US preparing ‘actions’ in coming days against Venezuela, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says
The United States is preparing a “series of actions” in the coming days to increase pressure on the Venezuelan government, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says.
Goldman Sachs wants your piggy bank
The “giant vampire squid” will target the UK savings market next week – but will it be a damp squib?
Is this the secret to High Street success?
Could we learn something from how one town has managed to improve its High Street?
Google scrambled to get employees to delete an internal memo about censored search in China: report
After an employee memo about Google’s secretive plans for a censored search app in China started circulating in early September, human resources personnel ordered employees to delete any copies, according to a report in The Intercept.
Russian sub fleet capable of firing missiles armed with nukes, hypersonics will be ready by 2024
In order to finance eight of the submarines, Moscow cut funding for other military modernization programs, such as the nation’s surface vessel fleet, according to a source who spoke to CNBC on the condition of anonymity.
Shares of luxury online marketplace Farfetch jump 53 percent in IPO’s first day of trading
With a $6.2 billion valuation and $385 million in revenue, Farfetch is trading a richer valuation than even Amazon.
France bans smartphones in schools through 9th grade to try to get students to pay attention more
France’s education ministry hopes that its smartphone ban will get schoolchildren to pay more attention in class and interact more, The New York Times reports. Students’ reply? “Annoying,” one teenager said.
I made the switch from iPhone to Samsung Galaxy Note 9 — this is what I love and what I’ll miss
If you’re going to make the switch from Apple to Android, prepare to give up these features but also get some new ones.
Pound falls after May’s Brexit statement
Sterling’s slide deepens after the Prime Minister’s comments renew fears of a no-deal Brexit.
US is getting ‘very, very close’ to moving ahead on a trade deal without Canada, Hassett says
The U.S. and Mexico are prepared to move ahead alone on a new trade agreement, and Canada may get left behind, a top White House official says.