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Wireless headphones that promise the best

  Relaxnews Apple recently caused a stir by removing the headphones jack from its iPhone 7 and 7 Plus smartphones, a trend that could soon spread to other manufacturers and which will no doubt boost sales of Bluetooth headphones. Here are three pairs of wireless headphones promising some of the best performances in their fields. NOISE-CANCELING CAPABILITY The Bose QuietComfort ...

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Traders cash in on gut feeling

  Bloomberg Traders who are better at listening to the clues their bodies give them about market patterns make more money and survive longer in the industry, according to a study by former Goldman Sachs Group Inc. derivatives trader-turned-neuroscientist John Coates. Coates, whose 2012 book “The Hour Between Dog and Wolf” revealed how traders’ decisions are influenced by biology, wanted ...

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Having a ‘blast’ among the rocks

  DPA Just before the explosion, a warning signal sounds; a few seconds later Bernd Sauter presses the button marked “fire” and thousands of tons of rock come crashing down. Sauter works at a quarry belonging to a construction materials company, HeidelbergCement, and several times a month he gets to explode cliffs of limestone to be made into cement. “It’s ...

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