January, 2017

• 2 January

  Tesla gives UK buyers two weeks to dodge Brexit price increase

  

    Bloomberg Tesla Motors Inc. customers in the UK may find their Christmas cash goes a little further than expected after the carmaker postponed a price increase by two weeks. The US electric-auto manufacturer’s plans to raise prices 5 percent in the UK have been put off until Jan. 15 from the original beginning-of-the-year deadline, Tesla said in an e-mailed ...

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• 2 January

  US consumer comfort closes in on best year since 2007

  

    Bloomberg Household confidence in the US is closing in on its best year since before the last recession, according to figures in the Bloomberg Consumer Comfort Index. Comfort measure cooled to 46 in period ended Dec. 25, the first retreat in five weeks, from 46.7. The gauge in the prior week was the strongest since April 2015. Gauge of ...

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• 2 January

  Euro area sees price gains as manufacturing expands

  

    Bloomberg Euro-area manufacturing expanded last month at the fastest rate since April 2011, in a sign that the currency bloc’s recovery is intact heading into 2017. A Purchasing Managers’ Index climbed to 54.9 in December, IHS Markit said on Monday. The reading matches the initial estimate on Dec. 15 and was up from 53.7 in November. Higher import costs ...

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• 2 January

  Gulf stocks mixed, Oman falls after austere budget

  

    DUBAI / Reuters Gulf stock markets were mixed on Monday as most reopened after the New Year, with Oman falling after the release of an austere state budget for 2017. Egypt edged down although foreign investors remained net buyers of stocks. Dubai’s index rose 0.2 percent as much activity focused on speculative stocks with prices below 1 dirham. Islamic ...

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• 2 January

  Stocks start 2017 with gains, many markets stay shut

  

    LONDON / AP Global stocks rose on the first day of 2017, though trading volumes were thin as many major markets observed New Year’s holidays. KEEPING SCORE: Germany’s DAX was up 0.8 percent at 11,574 and France’s CAC 40 was 0.4 percent higher at 4,883. Italy’s FTSE MIB was up 1.5 percent at 18,520, though trading was still suspended ...

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• 2 January

  Tech show looks beyond ‘smart’ to new ‘realities’

  

    Bloomberg The mega-extravaganza of the tech world in Las Vegas is showcasing an array of new devices that get smarts from computer chips, sensors and artificial intelligence, but go further by opening doors to augmented or virtual realities. The Consumer Electronics Show, which begins with a series of media events on Tuesday will offer trade professionals a look at ...

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• 2 January

  Ad-tech use shines light on fringe, fake news sites

  

    Bloomberg What distinguishes mainstream news sites from those devoted to fake news or other hyper-partisan takes on events? It’s not just the stories they run, but also the way they use online technology that tracks readers and shows them ads, according to a new study by a web analytics firm. In particular, the study — from the New York-based ...

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• 2 January

  Samsung warns of slowing growth in key markets

    Bloomberg Samsung Electronics Co. sees growth slowing in key markets and uncertainties increasing around trade protectionism and currency fluctuations. In his annual New Year’s speech Monday, Samsung Vice Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer Kwon Oh-hyun urged employees to learn from costly failures as the consumer electronics giant seeks to recover from 2016’s bruising debacle surrounding the Note 7 smartphone. ...

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• 2 January

  Live-streaming video uploads take 360-degree turn

  

    Relaxnews Twitter recently launched live 360-degree video via its periscope live-streaming platform. While everyone can watch these immersive videos, for now only a select group of broadcasters can post live 360- degree video content. But the service is coming to all users shortly, and the tools to make and stream immersive video are already available to the public. Several ...

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• 1 January

  China to curb capital flight as $1trn moved overseas

  

    Beijing / AFP China will further tighten controls on individuals’ foreign currency purchases to try to curb massive capital flight from the country as the yuan falls sharply against the dollar. Individuals wishing to convert yuan to foreign currencies will now have to provide more detailed information to their bank, including an explanation of the funds concerned in addition ...

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