Tag: Scale

  • Asia stocks scale four-month peak as Fed turns more cautious; dollar sags

    Asia stocks scale four-month peak as Fed turns more cautious; dollar sags

    [ad_1] TOKYO (Reuters) – Asia stocks rose to a four-month high on Thursday after the Federal Reserve pledged to be patient with further interest rate hikes, signaling a potential end to its tightening cycle amid signs of slowing global growth. FILE PHOTO: Pedestrians are reflected on an electronic board showing stock prices outside a brokerage…

  • Huawei is facing trouble on a global scale

    Huawei is facing trouble on a global scale

    [ad_1] Huawei’s research and development company, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Futurewei Technologies, was blocked this week from shipping telecommunications equipment and software manufactured stateside. The Commerce Department called the equipment a security risk. It’s part of a multi-pronged effort “to ratchet up the pressure on China,” said Tom Kellerman, CEO of cybersecurity company Carbon Black and…

  • Sophisticated Small Scale Luxury With Beautiful Botanical Themed Decor

    Sophisticated Small Scale Luxury With Beautiful Botanical Themed Decor

    [ad_1] Like Architecture & Interior Design? Follow Us… Luxury isn’t exclusive to huge scale homes, sophisticated small scale luxury is every bit as fabulous. These two compact living spaces offer upscale style in spades, with the help of beautiful botanical themed decor, precious metallic accents and bold use of color. Find jewel tones and Mondrian…

  • The staggering scale of France’s battle against terror, by the numbers

    The staggering scale of France’s battle against terror, by the numbers

    [ad_1] Welcome to The National Today newsletter, which takes a closer look at what’s happening around some of the day’s most notable stories. Sign up here and it will be delivered directly to your inbox Monday to Friday. TODAY: France’s battle against terror attacks, by the numbers. Proponents of an alternative method of growing rice say it boosts…

  • Clean tech solutions need to scale up in the battle against climate change

    Clean tech solutions need to scale up in the battle against climate change

    [ad_1] From solar power to self-driving electric cars, we already have access to the technologies and tools that can help battle the devastating effects of climate change. That’s the good news. But in light of the dire warning about the planet’s future issued by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change earlier this month — which called…

  • Exclusive: Saudi king tipped the scale against Aramco IPO plans

    Exclusive: Saudi king tipped the scale against Aramco IPO plans

    [ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – The king spoke, and a $2 trillion dream went up in smoke. For the past two years, Saudi Arabia has prepared to place up to 5 percent of its national oil company on the stock market. Officials talked up the Saudi Aramco initial public offering (IPO) with international exchanges, global banks…

  • Aid workers in India warn scale of flood damage still unclear

    Aid workers in India warn scale of flood damage still unclear

    [ad_1] The people of the flood-battered Indian state of Kerala are “in a great struggle to rebuild their lives,” the state’s top official said Wednesday, as aid workers warned it could take days before the full scope of the destruction is clear. Though rains have stopped over the past three days and floodwaters are receding,…

  • Einstein is proven right yet again — this time on a galactic scale

    Einstein is proven right yet again — this time on a galactic scale

    [ad_1] Once again, Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity has held up — this time in another galaxy. Using data from NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope and the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope, an international team of researchers found that gravity in a galaxy millions of light-years away behaves how the renowned physicist’s theory predicted. “It is so satisfying…

  • What trade war? FAANGs scale new highs

    What trade war? FAANGs scale new highs

    [ad_1] (Reuters) – Four of the five so-called FAANG stocks – Facebook, Alphabet, Amazon and Netflix – surged to all-time highs on Wednesday, with only Apple spoiling a perfect scorecard. FILE PHOTO: A 3D-printed Facebook like button is seen in front of the Facebook logo, in this illustration taken October 25, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo…

  • China will immediately implement tariffs on the same scale as the US

    China will immediately implement tariffs on the same scale as the US

    [ad_1] Carlos Barria | Reuters President Donald Trump and China’s President Xi Jinping chat as they walk along the front patio of the Mar-a-Lago estate after a bilateral meeting in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S., April 7, 2017. China’s Commerce Ministry said Friday that it will respond immediately on the same scale to the Trump administration’s…

  • Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution

    Plastic waste in Antarctica reveals scale of global pollution

    [ad_1] Plastic waste and toxic chemicals found in remote parts of the Antarctic this year add to evidence that pollution is spreading to the ends of the Earth, environmental group Greenpeace said on Thursday. Microplastics — tiny bits of plastic from the breakdown of everything from shopping bags to car tIres — were detected in nine of 17 water samples collected off…

  • Deutsche Bank will scale back its US presence: Report

    Deutsche Bank will scale back its US presence: Report

    [ad_1] Executives are also closing in on previously announced plans to cut roughly 10 percent of staff that will likely extend into next year as the bank accelerates cost cuts, Dow Jones reported. Following its first-quarter earnings report, the bank had announced plans to significantly reduce its workforce through the rest of this year, mostly…