(Reuters) – Apple Inc reported sharp growth in its services business on Tuesday and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between the United States and China were easing, helping boost the company’s shares after hours even though iPhone sales dipped in the holiday shopping quarter for the first time. Apple said sales for the […]
(Reuters) – Apple Inc reported sharp growth in its services business and Chief Executive Tim Cook said trade tensions between the United States and China were easing, helping the technology company’s shares up after hours even as iPhone sales dipped in the holiday shopping quarter for the first time. Apple said sales for the current […]
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Cryptocurrencies stolen from exchanges and scammed from investors surged more than 400 percent in 2018 to around $1.7 billion, according to a report from U.S.-based cyber security firm CipherTrace released on Tuesday. Of the $1.7 billion, the report, which looks at criminal activity in the digital currency market, said $950 million […]
Just in case you need another way to show your dog just how much you really love them, you can now buy a double-headed jumper for the both of you. The bizarre sweaters have two head holes and can be worn by you and your dog, or you and your partner, or even you and […]
(Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Patty Murray sent a letter to Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday seeking information related to allegations in a Reuters Special Report that the healthcare company knew about the presence of asbestos in its talc-based baby powder. The letter addressed to J&J Chief Executive Alex Gorsky asks for documents and information […]
While Marks and Spencer have held the crown for the past few years, it seems that Tesco are getting out the big guns in their attempt to match up to M&S. The supermarket giant has just announced it’s Valentine’s Day meal deal for 2019, and while it’s slightly pricer than some of the others at […]
(Reuters) – Verizon Communications Inc on Tuesday missed quarterly revenue estimates, but added almost twice as many new wireless subscribers as analysts expected. The company forecast that adjusted earnings per share for this year would be similar to 2018, and that it expected low-single-digit percentage growth for total revenue for the full year. Shares of […]
Domino’s Pizza expects to post full-year profits at the lower end of expectations but business across the UK and Ireland has proven robust. The pizza firm is to report full-year underlying pre-tax profit at the lower end of the consensus range (£93.9m to £98.2m) amid “growing pains” internationally. Weaker sales and integration challenges, particularly in […]
The robot that comes for your job might be called Poppy. Or Amelia. The former helps process insurance contracts at Lloyd’s of London. The latter handles calls from customers of Sweden’s SEB. Neither conforms to the popular image of an android waving its metallic arms. Yet both perform tasks previously done by human workers. Poppy […]
Wetherspoon’s boss Tim Martin says British business has nothing to fear from leaving the European Union without a deal, and to prove it he’s “Brexiting” his pubs by swapping French champagne and cognac for English sparkling wine and Australian brandy. The 63-year-old entrepreneur has just completed a two-month tour of 100 of his pubs to […]