US Retailer Aims to Give Tech Experience to Immigrant Teens
A major U.S. electronic retailer says it wants to help immigrant and underprivileged teens gain the technology skills they’ll need...
Facebook to Book Advertising Revenue Locally Amid Political Pressure
Social media giant Facebook said on Tuesday it would start booking advertising revenue locally instead of re-routing it via its...
Waiting for Congress, Mnuchin Makes 2nd Emergency Debt Move
Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Monday he is making a second emergency move to keep the government from going above...
US High Court Turns Away Dispute Over Gay Worker Protections
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear an appeal by a Georgia security guard who said she was...
EU-Mercosur Talks Hit Snags, Announcement Could Be Delayed
Free-trade talks between the European Union and South American trade bloc Mercosur still face hurdles over beef and ethanol, and...
Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants, Refugees
Khaled Turkmani fled Syria and traveled through five countries before he ended up in San Francisco. He immediately began to...
Fusion Reactor Under Construction in France Halfway Complete
The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor, ITER, now under construction in southern France, is often called the most complicated scientific instrument...
A Silicon Valley Job Fair Caters to New Immigrants and Refugees
More than a million college-educated immigrants in the U.S. are in low skilled jobs, according to estimates. But they have...
Digital World Provides Benefits and Risks for Children
The U.N. Children’s Fund says the explosion of digital technology and growing internet access holds both benefits and risks for...
Traders Brace for Launch of Bitcoin Futures Market
The newest way to bet on bitcoin, the cyptocurrency that has taken Wall Street by storm with its stratospheric price...
North Dakota: The Silicon Valley of Drones
North Dakota’s vast flatlands have long been known for fertile fields of canola seeds, grazing cattle, and oil drilling. But...
Satellite Technology Helps Protect Ocean Wildlife
Scientists around the world are increasingly using satellite technology to study life on earth. Small, inexpensive transponders attached to animals...
Argentina Blocks Two Activists From Entry on Eve of WTO Meeting
Argentina blocked two European activists from entering the country on the eve of the World Trade Organization’s ministerial meeting in...
Three Central Banks, Three Economic Outlooks for 2018
Three central banks, meeting on both sides of the Atlantic, will highlight the diverging fortunes of the world’s biggest economies...
US Economy Adding Jobs, But Employers Say Skills Gap is Rising
The U.S. economy posted another impressive month, adding 228,000 jobs in November. The unemployment rate, now at a 17-year low,...
Wind, Fire, Ash Destroy Much of California Avocado Crop
The wildfire that roared through the orchards of California’s Ventura County destroyed much of the region’s avocado crop not just...
‘Worker Bee’ Round of NAFTA Talks to Focus on Easier Chapters
NAFTA trade negotiators convene in Washington next week for a limited round of talks unlikely to move the needle on...
UN Calls on Social Media Giants to Control Platforms Used to Lure African Migrants
The U.N. migration agency called on social media giants Friday to make it harder for people smugglers to use their...
Net Neutrality Advocates Speak Up as FCC Set to Strike Down Rules
Net neutrality is a simple concept but a dense and often technical issue that has been argued over for years...
Bangladesh Asks NY Fed to Help it Recover Stolen Millions
Bangladesh’s central bank has asked the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to join a lawsuit it plans to file...
Ford to Test New Self-driving Vehicle Technology in 2018
Ford Motor Co will begin testing its latest self-driving vehicle technology next year in at least one city but has...
Report: Ethiopia Targeted Dissidents, Journalists With International Spyware Attacks
Since 2016, the Ethiopian government has targeted dissidents and journalists in nearly two dozen countries with spyware provided by an...
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