Spending on machine tools is projected to be way up next year. The latest Capital Spending survey indicates an eye-popping 37 percent increase in capital equipment purchases in 2015. United States ...

Japanese technology major SoftBank has become the largest investor in the Indian e-commerce segment. With its latest investment of $90 million in Housing.com, SoftBank’s overall investment in Indian ...

A widely-watched measure of economic activity in Germany unexpectedly slipped this month, falling to its lowest level in one and a half years despite a welcome recovery in manufacturing. The composite ...

Disruption: Why We Need to Advance the Discussion from "Is-it-or-Isn’t-It Classification" to "How to" Consumer electronics is one of the most obvious areas of our economy ...

Over a decade ago, consumers began to replace analog devices with their digital counterparts. Portable tape players were swapped for CD and MP3 players, tube TVs replaced by digital displays, and mobile ...

Here’s a bit of beautiful news to wake up to on a Tuesday: 3D printing has been used to increase the quality of life of an adorable, disabled puppy dog. In a recent video spot and Buzzfeed article, ...

You might not be able to 3D print your very own cell phone or drone any time soon, but Mike Toutonghi, the founder of Functionalize Inc. (Seattle, WA), has brought the possibility one step closer. His ...

This week, oil fell through the price floor of $60 a barrel and gas at my local filling station was $2.26 a gallon. That’s great news for commuters and almost every business, but wonderfully ...

According to bank HSBC, Polish PMI was 53.2 in November, compared to 51.2 in October and just 49 in September. A PMI of over 50 indicates economic expansion, while a PMI of less than 50 means that industry ...

Global demand for oil from OPEC next year will be less than expected because of weaker growth in consumption and the U.S. shale boom, the group said on Wednesday, pointing to an increasing supply surplus ...