowsource Linux installation based on a keystroke press in chat room has failed due to a botnet hijacking the chat. The Botnet managed to install other distro of Linux partially.

Nov 04, 2015 01:51 AM EST


Hotels block booking guests rewards night, Hyatt Regency San Francisco is blocking award redemptions

Guests claim that hotels' loyalty programs can block booking their rewards night. But Hyatt offers true redemption, which is not just no blackout dates, it has no capacity controls.

Nov 05, 2015 08:40 PM EST


Uber halts operation in three German cities

Taxi hailing service Uber shuts down its service in Frankfurt, Dusseldorf and Hamburg. Uber said it ran out of licensed drivers. The German court ordered a ban against unlicensed drivers to render services in the country.

Nov 09, 2015 06:03 AM EST


From online to offline: Amazon is opening its first physical bookstore in Seattle

Amazon is opening its first bookstore in the University Village shopping center, Seattle. Amazon Books will sell about 6,000 titles of high rating books in Amazon.com.

Nov 04, 2015 03:29 AM EST


Asian stocks follow gains on Wall Street

Taking cues from overnight rally on Wall Street, Asian stocks also surged. However, China markets slipped into presure owing to investigations over financial scam and illegal future trading dampened the market sentiment. Japan markets were closed on account of a holiday. Remaining Asian stocks were in positive mode and looking to cues from US Fed Reserve and European Central Bank.

Nov 04, 2015 02:09 AM EST


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