In Times of Disaster, Why Businesses React the Way They Do
During natural disasters, why do some companies open their doors to the community while others take advantage of its members?...
China Bitcoin Exchange to End Trading; Currency Value Falls
One of China’s biggest bitcoin exchanges says it will end trading after news reports that regulators have ordered all Chinese...
Text Message Network Connects Offline Farmers in Kenya
When she woke up one morning in February, Catherine Kagendo realized that one of her cows could not stand. “It...
Harvey Charities Raise More Than $350M in Less Than 3 Weeks
More than 50 local and national charities have raised more than $350 million in the nearly three weeks since Hurricane...
Immigrants, Refugees Revive Depressed Neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio
The Northland area of Columbus, Ohio was booming in the 1960s and 70s. About 65 square kilometers, the area was...
Hurricanes Boost Inflation & Scramble Some US Job Markets
The two recent hurricanes that hit the United States raised inflation and puzzled analysts tracking job losses in Texas and...
Perlan II Sets a New Altitude Record for Gliders
High above the mountains in southern Argentina, two pilots recently set a new altitude world record for gliders. They hope...
Musk Now Targets October to Unveil Tesla Semi Truck
Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk said the electric carmaker is tentatively scheduled to unveil its planned semi-truck in late October,...
Trump Blocks Chinese Takeover of US Computer Chip Company
President Donald Trump has blocked the acquisition of a U.S. computer chip manufacturer by a Chinese company, calling it a...
Workers on Seasonal US Visas Tell Panel of Abuses
As Congress looks into ways to fix the immigration system, often with the goal of safeguarding job opportunities for U.S....
Pittsburgh to Be Site of America’s Largest Urban Farm
Pittsburgh, once a dynamo of heavy industry, will soon become home to the United States’ largest urban farm, part of...
US Orders Federal Agencies to Remove Kaspersky Products
U.S. security officials on Wednesday ordered government agencies to get rid of products and services from Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based...
iPhone X Shipping Delay May Dampen Apple’s Holiday Quarter
Apple Inc’s highly anticipated iPhone X features a slew of innovations but delayed availability could hurt holiday-quarter sales. The much-hyped...
Self-Driving Boats: The Next Tech Transportation Race
Self-driving cars may not hit the road in earnest for many years – but autonomous boats could be just around...
From Refugee Camp to Runway, Hijab-wearing Model Breaks Barriers
Roughly one year ago, Denise Wallace, executive co-director of the Miss Minnesota USA pageant, received a phone call from 19-year-old...
Violent Street Protests Break Out in Haiti Over Tax Hikes
Protesters in Haiti damaged commercial buildings in the capital city and set cars on fire Tuesday, angered by government tax...
Corporate Tax Goal in Doubt as Trump Kicks Off Push on Reform
U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin on Tuesday cast doubt on President Donald Trump’s goal of cutting the corporate tax rate...
US Updates Self-driving Car Guidelines
The Trump administration is updating safety guidelines for self-driving cars in an attempt to clear barriers for automakers and tech...
Apple Introduces Major Upgrades to Trademark iPhone
Apple released the latest in smartphone technology Tuesday — the $1,000 iPhone X (the X stands for the number 10,...
Survivors, Relatives, Volunteers Connect Online for Irma Aid
Worried relatives, generous volunteers, frantic neighbors, even medical providers are turning to social media now that Hurricane Irma wiped out...
Macron’s Big Test: France-Wide Protests Over Labor Overhaul
Eiffel Tower employees planned a walkout, angry carnival workers snarled traffic around Paris’ Arc de Triomphe, and Paris police girded...
While Stock Market Soars, US Farmers Struggle
While U.S. stock indexes continue to see record breaking gains and U.S. employment numbers are encouraging, American farmers continue to...
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