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The Obamacare Website Healthcare.gov is Getting Important Updates

The US Health and Human Services announced new updates on Healthcare.gov. The updates will allow the consumers to see cost and benefits of insurance for 2016. It offers new shopping tools allowing consumers to compare costs and ensure their preferred doctor and prescription drugs are covered.

Oct 25, 2015 11:38 PM EDT


Huawei overtakes Xiaomi as China's biggest smartphone maker

Huawei is now the largest smartphone maker in China, the world's biggest smartphone market. The company has taken the top spot from Chinese rival, Xiaomi, whose third quarter shipments declined amid a slumping economy.

Oct 25, 2015 11:32 PM EDT


Blackberry’s first Android phone Is now available for pre-order

Blackberry opens the pre-order for its first Android based smartphone, Blackberry Priv. The pre-order is available for the US, UK, and Canda and priced at $699, £559, and CA$899. The phone features Android 5.1.1 Lollipop operating system, with thin and ergonomically design, and hidden keyboards.

Oct 25, 2015 11:30 PM EDT


Pandora's stock tumble wipes out $1.4-bn market cap

The internet radio services provider Pandora's stock plummeted owing to increased competition in the global market. Pandora shares dropped 35 percent on Wall Street in just one session eroding $1.4billion market capitalization of the company. The emerging competition in internet radio services from global majors such as Apple is impacting the Pandora's performance.

Oct 25, 2015 11:11 PM EDT


UK firms put to shame for escaping minimum wage laws

The UK government has publicly announced a list of 115 business firms that are not adhering the minimum wages act. As per the National Minimum Wages (NMW) norms, these companies together owe about £389,000 ($598,500), according to the UK government.

Oct 25, 2015 10:55 PM EDT


Microsoft's search engine Bing accelerates, adds $1B to revenue

Bing, a Microsoft search engine is finally getting its highlight as Microsoft announce that its revenue for this quarter is more than $1 billion. Investors welcomed the news as Microsoft finally able to show its investment in Bing is paying off.

Oct 25, 2015 10:32 PM EDT


India's film industry struggles to perform well

Indian film industry is struggling to perform at box office collections. There's no correlation between number of movies released every year and revenues they generate for the film industry. The India's film industry is just grossing mere $2billion every year at the box office, while it registers about 2,000 movies annually.

Oct 25, 2015 10:01 PM EDT


Dow Chemical reviews options on agri unit, rejigs JVs

Dow has decided to review all the available options for its farm chemicals and seeds unit, which has been suffering from sales drop. Dow Chemicals is also considering an option to buy stake of Coming Inc in a Silicon joint venture (JV). Dow is also in the process of offloading its stake in a Kuwait JV .

Oct 25, 2015 09:12 PM EDT


Web services push Amazon revenues up; posts profit

Amazon has posted encouraging performance for the third quarter ending September 2015. The higher sales in the US and cloud computing business pushed its bottom line to swell. Amazon announced profits for the consecutive second month.

Oct 25, 2015 08:51 PM EDT


Hawaiian Airlines Plans to Redesign their A330 carrier's Premium Cabins

Hawaiian Airlines is launching a reconfigred A330 carrier premium cabins next year. The announcement was made on Monday along with intalling new 180-degree lie-flat seats.

Oct 24, 2015 09:09 AM EDT


Delta Airlines Joins Expedia's Promotion for Transparency Views on Airline Fees

American Major Airlines, Delta is now in partnership with Expedia to promote transparency view on Airline fees. It is after, Expedia unveil their new Upgrade option that displays flight cost information such as bag checking fees and canceling reservations.

Oct 24, 2015 09:06 AM EDT


Canadian Adventure Company, TDA Global Cycling To Introduce Antartica Cycling Tours on December 2016

TGA GLobal will lauch its Antartica Cycling Tours that will be called "The Last Degree" on December 2016. However, the said cycling doesn't come cheap to be expected.

Oct 24, 2015 09:02 AM EDT


Travel Tips: 5 Smart Bright Ideas To Save On Holiday Airfare

There are many ways to save huge amount of money when flying on the holidays.

Oct 24, 2015 08:10 AM EDT


Oil declines as U.S. crude stocks move forward

Worries arise for oil producers as oil prices went down again. But consumers will be glad as prices of commodities will surely fall next, giving more spending power to consumers particularly this coming holiday seasons.

Oct 24, 2015 08:03 AM EDT


Take A Peak On Top 5 Science Museums in America

The top 5 Science museums in the U.S. boast various discoveries making them

Oct 24, 2015 07:41 AM EDT


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