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With IPO due, Uber aims to be 'Amazon of transportation'
AFP, Published on 03/03/2019
» SANTA MONICA: Uber, the ridesharing behemoth set to launch a stock offering soon, is aiming beyond sharing car rides to becoming the "Amazon of transportation" in a future where people share instead of owning vehicles.
When Concorde first took to the sky 50 years ago
AFP, Published on 01/03/2019
» PARIS: When the misty skies cleared over southern France on the afternoon of Sunday March 2, 1969, the green light was signalled for the highly anticipated first ever flight of the Concorde.
Samsung launches folding smartphone, first 5G handset
AFP, Published on 21/02/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Samsung on Wednesday unveiled a smartphone that folds open to be a tablet, becoming the first major manufacturer to offer the feature as it strives to stoke excitement in a slumping market.
Amazon hits trillion-dollar milestone with focus on the long game
AFP, Published on 05/09/2018
» SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon's market value hit US$1 trillion on Tuesday, the second company after Apple to hit the milestone, following an incredible journey for the internet giant which has kept a long-term focus since launching as an online bookseller two decades ago.
Ford celebrates 10 millionth Mustang
AFP, Published on 08/08/2018
» CHICAGO: The Ford Mustang -- an iconic American brand and a symbol of cool -- will reach a major milestone Wednesday as the 10 millionth vehicle rolls off an assembly line at a Detroit-area plant.
EU joins global battle against Trump tariff onslaught
AFP, Published on 02/06/2018
» WHISTLER, Canada: The European Union on Friday launched its first counteroffensive against Washington's punishing steel and aluminum tariffs while the US began meetings in Canada with outraged finance ministers from its top trading partners.
Dutch firm ASML perfecting 'microchip shrink' for tech giants
AFP, Published on 13/05/2018
» VELDHOVEN, Netherlands: They call it "the shrink" -- it's the challenge of how to pack more circuits onto the microchips which power everything from our phones to our computers, even our coffee machines.
News Corp reports loss on writedowns, weakness in newspapers
AFP, Published on 11/05/2018
» NEW YORK: Rupert Murdoch's newspaper-focused News Corp on Thursday reported a loss in the past quarter, as results were hit by a writedown in the value of its Australian television operations and declines in print advertising revenues.
Helicopter taxi apps offer escape from traffic-choked megacities
AFP, Published on 09/05/2018
» SINGAPORE: Within minutes of using an app to book a ride, Agostino Fernandes was looking down on lush greenery from a helicopter taxi high above Bangalore -- one of several Uber-style chopper services taking off to help commuters tackle increasingly congested megacities.
US businesses, farmers worried by China trade spat: Fed
AFP, Published on 19/04/2018
» WASHINGTON: Despite continued economic growth, US businesses and farmers are increasingly concerned about the trade spat with China which already has pushed prices higher, according to a Federal Reserve survey released Wednesday.