Section: Business Insider (USA)
The 10 Things In Advertising You Need To Know Today
Good morning. Here’s everything you need to know in the world of advertising today. 1. Twitter has acquired India-based mobile marketing startup ZipDial for an estimated $30 million to $40 million. The deal will bolster Twitter’s efforts to grow users and revenue in emerging markets, but ZipDial’s insights on how to turn the...
10 Things In Tech You Need To Know Today (GOOG, TWTR, AAPL, AMZN)
Good morning! It’s a chilly start to the day in London. Here’s the tech news you need to know today. 1. Google is interested in investing in Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The tech giant is keen on the idea of using satellites to bring the internet to people around the world. 2. Twitter has acquired Indian mobile marketing startup ZipDial....
10 Things You Need To Know Before European Markets Open
Here’s what you need to know in markets today. China’s Official GDP Growth For 2014 Dropped To The Lowest Since 1990. The world’s second-largest economy grew 7.4 percent in the whole of 2014, the National Bureau of Statistics said on Tuesday, undershooting the government’s 7.5 percent target and marking the weakest...
IMF slashes 2015-2016 world growth forecast
Washington (AFP) – The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday sharply cut its 2015-2016 world growth forecast of only six months ago, saying lower oil prices did not offset pervasive weaknesses around the globe.The IMF said poorer prospects in China, Russia, the euro area and Japan will hold world growth to just 3.5 percent this year and...
Huge anti-Charlie Hebdo rally in Chechnya as global protests rumble on
Grozny (Russia) (AFP) – The backlash over Charlie Hebdo rumbled on Monday after days of bloodshed in Niger, with a huge rally in Chechnya against the magazine’s cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, Afghan protesters burning the French flag and Gazans levelling threats against France. Hundreds of thousands of people flooded into the...
Apple Ends Its Relationship With Developers In Crimea (AAPL)
Apple has sent out emails to app developers in Crimea telling them that they can no longer develop iPhone apps, TechCrunch reports. The move is based on new US sanctions against Crimea, the Russian-annexed area of Ukraine, which stop US companies from importing goods or services from the region. The US sanctions mean that it’s illegal for...
The Surprising Real Names Of 30 Celebrities
Sometimes you need to change your name to make it as a star in Hollywood or the music business. When Michael Keaton accepted his best actor Golden Globe for “Birdman,” he told the crowd his birth name was actually Michael Douglas. The 63-year-old actor changed his name early in his career to avoid confusion with the actor of the same...
Shells ‘hit hospital’ in Ukraine’s Donetsk
Donetsk (Ukraine) (AFP) – Shelling hit a hospital in Donetsk city centre in eastern Ukraine on Monday, leaving six wounded while also damaging the front of the building and blowing out windows, rebel officials and witnesses said.Rebel officials said one doctor and five patients were wounded in the shelling which also damaged a nearby...
Russian economy to shrink 4.8% this year: EBRD bank
London (AFP) – Russia’s battered economy will shrink by a far worse-than-expected 4.8 percent this year, as plunging oil prices add to fallout from the Ukraine crisis, the EBRD development bank forecast Monday.The London-based European Bank for Reconstruction and Development sharply revised its September prediction for a 0.2-percent...
Russia capital flight more than doubled in 2014 to $151 bn
Moscow (AFP) – Net capital outflows from Russia more than doubled in 2014 to $151.5 billion, prompted by the Ukraine crisis and the plunging value of the ruble, according to statistics from the central bank.Russia in 2013 had already seen its high level of capital flight, a recurring problem for the country, reach $61 billion.In early...
