On Christmas Eve, U.S. President Donald Trump took calls from children, asking them what they wanted most from Santa, and revealing what was on his own wish list. One boy wanted building blocks. Another wished for his grandma to get out of the hospital. And as for Trump – who has sent a series of […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has emerged as the “most tweeted about world leader” after US President Donald Trump in 2017, micro-blogging site Twitter said today. Two postings of former US president Barack Obama were among the top three most-liked tweets of 2017. Obama’s tweet “No one is born hating another person because of the colour […]
U.S. President Donald Trump’s @realdonaldtrump Twitter account was deactivated by a Twitter Inc employee who was leaving the company on Thursday and was down for 11 minutes before it was restored, the social media company said. “We have learned that this was done by a Twitter customer-support employee who did this on the employee’s last […]
US tech giants, government leaders, investors, universities, and companies have agreed to fight global warming by reducing carbon emissions and honour the Paris Agreement on climate change, days after President Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the landmark deal. Various companies like Apple, Google, Facebook, Intel and Microsoft are among the hundreds of businesses […]
Automation and the new US administration were the big unknowns at the Indian tech sector’s annual shindig this week, with machines threatening to take away thousands of jobs and concerns over possible visa rule changes in the key American market. But senior executives from the USD 150 billion industry, which rose to prominence at the […]
Uber Technologies Inc Chief Executive Officer Travis Kalanick quit President Donald Trump’s business advisory group on Thursday amid mounting pressure from activists and employees who oppose the administration’s immigration policies. Critics included Uber drivers, many of whom are immigrants themselves. “Joining the group was not meant to be an endorsement of the president or his […]
President elect Donald Trump is pro-business and anti-red tape. But what if your business is red tape? Companies whose technology helps banks and investors cope with the welter of post financial crisis regulations and avoid increasingly hefty fines – a sector known as “regtech” – are sanguine about Trump’s pledge to dismantle some of those […]
China’s e-commerce giant Alibaba has rejected US allegations that it sells counterfeit goods, saying the Washington’s move to put it back on a blacklist of its “notorious markets” could be influenced by the “current political climate” in America. Questioning the US move, Alibaba Group President Michael Evans said he was “disappointed” by the decision and […]
PepsiCo’s India-born CEO Indra Nooyi has said Hillary Clinton’s defeat in the elections has left her daughters, gay workers, employees and the non-whites devasted as there was “serious concern” among them about their safety in the US with Donald Trump as president. “Do you have a box of tissues here,” Nooyi, a staunch Clinton supporter, […]
Tech giant Microsoft’s India-born CEO Satya Nadella has congratulated US President- elect Donald Trump and said he looks forward to working with all those elected in the general election. “Yesterday, we witnessed the democratic process in action here in the US. The results are of importance around the world, and I know that interest is […]
The Trump Campaign has announced buying a $25 million advertisement slots in key battleground states as part of its effort to swing the pendulum in its favour amidst reports that the race to the White House has tightened. Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, himself sent an email to his supporters yesterday announcing his decision […]
Warren Buffett said on Saturday that Berkshire Hathaway Inc is poised to do well no matter who wins the White House in November, and the billionaire investor defended the performance and tactics of the conglomerate’s several large investments. Buffett presided over his 51st Berkshire annual meeting in Omaha, Nebraska, where he and Vice Chairman Charlie […]