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US Markets Fall on Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Announcement

US Markets Fall on Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Announcement

U.S. stocks sank in another dizzying day of trading Thursday after U.S. President Donald Trump promised stiff tariffs on imported...

Trump: US Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week

Trump: US Will Impose Steel, Aluminum Tariffs Next Week

President Donald Trump announced Thursday the United States will impose steep tariffs on steel and aluminum imports. Trump said tariffs...

Equifax Finds Additional 2.4 Million Impacted by 2017 Breach

Equifax Finds Additional 2.4 Million Impacted by 2017 Breach

Equifax said Thursday that an additional 2.4 million Americans were impacted by last year’s data breach, however these newly disclosed...

Amid NAFTA Talks, Mexico Airs Concerns Over US Steel Tariffs

Amid NAFTA Talks, Mexico Airs Concerns Over US Steel Tariffs

Mexico’s economy minister met with top U.S. trade officials on Wednesday midway through the latest push to renegotiate the NAFTA...

AI Software Differentiates Between Extremist Propaganda and News

AI Software Differentiates Between Extremist Propaganda and News

The battle to identify and remove extremist video online just got a new weapon. Video-sharing sites can now use artificial...

Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers

Facebook Launches Job Search Feature for Low-Skilled Workers

Facebook wants to make it easier for people to find low-skilled jobs online. After testing the new software in U.S....

Moon to Get Its Own Mobile Network

Moon to Get Its Own Mobile Network

Several high-tech companies are teaming up on a plan to put a mobile phone network on the moon next year....

ISS Astronauts Will Soon Get a Personal Assistant

ISS Astronauts Will Soon Get a Personal Assistant

Astronauts aboard the International Space Station will soon get a personal assistant, similar to Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri, but...

Could Winning Super Bowl Play be Winning Marketing Ploy?

Could Winning Super Bowl Play be Winning Marketing Ploy?

A company’s value is often tied to the message it portrays to customers. But what happens when other companies try...

Artificial Intelligence Poses Big Threat to Society, Warn Leading Scientists

Artificial Intelligence Poses Big Threat to Society, Warn Leading Scientists

Artificial Intelligence is on the cusp of transforming our world in ways many of us can barely imagine. While there...

Giant Retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sales of Assault-Style Weapons

Giant Retailer Dick’s Sporting Goods Ends Sales of Assault-Style Weapons

Dick’s Sporting Goods, one of the largest sports retailers in the U.S., will immediately end the sale of assault-style rifles...

Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods Crack Down on Gun Sales  

Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods Crack Down on Gun Sales  

Two major U.S. retailers changed their gun sales policies Wednesday in the fallout over a Florida high school massacre. Walmart,...

White House: Senior US, Chinese Officials to Meet This Week on Trade

White House: Senior US, Chinese Officials to Meet This Week on Trade

Three of President Donald Trump’s senior economic aides are expected to meet this week with a top Chinese economic official...

WTO Chief Reacts Coolly to Trump’s Criticism of Trade Judges

WTO Chief Reacts Coolly to Trump’s Criticism of Trade Judges

The head of the World Trade Organization diplomatically took issue with U.S. President Donald Trump’s description of the WTO as...

Venezuela Says US Sanctions Hampering Debt Renegotiation

Venezuela Says US Sanctions Hampering Debt Renegotiation

Venezuela’s foreign minister said Tuesday that U.S. sanctions against the ailing oil nation were making foreign debt renegotiation more difficult...

Ford, Miami to Form Test Bed for Self-driving Cars

Ford, Miami to Form Test Bed for Self-driving Cars

Ford Motor Co. is making Miami-Dade County its new test bed for self-driving vehicles. The automaker and its partners —...

‘Disagree’ Banned on China Social Media

‘Disagree’ Banned on China Social Media

Authorities in China have launched an intense crackdown on online commentary in the wake of a proposal by the country’s communist...

Microsoft, Justice Department in Showdown Over Foreign-stored Data

Microsoft, Justice Department in Showdown Over Foreign-stored Data

The U.S. Justice Department and Microsoft will face off against each other Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears arguments on...

Cuban Cigar Sales Hit Record as China Demand Surges

Cuban Cigar Sales Hit Record as China Demand Surges

A surge in sales of Cuba’s legendary cigars in China helped manufacturer Habanos S.A.’s global revenue rise 12 percent to...

Denver Weighs Olympics Bid Years After Withdrawing as Host

Denver Weighs Olympics Bid Years After Withdrawing as Host

It promised ample snow and sunny weather on a normally bare, rocky peak easily accessible by “super highway,” thousands more...

Likely Centrist Brazil Presidential Contender Says He Would Sell Petrobras

Likely Centrist Brazil Presidential Contender Says He Would Sell Petrobras

The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that he would privatize Brazil’s...

Cryptocurrency Newcomers Cope With Wild Swings

Cryptocurrency Newcomers Cope With Wild Swings

After researching digital currencies for work last year, personal finance writer J.R. Duren hopped on his own crypto-rollercoaster. Duren bought...