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China Warns US: No Trade Deal if Tariffs Go Ahead

China Warns US: No Trade Deal if Tariffs Go Ahead

China has warned that any agreements with Washington in their talks on settling a sprawling trade dispute “will not take...

China Warns US Tariffs Will Undo Existing Deals

China Warns US Tariffs Will Undo Existing Deals

China is warning the United States any trade and business agreements between the two countries will be void if President...

Britain Won’t Sign Trade Deal with US That Is Not in Its Interests

Britain Won’t Sign Trade Deal with US That Is Not in Its Interests

Britain will not sign a trade agreement with the United States that is not in the country’s best interests, Trade...

Buffett Lunch: $3.3M Paid for Private Meal with Billionaire

Buffett Lunch: $3.3M Paid for Private Meal with Billionaire

An anonymous bidder offered more than $3.3 million Friday for a private lunch with Warren Buffett, an amount just short...

Robotic Falcon Keeps Airports Free of Birds

Robotic Falcon Keeps Airports Free of Birds

Birds and airplanes share the sky, so inevitably collisions occur. But airport authorities try to limit those encounters because bird...

US Unemployment Hits 18-Year Low, but Potential Trouble Looms

US Unemployment Hits 18-Year Low, but Potential Trouble Looms

The U.S. economy added 223,000 jobs in May, sending the unemployment rate to an 18-year low of 3.8 percent. The...

Ross Arrives in Beijing for Talks on Trade Surplus

Ross Arrives in Beijing for Talks on Trade Surplus

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross arrived in Beijing on Saturday for talks on China’s promise to buy more American goods...

Google to End Military Contract Following Employee Complaints

Google to End Military Contract Following Employee Complaints

Google says it will not extend a contract into next year to help the U.S. military analyze drone videos following...

US Gains 223K Jobs; Unemployment at 18-year Low

US Gains 223K Jobs; Unemployment at 18-year Low

U.S. employers extended a streak of solid hiring in May, adding 223,000 jobs and helping lower the unemployment rate to...

Europe Threatens Retaliation for US Tariffs

Europe Threatens Retaliation for US Tariffs

Some U.S. trading partners are vowing to retaliate against U.S interests over President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 25...

US Job Growth Forecast: Solid Pace in May

US Job Growth Forecast: Solid Pace in May

U.S. employers are thought to have hired at a solid pace in May and helped extend the economy’s nearly nine-year...

Facebook Shareholders Ask Company Leaders for More Accountability

Facebook Shareholders Ask Company Leaders for More Accountability

Outside Facebook’s annual shareholders meeting Thursday, a lone protester paced on the sidewalk, carrying a U.S. flag and a sign...

Europe Responds Swiftly to US Tariffs, Threatens Retaliation

Europe Responds Swiftly to US Tariffs, Threatens Retaliation

Reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from American trading partners —...

US Slaps Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum from EU, Canada, Mexico  

US Slaps Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum from EU, Canada, Mexico  

The United States is escalating trans-Atlantic and North American trade tensions, imposing a 25 percent tariff on steel imports and...

Oregon’s Marijuana Story a Cautionary Tale for California

Oregon’s Marijuana Story a Cautionary Tale for California

When Oregon lawmakers created the state’s legal marijuana program, they had one goal in mind above all else: to persuade...

Gravity Could Be Source of Sustainable Energy

Gravity Could Be Source of Sustainable Energy

In today’s energy-hungry world, scientists are constantly revisiting every renewable resource looking for ways to increase efficiency. One researcher in...

Trump Planning Tariffs on European Steel, Aluminum

Trump Planning Tariffs on European Steel, Aluminum

President Donald Trump’s administration is planning to impose tariffs on European steel and aluminum imports after failing to win concessions...

Union: Strike Could Cost Vegas Casinos $10M a Day

Union: Strike Could Cost Vegas Casinos $10M a Day

The two largest resort operators in Las Vegas would lose more than $10 million a day combined if housekeepers, cooks...

US Judge Dismisses Kaspersky Suits to Overturn Government Ban

US Judge Dismisses Kaspersky Suits to Overturn Government Ban

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday dismissed two lawsuits by Moscow-based Kaspersky Lab that sought to overturn bans on the...

Malaysia Moves to Rebalance Relationship With China

Malaysia Moves to Rebalance Relationship With China

Malaysia and China are looking to re-balance ties as the new government of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohammad seeks to renegotiate...

Greek Workers Join General Strike as End of Bailout Looms

Greek Workers Join General Strike as End of Bailout Looms

Greece’s largest labor unions are staging a general strike against plans to extend austerity measures, in a 24-hour protest that...

Starbucks Closes Stores For Anti-Bias Training

Starbucks Closes Stores For Anti-Bias Training

Starbucks closed 8,000 of its stores Tuesday to give 175,000 employees about four hours of anti-bias training. The sessions were...