bubmag

Paris

StockBeat: Air-France-KLM Drags Airlines Down on Overcapacity Fears – Investing.com

By Geoffrey Smith Investing.com -- It’s a miserable, manic Monday for airline stocks across Europe thanks to a triple-whammy of bad news from France, Germany and the U.K. The biggest loser in early trading was Air France-KLM (PA:AIRF), which fell as much as…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Geely

Daimler and Geely back Volocopter to help launch its flying taxi service

In its latest round of funding, Volocopter has been backed by Geely, the Chinese automotive group which manufactures Volvo and Lexus cars as well as London's electric black cabs. It has also secured the support of German automotive giant Daimler, which is loo…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Nukes

2020 Democrats should support Trump’s Iran policy, not pledge to rejoin 2015 nuclear deal

Democratic presidential candidates should seek a better Iran nuclear deal. That requires continuing sanctions and rejecting the 2015 agreement. Iranian energy official Behrouz Kamalvandi says "there's not much time left" to save the nuclear agreement Iran en…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Venezuela

Underground Notes From a 2016 Sandernista

Drawing By Nathaniel St. Clair It was about call and text message 10,000 that I came to realize that political campaigns that once started in September of the election cycle, which would culminate with the election in November, now begin years earlier. The …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Astroturfing

29 Of The UK’s Most Exciting AI Startups Race To Scale

Start of the race Getty The UK is currently third in the world for raising investment in AI and second for the number of AI companies in operation during 2019 (Crunchbase data). Still, 89% of the AI ecosystem in the UK consists of startups with 50 or fewer …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Brexit

British PM Johnson tells parliament: You can tie my hands, but I will not delay Brexit

By William James and Kylie MacLellan LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Tuesday he would not request an extension to Brexit, hours after a law came into force demanding that he delay Britain's departure from the European Union until 2020…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

BUK-Missile

Prisoner swap a big win for Ukraine’s Zelensky, but at a price

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky scored a big win by exchanging prisoners with Russia, experts say, but Moscow made him pay a heavy price and will be looking for more concessions. In office since only May, the political novice managed to fulfil a key c…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Mexico Border Wall

It’s been a month. Here’s what Congress is set to do when they come back to D.C.

In the wake of mass shootings in El Paso, Texas and Dayton, Ohio, President Trump is reportedly in talks with leaders on both sides of the issue of expanding background checks for gun purchases. Buzz60 WASHINGTON Members of Congress have had a long six we…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Obamacare

The Congress To-Do List: Federal Funding, Trump Probes and USMCA

(Bloomberg) -- Congress returns to work Monday with a heavy agenda and slim prospects of getting much done beyond the bare minimum of keeping the government funded and operating after the fiscal year ends Sept. 30. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi faces a crucial …

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

Super Komachi

Powerful Typhoon Faxai Batters Tokyo, Killing At Least 1

TOKYO, Sept 9 (Reuters) One of the strongest typhoons to hit the Japanese capital in recent years hit just east of Tokyo on Monday, killing one woman, with record-breaking winds and stinging rain that threatened to burst river banks before heading out to sea.…

bubmagSeptember 9, 2019

StockBeat: Air-France-KLM Drags Airlines Down on Overcapacity Fears – Investing.com

Daimler and Geely back Volocopter to help launch its flying taxi service

2020 Democrats should support Trump’s Iran policy, not pledge to rejoin 2015 nuclear deal

Underground Notes From a 2016 Sandernista

29 Of The UK’s Most Exciting AI Startups Race To Scale

British PM Johnson tells parliament: You can tie my hands, but I will not delay Brexit

Prisoner swap a big win for Ukraine’s Zelensky, but at a price

It’s been a month. Here’s what Congress is set to do when they come back to D.C.

The Congress To-Do List: Federal Funding, Trump Probes and USMCA

Powerful Typhoon Faxai Batters Tokyo, Killing At Least 1

General Information

Ask me anything