It’s the bane of new parents: The crying infant that won’t sleep. Now a smart crib promises to put your baby to sleep in no time. The Snoo Smart Sleeper is a crib that rocks gently and emits the sound of rain in order to put infants to sleep. Microphones on the crib detect whether the child is asleep or not, and the rocking motion can go on all night. The Snoo costs $1,160 dollars.

The days of dollar strength appear to be over now that the French election has sounded the all clear on the euro, creating a potential big boost for profits of global-oriented U.S. companies in the coming months. Three factors “are conspiring for a ‘honeymoon period’ for overseas earnings,” Sean Darby, chief global equity strategist at Jefferies, said in a Monday note. The dollar is weakening as Fed rate hike assumptions are pushed out and as political uncertainty in the U.K. and Europe recedes.

Macquarie raised its stock ratings across the steel sector due to evidence of better steel demand and the prospect of President Donald Trump’s protectionist policies for the industry. Steel stocks surged more than 6 percent percent last Thursday after President Trump signed a directive for an investigation into whether foreign steel imports are hurting U.S. national security. “With steel demand improving, and President Trump continuing to promise new restrictions on imports, we see the potential

Jean-Claude Trichet, former president of the European Central Bank, shared his views on the French election Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” On the state of French politics: “I would say all taken into account, this is an earthquake in French politics,” Trichet said. On youth unemployment in France: “It seems to me that the success of the new government, the new president, will rely upon eliminating this youth unemployment, which is an abominable disgrace,” he said. French presidential c

Fidelity’s Jurrien Timmer shared his market views in an interview Monday on CNBC’s “Squawk on the Street.” On the tail risks: “There are always tail risks. There’s always a 1 in 3 chance that the market goes down 10 percent and a 1 in 5 chance the market goes down 20 percent, but yet over the long term the stock market goes up 10 percent a year about 70 percent of the time,” Timmer said. … It’s nice to get this one [French election] out of the way.” To watch the broadcast interview in its entire

The long term GMMA has compressed and turned upwards. The compressed long term GMMA has narrow separation and this shows investors are still cautious about future prospects for oil. A breakout above this level gives a medium term target near $68. A breakout above $54 can move quickly to long term resistance near $58. Any breakout above $58 has a resistance target near $68 and this helps validate the head and shoulder price projection target.

Inflation in Singapore came in below expectations in March, data released Monday showed, as residential rents continued to spiral lower. For the first quarter, inflation was 0.6 percent on-year. While private road transportation, food and services prices all inched higher in March, accommodation prices tumbled 4.0 percent, after falling 4.0 percent in February. Singapore’s central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), likely wouldn’t adjust its policy based on the data. In a statement

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Sunday said she was encouraged that Washington would take a look at a future trade agreement with the European Union. Merkel, speaking at the opening of the Hannover Messe industry fair, said Germany remained opposed to protectionism and trade barriers, and would continue to work for multilateral trade agreements like the EU’s free trade deal with Canada. “I also feel very encouraged by my visit to the United States that negotiations between the EU and the Unit

Apprentices no more, Eric and Donald Trump Jr. are now at the helm of the Trump Organization and adjusting to the reality presented by their father’s presidency. They’re eyeing ways to use the new lease on the family fame by expanding the brand into parts of the United States that embrace him. The Trump Organization is a private, family-run business that owns billions of dollars’ worth of hotels, office buildings, golf courses and management and licensing agreements. Because overseas markets hav

Global risk assets kicked off the new trading week on a sure footing after centrist Emmanuel Macron pulled in the highest number of votes among candidates in the first round of the French presidential election on Sunday. Early in Monday’s session, the euro had lost a little further momentum and was trading around 1.0835 by 07:45 a.m. London time. The Financial Times noted that the single currency’s jump was its best daily leap in 10 months. Also trading lower was safe haven spot gold, around 1 p

The pan-European Stoxx 600 was 1.6 percent higher in early deals with all sectors trading on positive ground. Stocks of French banks dominated the top of the European benchmark with Credit Agricole, Societe Generale and BNP Paribas all up by around 10 percent. Natixis, Axa and Vinci were also higher in early deals. This means that France’s economy should benefit from Macron’s reform agenda and the European Union is unlikely to see its second biggest economy leaving, given Macron’s pro-European s

Dror, a fellow at the Aspen Institute-linked Aspen Global Leadership Network, taught himself to code as a child. There are around fifty people working at LeapLearner, Dror told CNBC. Wu also ensures that what the start-up does is scalable in changing the way people learn, Dror added. During the first three weeks, children learn aspects of coding on their own at home. First, children are exposed to code used in games they play by being allowed to change variables in the code of those games.

Billionaire Elon Musk said on Sunday his motive for Neuralink – the company he founded to link the human brain with a machine interface – is to avoid artificial intelligence (AI) “becoming other”. Skynet is a fictional self-aware AI system in the “Terminator” movies that saw humans as a threat and sought to wipe them out. Last week, Musk outlined his plans for Neuralink in an interview with website Wait But Why. The company plans to make “micron-sized devices” to achieve his goal of human-machin

Our live blog is tracking market reaction as centrist candidate Emmanuel Macron wins the first round of the French presidential elections. The CAC 40 index rose sharply. We’ll bring you the latest analysis below.

President Donald Trump put pressure on Democrats on Sunday as U.S. lawmakers worked to avoid a government shutdown, saying Obamacare would die without a cash infusion the White House has offered in exchange for their agreement to fund his border wall. The escalated push to get Trump’s priorities, which Democrats reject, into spending legislation could jeopardize prospects for an agreement to keep the government open. If talks fail, the government would shut down on Saturday, Trump’s 100th day in

China holds excellent opportunities for entrepreneurship and innovation, according to Yu Zhichen, CEO of Turing Robot, a firm looking to make it big in artificial intelligence. Like in many countries, technology firms have taken the spotlight in China’s entrepreneurial space. It may also mean foreign firms start to lose access to the Chinese market. Above Image: Robots from Turing Robot. Courtesy Turing Robot.

“Over the past week, interbank rates trended higher, bond and capital markets suffered from sustained corrections and some institutions faced liquidity pressure. Daily declines of more than 1 percent in the indexes have been rare for notoriously volatile Chinese markets this year. “Even the better-than-expected Q1 data could not boost the market, as investors are concerned about regulatory risks,” wrote Larry Hu, analyst at Macquarie Capital Ltd, referring to stronger-than-expected 6.9 percent e

These wide aisles make for faster boarding, reducing the amount of time aircraft spend on the tarmac, known as turnaround time. The company first introduced a short-haul low-cost airline version of this known as the “Side-Slip” seat, which is thinner and does not recline. “The Side-Slip seat is for… shorter flights, and the airlines really want to optimize the amount of time they spend flying. First introduced in 2012, the Side-Slip seat will be crash tested by the Federal Aviation Administratio

Yes, the U.S. will be watching your progress in reducing excessive trade surpluses with America and the rest of the world. That would be the beginning of upholding the true system of multilateral free trade. Witness the confused German defense of their trade surpluses during last week’s international meetings in Washington. Germany’s household consumption is estimated to have grown last year at a rate of 1.4 percent, and the business investment at a stagnating 1 percent. Half of its growth last

“In the second half of last year, a number of our property projects were sold out on the day when they were launched,” he said. “It’s true that rising inventory in third or fourth tier cities is partly due to supply growing faster than demand,” he said. However, another big reason is some developers are unable to provide products that meet the market’s needs. To maintain profitability Hu said CCRE needs to manage the pace of its investment into these sectors. In the first half of this year, we m