TOKYO – Ivanka Trump said at a Tokyo conference on women’s advancement Friday that harassment of women in the workplace cannot be tolerated. Continue Reading Below The U.S. president’s daughter and adviser spoke at the World Assembly for Women amid growing attention to sexual harassment of women in Hollywood and […]
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Security and trade challenge Trump on first Asia trip
TOKYO – Security and trade will loom large during President Donald Trump’s first official visit to Asia, which begins Sunday in Japan. Continue Reading Below North Korea’s missile and nuclear weapons programs are likely to be the issue dominating the first part of his trip, which includes stops in South […]
Here’s What Fueled Ballard Power Systems’ 7% Pop in October
What happened Continue Reading Below Shares of Ballard Power Systems (NASDAQ: BLDP), a leader in fuel-cell solutions, climbed 7% last month. The stock’s notable rise in October seems trivial when considering its performance in general during 2017. From the beginning of the year through September, shares of Ballard had risen a […]
Maduro moves to restructure Venezuela’s $120B foreign debt
CARACAS, Venezuela – Venezuela’s president says his socialist government will begin restructuring a foreign debt estimated at more than $120 billion, saying U.S. financial sanctions are crippling the oil-dependent economy’s ability to pay. Continue Reading Below But President Nicolas Maduro also indicated he wanted to avoid a fight with international […]
Why tax plan might not put US firms’ overseas cash to work
WASHINGTON – The House Republican tax bill is meant to send trillions in corporate profits overseas pouring back home and, in the process, give the U.S. economy a healthy boost. Continue Reading Below It may be more likely to land with an economic thud and provide a windfall to tax […]
Senate Democrats demand that Sessions testify again on Russia
Senate Democrats on Thursday demanded that Attorney General Jeff Sessions be recalled to testify on the Trump campaign’s Russia contacts after the disclosure of an effort to set up a meeting between then-Republican candidate Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Continue Reading Below Judiciary Committee Democrats want to question […]
Treatment of blacks in St. Louis prompts economic boycott
ST. LOUIS – Amid ongoing protests reinvigorated by the acquittal of a white former police officer in the death of a black suspect, several African-American faith and civic leaders in St. Louis announced details of an economic boycott campaign Thursday as the busiest retail period of the year approaches. Continue […]
Apple CEO Cook breathes new life into old iPhones
By delivering solid financial results that beat Wall Street’s expectations for both revenues and profits on Thursday, Apple CEO Tim Cook put to rest concerns that the company’s flagship device, the iPhone X, wouldn’t be ready in time for the holiday shopping season. Continue Reading Below But beneath the headline […]
Scrappy Venezuela newspaper drops print edition
CARACAS, Venezuela – A scrappy, independent newspaper in Venezuela that never shied from fights with the country’s powerful socialist leaders circulated its last print edition Thursday, but its staff of reporters and editors aren’t declaring defeat. Continue Reading Below Launched in 2000 by a former leftist guerrilla fighter, Tal Cual […]
Why Intel Corp. Isn’t Manufacturing the Google Pixel Visual Core
A little while back, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) subsidiary Google announced its new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL smartphones, which target the premium portion of the smartphone market. Continue Reading Below One particular feature that has received a lot of attention is the chip inside of these phones called […]