The US dollar slipped against most major currencies on Monday ahead of the country’s first presidential debate between Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton. Analysts said the debate has cast huge amount of uncertainties over the country and thus hurt the currency, Xinhua news agency reported. The dollar index, which measures the greenback against […]
The US Senate will vote on Wednesday to override President Barack Obamas veto of legislation that would allow the families of the victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks to sue the Saudi Arabian government. The revelation was made by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell on Monday, Politico reported. The Congress is expected to easily […]
The US dollar increased against most major currencies amid a Fed official’ s hawkish comments. Boston Fed President Eric Rosengren said in a statement on Friday that the US short-term interest rates should be raised now, Xinhua news agency reported. “I am arguing for modest, gradual tightening now, out of concern that not doing so […]
Between January and June this year, the Indian government made 139 account information requests and requested for 42 accounts to be removed from the micro-blogging website, Twitter’s biannual transparency report revealed on Thursday. Twitter is, however, yet to remove any account requested by the Indian government or court order. According to the report, the US […]
A British consumer watchdog has told technology giant Microsoft to compensate customers whose computers have been adversely affected by the Windows 10 upgrade. Last year Microsoft rolled out a free Windows 10 update to all its customers. However, the widely accepted new operating system did not come out as good as people hoped it would. […]
With an aim to boost digital transformation, HCL Technologies will increase investment on SMAC (Social, Mobility, Analytics, Cloud) — especially Cloud — in next couple of years, a top company executive has said. “Currently, 60 per cent of our IT budget is focused on SMAC. It will go up to 80-90 per cent of total […]
One of Hollywood’s highest profile marriages has come to an end, after actress Angelina Jolie sought to divorce husband Brad Pitt, who said he was “saddened” but the well-being of their kids matter the most now. Angelina filed for divorce from the actor, 52, on Monday after just two years of marriage, citing irreconcilable differences. […]
Drawing enormous support from the state’s non-white voters, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton holds a 5-point edge over her Republican rival Donald Trump in Florida, according to a new poll. The poll from Monmouth University on Tuesday found Clinton leading Trump among likely voters in the crucial battleground, 46 per cent – 41 per cent. […]
US President Barack Obama railed against political “strongmen”, nationalism and isolation in a farewell address to the United Nations General Assembly, taking his campaign battle with Donald Trump to the podium of the world’s foremost international institution. Obama’s speech in New York on Tuesday was a defense of globalism and an attack on authoritarians, tribalists […]
British multi-national automotive company Jaguar Land Rover on Tuesday announced a tie-up with global music streaming service Spotify for an in-car app for listening to music. Available across entire vehicle range, the iOS app will be available to download from App Store from September 27, the company said in a statement on Tuesday. “Spotify for […]