| | | | | | | | | | | | | | There’s some drama happening in the world of competitive chess. Agon Limited was hired to organize and broadcast the ongoing World Chess Candidates Tournament in Moscow. The company announced earlier this month that other websites would not be allowed to offer live coverage, as many had done in the past. A few chess sites refused to honor the ban, and now Agon is suing them in a Moscow court. |
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| | | | | The critics hated it, but moviegoers disagreed. The film set the record for Warner Bros.’ biggest weekend domestic opening. The battle between the two beloved characters is the first of 10 superhero movies planned by the studio. |
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| | | | | On this week’s episode of the Odd Lots podcast, host Tracy Alloway and Bloomberg Markets reporter Luke Kawa speak with Marc Cohodes, a well-known short seller and part-time chicken farmer. Known for his high-profile campaign against Overstock.com, Cohodes highlights the less glamorous side of short selling, including protracted legal battles and sifting through trash cans for clues to a company's sales volume. |
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| | | | | Sri Lanka wants to be a technology hub. The country is investing in new undersea Internet cables and working with Microsoft to embrace cloud computing. It’s also been wooing Google and Facebook to host tests for some of their most ambitious experiments, from self-driving cars to drones. First up: Google’s high-altitude balloons that can bring Internet connectivity to remote areas. |
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| | | | | The U.S. agency responsible for monitoring earthquakes has for the first time issued a short-term seismic forecast that includes both natural and human-induced risks. The report comes after an alarming six-year rise in the incidence of quakes throughout parts of the U.S. where some 7 million people may be affected, including pockets that could see quakes as damaging as those typically occurring in California. |
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