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New Plan To Deploy Chinese Network Kit In America Is Underway
LightRocket via Getty Images The offer was first touted in mid-September and confirmed two weeks later—Huawei would be willing to license the company’s entire 5G platform to any U.S. business willing to pay the Shenzhen giant a hefty fee and invest time and resources to ready the tech for the U.S. market. A month later, …
Nintendo Switch Sales Surpass 15 Million in North America
REDMOND, Wash.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Nintendo Switch and Nintendo Switch Lite systems have combined to sell over 15 million units in North America since the launch of the flagship Nintendo Switch system in March 2017, according to internal data from Nintendo. Through September, Nintendo Switch sales in North America were up more than 20% year to date. …
Technology stocks: Aussie companies to watch
A Sydney Silicon Valley is being planned, but for sharemarket investors Australia has yet to build a thriving technology sector. While we have a few tech titans including $45 billion US-listed group Atlassian and the $8.7 billion Afterpay Touch, technology stocks account for less than 3 per cent of ASX-listed firms. Contrast this with the …
Bank of America says this is a ‘make or break’ quarter for Netflix
Netflix Co-founder, Chairman & CEO Reed Hastings attends a Q&A during a Transatlantic Forum in Lille, France. Sylvain Lefevre | Getty Images Netflix’s upcoming earnings results will show whether it’ll be able to compete with new rival platforms from Disney, Apple and others, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Investors will take special note …
CNN’s Meanwhile in America: “You’re making me look like an idiot!”
Australia, Britain, and Italy are being sucked into the conspiracy-filled quagmire of impeachment-era Washington, after Trump and his Attorney General William Barr reportedly leaned on friendly governments to assist a probe widely seen as intended to discredit the FBI’s investigation into the 2016 elections. Trump enlisted Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s help over the phone, …
Birds Are Vanishing From North America
The skies are emptying out. The number of birds in the United States and Canada has fallen by 29 percent since 1970, scientists reported on Thursday. There are 2.9 billion fewer birds taking wing now than there were 50 years ago. The analysis, published in the journal Science, is the most exhaustive and ambitious attempt …
Banking technology start-up GoCardless expands to America
British payments technology start-up GoCardless has launched its online direct debit service in the US and will open a new office in San Francisco. The financial technology start-up said the decision to expand its service, which allows businesses to receive direct debit payments online, to America has taken several years of planning and negotiations with …
Iran ‘will never talk to America,’ supreme leader says as UNGA begins
Iran will never hold talks with America, the country’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on state television Tuesday morning, effectively killing chances for a rapprochement some had anticipated between leaders of both countries during the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meetings taking place this week and next. “Iranian officials will never talk to America …
America remembers 9/11: Live updates – CNN
America remembers 9/11: Live updates CNN Moment of silence, tolling bells and Trump mark 18th anniversary of 9/11 terror attack USA TODAY 9/11 memorials and remembrances around the United States for 2019 CNN Remembering forty heroes of 9/11 The Boston Globe US to commemorate 9/11 victims amid controversy over Trump inviting Taliban to Camp David USA TODAY View full coverage …
College rankings 2019: Best colleges in America according to U.S. News & World Report
The latest U.S. News & World Report college rankings dropped Monday and they’re sure to put high school students — and more so, their parents — in a frenzy as they prepare to apply to colleges this autumn. The latest release marks the 35th edition of the Best Colleges ranking, and it’s the first time …
