In March 2014, Facebook (FB) announced a deal to acquire virtual reality systems developer Oculus for $2.0 billion, a huge investment for a company that had just gone public two years earlier. The acquisition of Oculus was viewed as an attempt by Facebook to broaden its revenue streams. In the third quarter of 2018, Facebook’s revenue from non-advertising operations was $188 million, a decline of 20.7% in four years.
Mideast fears and surging yields triggered another ugly market reversal. Nvidia and Microsoft fell while Tesla dived.
Eduardo Munoz/ReutersAfter weeks of intrigue and oddly vague court filings, documents filed at the last minute on Monday night finally revealed what Donald Trump was forced to give up to score a deal with the Knight Specialty Insurance Company.The documents reveal that the former president was forced to sign away rights to his account at the investment bank Charles Schwab–in which he claims to have more than $175 million–just to keep the New York Attorney General from snatching his properties in
A 16-year-old boy is under arrest after a bishop and several churchgoers were injured on Monday.
Israel claims more than 99 per cent of 300 drones and missiles were intercepted during the attack
ZURICH, April 16, 2024--95 percent of IT leaders across industries have voiced concerns over the implications of not modernising applications and data running on mainframe systems. Experts predict that business agility, customer experience, and technology compatibility will suffer from a mounting modernisation backlog. These are findings of an in-depth research study conducted by the Information Services Group (ISG), the premier global technology research and advisory firm, commissioned by LzLab
IN FOCUS: In 1976, Truman Capote published a short story in ‘Esquire’ that destroyed his friendships with New York’s elite and damaged his literary reputation. As a new TV series airs starring Tom Hollander as Capote, Katie Rosseinsky explores the scandal that became the author’s undoing
That's the question on the minds of cryptocurrency traders ahead of the upcoming bitcoin 'halving', a change in the token's underlying blockchain technology that is designed to reduce the rate at which new bitcoins are created. Previous bitcoin halvings in 2012, 2016 and 2020 were followed by massive rallies in its price: a year after the May 2020 bitcoin halving, bitcoin was up more than 545%. The next halving is currently slated to occur on April 20, per data platform CoinGecko.
European Banks are calling on the European Union to designate them a critically important "strategic" sector, warning that their competitiveness and the bloc's future are at stake, according to a report published on Tuesday. The pitch by the European Banking Federation (EBF) leads a list of 45 policy recommendations that the region's top banking lobby is making ahead of European elections in June. The body's president, Christian Sewing, last year urged that banks be recognised as strategic when he called them a "key factor for European sovereignty" in his role as Deutsche Bank's chief executive.
Following the Bondi stabbing rampage, stories of an 'inadequate' system failing those with mental illnesses have emerged, with calls to overhaul the system.
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PARIS, April 16, 2024--Regulatory News: Forsee Power (FR0014005SB3 – FORSE), expert in smart battery systems for sustainable electromobility, and Letenda, Montreal-based zero-emission bus manufacturer, announces that Letenda’s innovative Electrip zero-emission buses will be equipped with Forsee Power battery systems. Forsee Power will provide its ZEN PLUS high-energy battery systems to be installed on the vehicles specially designed for electric propulsion.
SEOUL, South Korea, April 16, 2024--Dataocean AI, a global data services provider, announced new brand, new site and new datasets at ICASSP 2024.
PRESS RELEASE Regulated Information Antwerp, Belgium, 16 April 2024 (7.00 a.m. CET) VGP NV ('VGP') and Deka Immobilien, one of the largest globally active real estate investment companies in Europe, today announced the signing of the second closing between VGP and their 50:50 joint venture, RED (The ‘Fifth Joint Venture’). The transaction comprises two logistics buildings and a multi-storey car park which were developed in parks that have already transferred to the joint venture in the first clo
Candidate Rob Blackie argues that victims are being ‘denied justice’
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LET’S UNPACK THAT: As the Transformers star advises single women to steer clear of dating altogether, Olivia Petter examines whether she has a point
Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V. to Report Full Year 2023 Financial Results and Operational Progress on April 24, 2024 Halle (Saale) / Munich, Germany, April 16, 2024 - Vivoryon Therapeutics N.V. (Euronext Amsterdam: VVY; NL00150002Q7) (Vivoryon), a clinical stage company focused on the discovery and development of small molecule medicines to modulate the activity and stability of pathologically altered proteins, today announced that it will publish its financial results for the full year 2023 and pro
ADHERE data show VYVGART® Hytrulo has potential to be first advancement for CIDP patients in 30 years Real-world data demonstrate gMG patients able to significantly reduce steroid use over first six months of initiating VYVGART® treatment April 16, 2024 – 7:00am CET Amsterdam, the Netherlands – argenx SE (Euronext & Nasdaq: ARGX), a global immunology company committed to improving the lives of people suffering from severe autoimmune diseases, today announced that data from its Phase 3 ADHERE tri
On 15. April 2024, the addendum to the design-build contract between UAB Merko Statyba, part of AS Merko Ehitus group, and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Support and Procurement Agency entered into force for additional works on the construction of new infrastructures of the training center in Pabrade, Lithuania. The value of additional works exceeds EUR 20 million, plus the applicable value added tax. The actual value is determined after adjustment with the construction price index of
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