Amazon van drivers’ on-time delivery rate falls during Cyber Week
Amazon.com Inc van drivers’ on-time delivery rate fell to 93.7% for the Cyber Monday week from 98.2% during the Thanksgiving week, consulting firm ShipMatrix said...
S&P 500, Nasdaq open higher; Dow hit by Boeing, Home Depot
The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq indexes opened slightly higher on Wednesday, with investors waiting for the Federal Reserve’s decision on monetary policy, while losses...
Crowdfunders find a second home in crumbling French chateau
How would you like to spend Christmas in your own castle? That is an option for 25,000 crowdfunding participants from around the world who bought...
‘She’s a brat!’: Bolsonaro slams Greta Thunberg
Brazil’s right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro called Swedish climate change campaigner Greta Thunberg a “brat,” becoming the latest in a line of male leaders and celebrities...
U.S. inflation firms in November; Fed seen on hold
U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in November, which together with labor market strength could support the Federal Reserve’s intention not to cut interest rates again...
South Africa’s Eskom aims to stabilize grid by end-March after blackouts: president
South Africa’s state utility Eskom will work to stabilize the national power grid by the end of March in the wake of the country’s most...
Budapest bikers hand out sandwiches and hope for Christmas
On a chilly evening before Christmas, more than a dozen cyclists emerge from the basement of an old apartment building in Budapest with backpacks full...
Trump envoy skips Argentina inauguration, fires warning over Venezuela: Clarin
A senior adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump skipped the inauguration of new Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and work meetings planned for Wednesday, unhappy with...
Italian police seize documents from SIAS offices over Savona bridge collapse
Italian tax police said on Wednesday they seized documents from units of motorway operator SIAS, following the collapse last month of a bridge after a...
Aeva shrinks size, cost of crucial self-driving sensor; deepens VW ties
Aeva Inc said it has shrunk the main components of its “lidar” self-driving car sensor onto a single chip, a move it expects to dramatically...