Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Indian rupee is printed at high-security presses inside the country. Many currencies are not made in-house Last week, the Liberian government announced it had lost $104m (£79m). This wasn’t through any bad investment decision or some accounting fraud, the money – in cash – had literally gone missing. The …
Image copyright Ericsson Image caption Will self-driving cars really need 5G to make them work? Proponents of 5G say it will offer ultra-fast connections, speedier data downloads, and be able to handle millions more connections than 4G mobile networks can cope with today. One use for 5G is self-driving cars, but will they really need …
Rajiv Bajaj is the straight-talking chief executive that turned around Bajaj, the scooter company his grandfather founded, making it one of the world’s leading motorcycle manufacturers. He shares his management philosophy, which he says is learnt from the practice of yoga. Source by [author_name]
Smart trousers with artificial muscles have been developed to improve the lives of people with mobility problems. Researchers at Bristol University created “The Right Trousers” to help people who are older or have disabilities to move. The team was inspired by the Wallace and Gromit clay animation The Wrong Trousers. BBC Click finds out more. …
Plastic waste is a serious problem in India. But businesses in the emerging tech hub of Hyderabad may have found a golden business opportunity to turn plastic rubbish that would otherwise have ended up in a landfill, into efficient building materials used to construct houses and city pedestrian walkways. Reporting by Devina Gupta, filmed by …
Image copyright Getty Images The International Monetary Fund has agreed to speed up a batch of emergency loans to Argentina and provide a bigger bailout than initially planned. The IMF plans to boost its 36-month package to $57.1bn (£43bn) from $50bn announced previously. It will also make more than $36bn available up to the end …
Image copyright Getty Images Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox will sell its 39% stake in Sky to Comcast, ending the media mogul’s association with the satellite broadcaster after almost three decades. It had been unclear whether Fox would retain its stake in Sky after Comcast won a £30bn bidding war for the satellite broadcaster on …
Image copyright Reuters Image caption The Federal Reserve has been gradually raising interest rates since 2015 The US Federal Reserve has raised interest rates again. Officials increased the target for the bank’s benchmark rate by 0.25%, to a range of 2%-2.25%. A majority of members also said they expect another rise before the end of …
Image copyright Marcel Kusch The Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) has called on Ryanair to compensate passengers affected by staff strikes this week. The CAA argued Ryanair was bound by EU law, but the airline said it would reject any claims. Ryanair has cancelled 150, or about 6% of its 2,400 scheduled flights this Friday. The …