Google teams up with Lime to put more people on electric scooters and bikes
Google is no stranger to Lime or its popular electric scooters and bikes. The company already invested in Lime’s last $335 million investment round this summer. But now Google is going even further to help put riders on Lime’s micro-mobility vehicles. Starting today, Google Maps will feature Lime’s electric scooters, e-bikes and pedal bikes as […]
Influential Apple analyst cuts iPhone shipment estimates
TF International Securities Apple analyst extraordinaire Ming-Chi Kuo delivered a less than stellar iPhone forecast this week with the straightforwardly titled note, “2019 iPhone shipments likely to be under 190 million units.” The letter puts the number of Apple handsets well below previous analyst predictions of 212 million for next year. Kuo is largely regarded […]
Sonos Beam sound bar is back on sale, and Amazon’s secret Sonos deals are still live
Another day, another discount on a great smart speaker from Sonos! If you missed out on Sonos’ Black Friday sale, you’re in luck because the All-new Sonos Beam Compact Smart TV Soundbar is back on sale at a $50 discount. It’s Sonos’ most compact sound bar by a wide margin, but it still packs the […]
Intel graphics cards release date, news and rumors
For the longest time, the best graphics cards have been an all-out war between Nvidia vs AMD. However, there have been rumors floating around for a while now that Intel is building a team of GPU talent to jump in on the action. In a marketplace where Nvidia is charging exorbitant prices for the RTX […]
Thanks, Amazon: Northern Virginia home sales rocket 90% in November
HQ2 selection sends housing market into a frenzy The number of contracts signed between Northern Virginia home buyers and sellers surged 90% in November compared to last year, just after Amazon.com Inc. AMZN, -4.01% announced plans to locate an additional headquarters in that area. In November, 1,046 such contracts were signed, compared to 533 in […]
Oil ends lower for the week; natural gas sees biggest weekly plunge since 2016
Natural-gas futures suffer a nearly 15% weekly drop as demand prospects weaken Oil prices fell on Friday, settling lower for the week, as a stronger dollar cut global demand for U.S.-priced commodities and a slide for the stock market sullied the risk-taking mood. Meanwhile, natural-gas futures took a plunge that left them down nearly 15% […]
Individual stock investors are the most bearish since 2013: survey
Some analysts see signs of panic in sentiment readings, flow data Investors looking for signs of capitulation in the stock market took heart in a closely watched weekly survey that showed bearish sentiment at its highest in 5 1/2 years. The American Association of Individual Investors late Thursday said bearish sentiment, expectations that stock prices […]
Gold weakens as haven buying lifts U.S. dollar, pushing metal’s price down for the week
Downbeat China data curbs risk appetite; gold off 0.9% for the week A round of weaker-than-expected Chinese economic data spooked global investors Friday, but failed to provide a lift for gold thanks to a stronger U.S. dollar. The metal was down “after a couple of stronger-than-anticipated U.S. economic data points, in particular the retail sales […]
Parcel volumes light
With a little over a week before Christmas, Canada Post says it is starting to catch up on parcel deliveries that have been delayed by rotating strikes over the past two months. The Crown corporation says that’s largely because it is taking in fewer holiday parcels than expected. At the same time, however, the agency […]
Inadequate de-icing: TSB
The Transportation Safety Board says people using remote, northern airports are at substantial and unnecessary risk because of a lack of proper equipment for de-icing planes. The board reached that conclusion during its investigation into the crash of a West Wind Aviation plane just seconds after takeoff from Fond du Lac, Sask., last December. All […]