Posts by Newsmaker

Iridium to Rely on Used SpaceX Boosters for Next 2 Launches

Iridium to Rely on Used SpaceX Boosters for Next 2 Launches

Iridium Communications says its next two launches of new-generation satellites will use refurbished SpaceX Falcon 9 first-stage boosters that have...

Workers at iPhone Supplier in China Protest Unpaid Bonuses

Workers at iPhone Supplier in China Protest Unpaid Bonuses

Hundreds of workers streamed through dark streets, blocking an entrance to an Apple iPhone supplier’s factory in eastern China to...

Missouri Proposes Innovation Corridor for Amazon’s 2nd Home

Missouri Proposes Innovation Corridor for Amazon’s 2nd Home

Missouri officials were submitting a bid Thursday for Amazon’s second headquarters that would involve an innovation corridor between Kansas City...

US Unemployment Claims Fall to 222,000, Lowest in 44 Years

US Unemployment Claims Fall to 222,000, Lowest in 44 Years

The number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits fell last week to the lowest level since Richard Nixon was president. THE...

Western Influence Feeding the Streets of Iraq

Western Influence Feeding the Streets of Iraq

In Iraq, young entrepreneurs cash-in on a food trend popularized in the West. Trucks serving American-style fast food serve meals...

Dow closes above 23,000 for first time; IBM soars

Dow closes above 23,000 for first time; IBM soars

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 23,000 for the first time on Wednesday, driven by a jump in IBM...

A Lifeline for Millions in Somalia, Money Remittance Industry Seeks More Support

A Lifeline for Millions in Somalia, Money Remittance Industry Seeks More Support

Every month, Fatma Ahmed sends $200 of the earnings she makes in London to her family in Somalia. “It’s for...

Teens Overwhelmingly Prefer Snapchat to Facebook, Study Finds

Teens Overwhelmingly Prefer Snapchat to Facebook, Study Finds

Teenagers are turning away from traditional social media like Facebook and increasingly turning to Snapchat to communicate with their friends,...

Twitter Vows New Crackdown on Hateful, Abusive Tweets

Twitter Vows New Crackdown on Hateful, Abusive Tweets

Twitter vowed to crack down further on hate speech and sexual harassment, days after CEO Jack Dorsey said in a...

Monitoring Pollution in Cities from Space

Monitoring Pollution in Cities from Space

The European Space Agency ESA has launched a new satellite that will collect data useful to ordinary people everywhere on...

Significant Differences Remain After 4th Round of NAFTA talks End in Washington

Significant Differences Remain After 4th Round of NAFTA talks End in Washington

Trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico wrapped up a contentious fourth round of talks this week, aimed...

Telegram CEO’s Court Appeal Tests Russia Eavesdropping Laws, Technical Acumen

Telegram CEO’s Court Appeal Tests Russia Eavesdropping Laws, Technical Acumen

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has announced plans to appeal a Moscow court’s decision Monday to fine the encrypted messaging service...

Canada: NAFTA’s Proposed Changes ‘Troubling’

Canada: NAFTA’s Proposed Changes ‘Troubling’

Canada’s foreign minister says there are “unconventional” and “troubling” proposals on the table as Canada, the United States and Mexico...

US Homebuilder Sentiment Rises in October

US Homebuilder Sentiment Rises in October

U.S. homebuilders are feeling more optimistic than they have in months, looking past a recent slowdown in new home sales...

Forbes: Trump’s Net Worth Declined by $600 Million in Past Year

Forbes: Trump’s Net Worth Declined by $600 Million in Past Year

U.S. President Donald Trump’s net worth declined by some $600 million to $3.1 billion in the past year, according to...

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows 10 Update, Laptops

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows 10 Update, Laptops

Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to its Windows 10 operating system, hoping to spark enthusiasm for its virtual-...

A New Generation of Weather Tech on Display in Amsterdam

A New Generation of Weather Tech on Display in Amsterdam

What’s it like outside? In this era of extreme weather events, it’s more than an idle question, because an accurate...

TV Analyst and New York Deli Owner: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of a Dream

TV Analyst and New York Deli Owner: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of a Dream

For the last year, the deli that Egyptian-American Hatem El-Gamasy owns in Queens, New York has been the backdrop to...

Cybersecurity Firm: North Korea Likely Behind Taiwan SWIFT Cyber Heist

Cybersecurity Firm: North Korea Likely Behind Taiwan SWIFT Cyber Heist

Cybersecurity firm BAE Systems Plc said on Monday it believes the North Korean Lazarus hacking group is likely responsible for...

In Harvey-hit County, Some in GOP Newly Confront the Climate

In Harvey-hit County, Some in GOP Newly Confront the Climate

The church was empty, except for the piano too heavy for one man to move. It had been 21 days...

US Top Court to Intervene in Government’s Email Dispute With Microsoft

US Top Court to Intervene in Government’s Email Dispute With Microsoft

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal from the Justice Department on whether U.S. investigators can...

Populism Again Casts Shadow Over Booming Eurozone Economy

Populism Again Casts Shadow Over Booming Eurozone Economy

For months, the outlook for the eurozone economy has brightened thanks to a series of electoral defeats for populist parties...