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NV5 Awarded $3.4M Design Contract for New York City Department of Parks and Recreation

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., April 19, 2018 -- NV5 Global, Inc. (Nasdaq:NVEE) (“NV5” or the “Company”), a professional and technical engineering and consulting solutions provider, announced today that it was selected to provide...

National MI Reaches 100,000 Mortgage Loan Milestone

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

EMERYVILLE, Calif., April 19, 2018 -- National Mortgage Insurance Corporation (National MI), a subsidiary of NMI Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:NMIH), announces that it has granted 12-month rescission relief on 100,000 loans as...

Phenom People Welcomes Vice President of Client Strategy

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

AMBLER, Pa., April 19, 2018 -- Phenom People, the leader in Talent Relationship Marketing (TRM), announced today that Jennifer Wilga has joined the company as vice president of Client Strategy. ...

Cisco ACI Is Data Center Solution of Choice for Service Providers Worldwide

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 19, 2018 -- Providing secure, differentiated and rapidly delivered cloud services to customers is a crucial requirement for today’s service providers. To meet cloud infrastructure demands,...

Jeff Sakasegawa Joins Sift Science as Trust & Safety Architect

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

SAN FRANCISCO, April 19, 2018 -- Sift Science, a machine learning company whose platform protects businesses from fraud and abuse, today announced the arrival of Jeff Sakasegawa who joins the company as Trust Safety...

More than 700 Capitol Hill Staffers from 64 Offices Set New Participation Record in ACE Congressional Fitness Challenge

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

Washington, DC, April 19, 2018 -- American Council on Exercise's 3rd Annual Congressional Fitness Challenge, a competition that tracks steps and other selected forms of physical activity for six weeks, drew a record...

Sussex Bank Announces Name Change to SB One Bank

Apr 19, 2018 12:01 pm UTC| Business

ROCKAWAY, N.J., April 19, 2018 -- Sussex Bank, a full-service, regional bank with 14 branch locations in New Jersey and New York, announced today a new name and brand identity following its recent partnership with...

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Economy

Iran Weighs Conditions to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

Iran war mediators are stepping up efforts to restore normal shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, with Tehran agreeing to prepare conditions for reopening the vital waterway following diplomatic pressure from Qatar....

Fed Chair Warsh Faces Key Jackson Hole Test

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh will take center stage at the Jackson Hole economic symposium on Friday, with global markets looking for clearer signals on U.S. interest rates, persistent inflation and recent...

Tokyo Inflation Rises in August as BOJ Rate Hike Bets Grow

Consumer inflation in Tokyo edged higher in August, while underlying price pressures remained close to the Bank of Japans target, reinforcing expectations that the central bank could raise interest rates in the coming...

US Stock Futures Flat as Nvidia Rally Fades, Fed Speech in Focus

U.S. stock futures traded near the flatline Thursday evening as investors assessed Nvidias blockbuster earnings-driven rally and awaited Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warshs highly anticipated Jackson Hole speech on Friday....

Asian Currencies Steady Ahead of Warsh Speech

Asian currencies traded mostly flat on Friday as investors avoided major positions ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warshs closely watched Jackson Hole speech. The South Korean won bucked the trend, strengthening to a...

Politics

US Military Uses Laser to Shoot Down Cartel Drones at Mexico Border

The U.S. military used a high-energy laser to shoot down three drones linked to Mexican drug cartels near the U.S.-Mexico border this week, highlighting growing security concerns over unmanned aircraft used by criminal...

Mojtaba Khamenei’s Absence Fuels Iran Leadership Doubts

Six months after U.S. and Israeli airstrikes plunged Iran into war and left Mojtaba Khamenei badly wounded, the countrys supreme leader remains out of public view, raising questions about his health, authority and Irans...

South Korea, Japan and US Plan Joint Military Drills

South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold joint military drills from September 9 to 11, strengthening trilateral defense cooperation amid continued concerns over North Koreas nuclear weapons and missile programs....

ICE Awards $16.7M Contract for Electric Shock Gloves

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has awarded a $16.7 million contract to purchase 6,000 pairs of electric shock gloves for field officers, moving ahead with the controversial equipment despite concerns raised...

Australia Pledges $3.6M for Nepal-China Flood Relief

Australia will provide $3.6 million in humanitarian aid to communities devastated by severe flooding along the Nepal-China border, while deploying additional consular and emergency response personnel as the number of...

Science

Blue Origin New Glenn Explosion Could Delay Launch Operations Until 2028

Blue Origin is facing a significant setback after a dramatic explosion involving its New Glenn rocket severely damaged a launch pad at Cape Canaveral, Florida. According to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, repairs to the...

Blue Origin New Glenn Rocket Explodes During Launch Pad Test, Delaying Space Ambitions

Blue Origin suffered a major setback after its uncrewed New Glenn rocket exploded during a launch pad test in Florida on Thursday, raising new challenges for Jeff Bezos space company as it competes with Elon Musks SpaceX...

SpaceX Delays Starship V3 Launch Ahead of Potential Record IPO

SpaceX on Thursday postponed the highly anticipated launch of its 12th Starship rocket test from Texas after technical issues interrupted the final countdown. The company now plans to attempt the Starship V3 launch again...

Trump Administration Releases New UFO Files and Apollo Mission Records

The U.S. Defense Department has released dozens of previously classified UFO-related files following an order from President Donald Trump, sparking renewed debate over unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP) and government...

China vs. NASA: The New Moon Race and What's at Stake by 2030

The space race is back and this time, its a direct competition between the United States and China for dominance on the lunar surface. NASAs Artemis II mission recently made history when four astronauts flew farther into...

Technology

PayPal Shares Sink as $50 Billion Takeover Bid Collapses

PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) shares plunged in extended trading after a consortium led by private equity firm Advent International and payments giant Stripe reportedly ended its pursuit of the digital payments company....

Nvidia Pauses AI Cloud Financing Deals Amid Antitrust Concerns

Nvidia has temporarily halted some deals tied to a recently introduced financing program for artificial intelligence cloud companies, amid internal concerns that the arrangement could attract greater antitrust scrutiny,...

Google Changes EU Spam Policy Amid Antitrust Scrutiny

Google has revised its spam policy in Europe after concerns from European Union regulators raised the possibility of a significant antitrust fine for Alphabet, the search giants parent company. The company said Friday that...

U.S. Probes Apex Logistics Over Nvidia AI Chip Shipments to China

The U.S. government is investigating Singapore-based Apex Logistics over allegations that the freight company helped transport Nvidia AI chips and computer systems to China despite U.S. export restrictions, Bloomberg...

U.S. Disrupts China-Linked Hacking Campaign Targeting Government Agencies

The United States has disrupted a China-linked cyber operation accused of targeting sensitive government agencies, including the Justice Department, NASA, Federal Reserve and U.S. Senate, authorities said Wednesday. The...