Solar Plane Nears Goal of Circling Globe as Atlantic Leg Begins and other top stories.

• Solar Plane Nears Goal of Circling Globe as Atlantic Leg Begins

  

  A solar plane took a further step toward circling the globe as Swiss pilot Bertrand Piccard began a trip across the Atlantic Ocean that’s expected to take about four days.Piccard, the 58-year-old adventurer who made the first trip in a hot-air balloon around the globe, took off at about 2:30 a.m. from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport, heading for Seville. Prince Albert gave the final go-ahead from the project’s control center, which is located in Monaco. “It’s the moment to go,”..

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• LinkedIn gets lucky

  

  Several readers have asked for my take on Microsoft’s purchase last week of LinkedIn for $26.2 billion -- a figure some think is too high and others think is a steal. I think there is generally more here than meets the eye. Microsoft definitely needed more presence in social media if it wants to be seen as a legit competitor to Google and Facebook. Yammer wasn’t big enough. LinkedIn fits Redmond’s business orientation and was big enough to show that Satya Nadella isn’t afraid to open up the B..

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• NASA's Experimental Electric Airplane designated X-57, nicknamed Maxwell

  

  June 20, 2016 |   Written by J.D. Harrington NASA Headquarters Washington, D.C. – With 14 electric motors turning propellers and all of them integrated into a uniquely-designed wing, NASA will test new propulsion technology using an experimental airplane now designated the X-57 and nicknamed “Maxwell.” NASA Administrator Charles Bolden highlighted the agency’s first X-plane designation in a decade during his keynote speech Friday in Washington at the American Institute of Aeronautics and ..

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• A Final Checklist for Costco's June 20 Credit Card Switch

  

  In some Costco (NASDAQ:COST) stores across the US there is little indication that on June 20 the company undergoes a major change. Costco is dropping its American Express (NYSE:AXP) loyalty credit card in favor of a new one from Visa (NYSE:V). The only sign of the change in my local Costco is an information kiosk with signage that generically refers to credit cards, otherwise there is very little in-store to indicate that anything is happening. Perhaps that's because in the period leading up th..

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• Asia stocks gain as Brexit fears ebb slightly, safe-havens retreat

  

  TOKYO Asian stocks gained across the board on Monday as fears that Britain would vote to leave the European Union abated a little, aiding a recovery in both sterling and investor risk appetite. Safe-haven assets and currencies like gold, government bonds and the yen retreated.Spreadbetters expected equities to remain on the upswing, forecasting a significantly higher open for Britain's FTSE .FTSE, Germany's DAX .GDAXI and France's CAC .FCHI.MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside ..

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