According to the blog post , New Jersey-based Datapipe has 825 employees across 11 offices on three continents. The largest acquisition in San Antonio , Texas-based Rackspace's history looks to create an MSP juggernaut with a global data center footprint, broad customer base and deep alliances spanning all hyper-scale cloud operators. [Full Article...]
On the New York Mercantile Exchange, West Texas Intermediate futures were trading up around 0.6%, at $47.78 a barrel. Brent crude futures were up 8 cents at $54.57 a barrel at 7:30AM GMT, with the benchmark for global oil prices earlier marking its highest since April at $54.79 a barrel. [Full Article...]
Inflation rose unexpectedly to 2.9 per cent in August, as the slump in sterling since the Brexit vote continued to have a powerful impact on domestic United Kingdom prices. CPIH, which the ONS are now using as their headline measure and which includes owner occupiers' housing costs, rose from 2.6% in July to 2.7%. Analyst Naeem Aslam at Think Markets called the rise in inflation "simply a nightm... [Full Article...]
A "PRIMA facie verification" of election affidavits "by the Directors General of Income Tax" has "indicated discrepancies" in the income disclosures made by seven Lok Sabha members and 98 MLAs , the Central Board of Direct Taxes ( CBDT ) told the Supreme Court on Monday. [Full Article...]
Accounts for the year to the end of March 2017 show Tata Steel UK reported an annual pre-tax loss of £558m, up from £426m in the previous period. Hiesinger favours a steel joint venture, saying this is the best option to eliminate overcapacities in the volatile steel sector but drawing opposition from labour representatives, who fear thousands of job cuts. [Full Article...]
Hurricane Irma has left almost 7 million homes in the southern United States without power and two Ontario hydro utility companies are sending teams to help out. Morici said Florida Power and Light sent workers to help restore power after Hurricane Sandy in 2012 and now they're returning the favor. In the past, FirstEnergy and its employees have been honored by the Edison Electric Institute (EEI) ... [Full Article...]
Almost 700 flights were canceled Monday at Miami and Fort Lauderdale. The Fort Worth, Texas, airline canceled all flights at the airport starting on Friday evening in anticipation of Hurricane Irma , along with flights at three other south Florida airports. [Full Article...]
Watt also is being honored by the NFL Players Association. "Let's start this season off right and show what Texans are made of", Watt said in the video, drawing a huge roar from the crowd. The Texans were thoroughly outplayed in all facets and suffered one of the worst losses in franchise history. That's the most-important thing to focus on here. [Full Article...]