Posts by Newsmaker

CEOs at Major US Firms Earn 271 Times as Much as Employees

CEOs at Major US Firms Earn 271 Times as Much as Employees

A study by the Economic Policy Institute says the chief executive officers of America’s largest firms were paid an average...

Indian Builders Pledge ‘Green’ Homes in Race to Meet Climate Goals

Indian Builders Pledge ‘Green’ Homes in Race to Meet Climate Goals

India’s top builders have pledged to make at least a fifth of their new housing developments sustainable by 2022, as...

In China, Ford Cars Pass ‘Golden Noses’ Test Before Sale

In China, Ford Cars Pass ‘Golden Noses’ Test Before Sale

While Western drivers like the “new car smell” of a vehicle fresh off the production line, Chinese would rather their...

Robot Swims Around Fukushima Reactor to Find Melted Fuel

Robot Swims Around Fukushima Reactor to Find Melted Fuel

An underwater robot entered a badly damaged reactor at Japan’s crippled Fukushima nuclear plant Wednesday, capturing images of the impact...

Amazon Launches Shopping Social Network Spark for iOS

Amazon Launches Shopping Social Network Spark for iOS

Amazon.com has launched a social feature called Spark that allows members to showcase and purchase products on its platforms, the...

Asia’s Richest Man Comes Under Pressure in China

Asia’s Richest Man Comes Under Pressure in China

Asia’s richest man, Wang Jianlin, suddenly finds himself cornered. The giant Dalian Wanda Group, which he heads, is facing a...

Teen Robot Builders from 157 Countries Compete

Teen Robot Builders from 157 Countries Compete

Robots from around the world clashed in Washington, DC (this week, July 17-18). It’s part of a global competition bringing...

Uber-style App ‘Careem’ Goes Off Beaten Track in Palestinian West Bank

Uber-style App ‘Careem’ Goes Off Beaten Track in Palestinian West Bank

Careem, a Middle Eastern rival to Uber, has become the first ride-hailing firm to operate in the Israeli-occupied West Bank....

Silicon Valley Reacts to Trump Decision to Delay International Entrepreneur Rule

Silicon Valley Reacts to Trump Decision to Delay International Entrepreneur Rule

President Trump’s decision to delay a new program for immigrant entrepreneurs to come to the U.S. has drawn criticism from...

House Budget Blueprint Key to Success of Trump Tax Agenda

House Budget Blueprint Key to Success of Trump Tax Agenda

Despite opposition from Republican moderates and conservatives, House leaders are pressing ahead with a budget plan whose success is critical...

Story of Afghan Girls’ Team Just One of Many at Robotics Event

Story of Afghan Girls’ Team Just One of Many at Robotics Event

An international robotics competition in Washington was in its final day Tuesday, with teams of teenagers from more than 150...

Mexico Economy Minister Queries US Talk on Cutting NAFTA Trade Deficits

Mexico Economy Minister Queries US Talk on Cutting NAFTA Trade Deficits

Mexico’s economy minister on Tuesday expressed concern that the United States was insisting on reducing trade deficits in objectives it...

Afghan All-girls Robotics Team Impressed by ‘Friendly’ US

Afghan All-girls Robotics Team Impressed by ‘Friendly’ US

It took an intervention from U.S. President Donald Trump and other officials to allow the girls of the Afghan robotics...

Silicon Valley Mostly Quiet in Internet Surveillance Debate in Congress

Silicon Valley Mostly Quiet in Internet Surveillance Debate in Congress

Facebook, Alphabet’s Google, Apple and other major technology firms are largely absent from a debate over the renewal of a...

Poll: Americans Want US Goods, But Not Willing to Pay More

Poll: Americans Want US Goods, But Not Willing to Pay More

Americans say they love U.S.-made goods. They are less enthusiastic, however, about paying a premium for them. At the AMES...

Trump Touts ‘Made in America Week’

Trump Touts ‘Made in America Week’

The Trump Administration has launched “Made In America Week” to highlight the importance of U.S. manufacturing and tout its policies...

Hyperloop Technology Takes One Small Step Forward

Hyperloop Technology Takes One Small Step Forward

Engineers at Hyperloop recently took a significant step toward proving their new vacuum-tube-based transportation system may in fact be the...

Trump Declares ‘Hard Part Now is Done’ to Bring Jobs Back to America

Trump Declares ‘Hard Part Now is Done’ to Bring Jobs Back to America

President Donald Trump inspected products brought to the White House on Monday from all 50 U.S. states to launch his...

Netflix Still Piling Up Viewers — and Big Programming Bills

Netflix Still Piling Up Viewers — and Big Programming Bills

Netflix is pulling in new viewers and award nominations in droves, but the online video service still faces a long-term...

Two Iranians Charged in US for Hacking, Selling Weapons Software

Two Iranians Charged in US for Hacking, Selling Weapons Software

Two Iranian nationals have been charged in the United States in an alleged scheme to steal and resell software to...

Afghan Girls Robotics Team Competes after Visa Obstacles

Afghan Girls Robotics Team Competes after Visa Obstacles

Their team shirts didn’t say “Afghanistan” and their name badges were handwritten, not typed, suggesting the last-minute nature of their...

EU Agrees to Allow in More Ukraine Exports for 3 Years

EU Agrees to Allow in More Ukraine Exports for 3 Years

EU foreign ministers approved on Monday measures to allow Ukraine to export more industrial and agricultural products free of tariffs...