Sweden's best-selling car not a Volvo
Image copyright AP Image caption Volvo still has the largest share of the country's car market overall Sweden's best-selling car in 2016 was not a Volvo - the first year that has happened in more than half a century.Instead the Volkswagen Golf topped sales, according to the country's carmakers' association, although Volvo still had the largest share of the country's car market overall.The Golf made up 5.9% of new cars bought in the country, while Volv..>> view originalTrump's latest US corporate Twitter target: General Motors
FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, file photo, President-elect Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump has singled out a number of companies individually, including General Motors Co., before and after winning the ...>> view originalFinland experiments with universal basic income scheme
Kela intends to test various basic income models and hopes to expand the sample size in 2018. The basic income policy has come into focus in the last few years. Switzerland considered introducing a basic income for its citizens last year, but the plan was rejected by the public in a referendum. Other countries considering the idea include Scotland, which plans to test the scheme in Fife and Glasgow later this year. Proponents of universal basic income argue it can be more efficient, fa..>> view originalSEE IT: American man booted off flight after going on racist rant
An American man kicked off 2017 by getting kicked off an airplane for going on a racist tirade and boasting about how "cool" it would be if he caused the flight to be diverted, video shows. The unidentified U.S. national was onboard a San Francisco ...>> view originalAn Hours-Long Customs Outage Across the US Leaves Travelers Up in Arms
Major airports across the U.S. saw long lines, packed waiting areas and grumbling passengers on Monday, as a nationwide system crash at Customs and Border Protection (CBP) caused extended delays right as the holiday season was drawing to a close. The Associated Press reports that “a processing system outage” was to blame for the delay. NBC News reports that the “technological disruption” started at 5 p.m. ET, and continued for about four hours, according to the CBP, before systems were restor..>> view originalBitcoin Breaks $1000
Share Tweet Share Share Share Email Given the past few days, it seems like 2017 could be a banner year for bitcoin. Bitcoin broke past $1,000 in value on its first day of trading in 2017. This marks the first time in three years that the cryptocurrency has been so valuable. At the time of writing, the price of bitcoin sat at $1,027.05. These figures are the highest bitcoin has been since its $1,216.70 peak in 2013, just weeks before the Japanese bitcoin exchange Mt. Gox collapsed. All told, ..>> view originalChina gets tough on smog offenders
The move comes as large swaths of the country are blanketed in dangerous, thick smog. Some 24 cities issued the first "red alerts" for pollution of 2017 on Tuesday, according to Xinhua.Red alerts are the highest of the four-tiered pollution warning system used by mainland China. Authorities often take steps to limit smog, like banning high-polluting vehicles from the road, when red alerts are in effect.China has taken significant steps to tackle pollution and climate change in recent years, from..>> view originalWhy Obamacare is unlikely to die a swift death
Congressional Republicans have long boasted that once they claim the reins of power, they will act quickly and decisively to roll back what they view as the most onerous piece of President Obama’s domestic agenda: the Affordable Care Act. But their actions starting Tuesday to end Obamacare will be far less sweeping, at least initially, than a full-blown repeal of the law. Democratic opposition and complex Senate rules mean that core pieces of the 2010 health-care overhaul are likely to remain, ..>> view originalDonald Trump's New Year's Eve speech cited Dubai business partner
At points throughout his address, Trump name-checked prominent attendees, including "Hussain and the whole family," an apparent reference to his billionaire business partner in Dubai, Hussain Sajwani. DAMAC Properties, Sajwani's company, has built the Trump International Course Dubai. They are currently working on a second course, designed by Tiger Woods, which is set to open in 2018."Hussain and the whole family, the most beautiful people, are here from Dubai tonight. And they're seeing it and ..>> view original
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