Just last month, equity analysts at JPMorgan said blockchain could reduce transaction settlement time to minutes, lower transaction costs and provide parties with more clarity on payment cycles. These now rely on wire transfers and use decades-old networks like Swift which have cut-off times for transactions in different countries. Furthermore, Farooq was also noted by CNBC as stressing that there are more potential use-cases for JPM Coin in the future.

As electric cars are quiet most of the time, a message on the screen will let other pedestrians know that the owner's pets are fine. Tesla has some good news for responsible dog owners. Tesla has launched its new Sentry Mode feature , which uses the vehicle's external cameras to monitor its surroundings. If a minimal threat is discovered, like someone leaning on the auto, it switches to an "alert mode".

But, "with the import of diluents now sanctioned by the US, and problems in producing its own lighter crudes, PDVSA will have a tough job to make enough on spec barrels available for export", the IEA said . None of these options are appealing, and all of them are likely to result in higher costs for refined products, particularly the middle distillates such as diesel and jet fuel that are produced in greater quantities from heavy crudes.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office says Wilson-Raybould told the prime minister Monday night of her intention to resign from cabinet. "I will highlight however that there's a real danger, and it's been flagged for me, of unintended consequences, particularly because there are two court cases ongoing directly related to this matter that could be impacted by such a decision we might make".

Investors holded 644.93 million in 2018Q2 but now own 663.95 million shares or 2.95% more. Shares of Activision Blizzard, Inc . Two sources familiar with the matter tell Yahoo Finance that Activision Blizzard initiated employee layoffs in its Santa Monica headquarters on Monday, although it's unclear how widespread the layoffs are at this time.

We were promised there would be a deal last October - that didn't happen. It is that promise that led to this week's vote. Major has been campaigning, alongside former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, for a second referendum to be held on whether Britain should relinquish its European Union membership.

Aurora, a startup tech company investing in self-driving vehicle technology , has announced that it has secured over $530 million in financing from a series of investors, including venture capital firm Sequoia Capital , money manager T. Aurora has partnerships with Volkswagen and Hyundai but its technology could apply to vehicles beyond cars. Aurora said it now earns revenue through these partnerships, although it hasn't determined precisely how its business model will evolve once the ...

The repo rate is the rate at which the central bank lends short-term money to the banks. The last rate cut was announced in August 2017 and was followed by two hikes of 25 bps each past year. "Investment activity is recovering but supported mainly by public spending on infrastructure", the MPC said in a statement. The RBI also revised down headline inflation estimates to 2.8 per cent in March quarter, 3.2-3.4 per cent in first half of next fiscal and 3.9 per cent in Q3 of FY20.

Output from OPEC's 14 current members fell by 930,000 barrels a day to 31.02 million, according to a Bloomberg survey. US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) futures were at $55.13 per barrel, down 13 cents, or 0.24 percent, from their last settlement.

Theresa May has been in Northern Ireland meeting parties there to reassure them there will be no hard border as a result of the United Kingdom leaving the EU. The British prime minister is due in Brussels on Thursday to seek a way to ensure Britain's orderly withdrawal from the European Union and avoid what Tusk warned would be a "fiasco".

People cross into Venezuela over the Simon Bolivar worldwide bridge in Cucuta, Colombia February 4, 2019. A growing number of European nations publicly backed Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as his country's interim president, ratcheting up diplomatic pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to step down from power.

She disclosed that clients' money worth $190m (£110m) in both cryptocurrency and normal money is in " cold storage " and only her late husband holds the keys. An additional CA$70 million ($53 million) is in the form of government currency. It warned that customers might take legal action against Quadriga if the problem continues.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi , who won plaudits from Democrats for her hardline negotiating tactics during the shutdown, will be seated behind the president - a visual reminder of Trump's political opposition and the coming tide of Democratic challengers in 2020.

The unemployment rate rose in January (up from 3.9 percent in December), and that's largely because of the shutdown . The two astonishing numbers were the top-line jobs number - 312,000 new jobs - and the 11 cent rise in average hourly earnings.

Analysts projected US$71.9 billion. Advertising is another fast-growing source of revenue for Amazon . Revenue in North America topped $44 billion, up from $37 billion year-over-year. Although its operating loss shrunk to US$642-million from US$919-million in the quarter, rules in India created concern. Its cloud services business grew 45% over the last quarter of 2017.

According to Alibaba's quarterly sales results, the Chinese business has outperformed its global technology peers thanks to its significant growth in active users. In 2018, even though Alibaba netted a record $30 billion from the Singles' Day, annual growth dropped to the weakest rate in the event's 10-year history as a slowing Chinese economy and trade tensions chilled sentiment.

Investors will also grapple with trade negotiations, amid a report Monday that USA prosecutors are planning to file criminal charges related to China's largest smartphone maker. Equity markets have solid underpinnings with fourth-quarter earnings looking good, a likely truce in the U.S. It reported a 43 percent drop in operating profit for the quarter through last month.

Poppe said the usage cuts by large businesses were not enough, and urged 1.8 million MI customers to turn down thermostats as much as they could to cut natural gas use in order to protect critical facilities like hospitals and nursing homes.

That's because Venezuela's oil shipments to China and Russian Federation are usually taken as repayment for billions of dollars in debts. Venezuelan opposition sympathizers had been urging Guaido to assume the presidency since Maduro was inaugurated to a second term on January 10 following a widely boycotted election a year ago that the United States and many other foreign governments described as a fraudulent.

Trump and Guaido spoke by telephone on Wednesday. GLOBAL STANDOFF The United States is Venezuela's largest crude importer, ahead of India and China, but the new measures limit transactions between us companies and state oil company PDVSA .