WeWork may be losing money, but its parent company plans to spend even more this time, by investing in real estate. The We Company announced on Wednesday the launch of ARK, a real estate acquisition and management operation with the goal to own stakes in buildings where it operates coworking space. ARK raised $2.9 billion in capital ahead of the launch.  In an email announcement, a spokesman for We Company […]

Ren Zhengfei, the CEO and founder of embattled Chinese tech company Huawei, is defending US rival Apple.  Asked in an interview with Bloomberg about calls in China to boycott Apple (AAPL), Ren said he would be opposed to any such retaliatory action from Beijing even as tensions with the United States escalate.  “That will not happen first of all, and second of all if that happens, I’ll be the first to protest,” Ren told […]

Fiat Chrysler proposed on Monday to merge with France’s Renault to create the world’s third-biggest automaker, worth $40 billion, and combine forces in the race to make electric and autonomous vehicles. The merged company would reshape the global industry: it would produce some 8.7 million vehicles a year, leapfrogging General Motors and trailing only Volkswagen and Toyota. Shares of both companies jumped on the news of the offer, which would […]

Over a lunch of hamburger steaks, mashed potatoes and green beans, Walter Hussman delivered his pitch to the dozen or so attendees of the Hope, Arkansas, Rotary Club meeting. He promised that if they keep paying their current rate of $36 a month for subscription to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette newspaper, even though it will no longer be printed daily or delivered to their door, they’ll get a free iPad to […]

In an exam room at East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, all eyes were on 14-year-old Tinsley Allen as he became the first patient in Tennessee and one of the first in the nation to be fitted with a South American medical device. But Tinsley’s eyes were on his future: eight months to a year from now, when he should be able to take off his shirt to swim without people staring […]

Zulma Díaz Washinton Hispanic Washington DC has a variety of cultural sites, such as museums, parks and monuments, which is why the Explore DC campaign has been created, an initiative to encourage children to go out and explore nature so that while they play research they can learn about the history, the environment another series of topics using video games.  At nine sites in DC, Virginia and Maryland, six partners […]

Washington Hispanic AP Uber announced that it will offer trips for medical consultations as part of its efforts to expand its service area. The company said on Thursday that its Uber Health unit will make trips organized by doctors’ offices and other health service providers and will charge those businesses, not the patients.The company said that trips can be booked hours or days in advance. Patients will not need access […]