Posts by Newsmaker

Deutsche Bank to Slash Thousands of Jobs to Control Costs 

Deutsche Bank to Slash Thousands of Jobs to Control Costs 

Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank is slashing thousands of jobs as it reshapes its stocks trading operation and refocuses its global...

Mapping the Oceans’ Floors by 2030

Mapping the Oceans’ Floors by 2030

Oceanographers often say we know much more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about nearly...

Amazon, Starbucks Pledge Money to Repeal Seattle Head Tax

Amazon, Starbucks Pledge Money to Repeal Seattle Head Tax

Amazon, Starbucks, Vulcan and other companies have pledged a total of more than $350,000 toward an effort to repeal Seattle’s...

Post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans Still Waiting for Economic Uptick

Post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans Still Waiting for Economic Uptick

This week marks six months since Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office, after Robert Mugabe gave in to military pressure...

Twitter to Add Special Labels to Political Candidates in US

Twitter to Add Special Labels to Political Candidates in US

Twitter says it’s adding special labels to tweets from some U.S. political candidates ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Twitter...

Ethiopia Opens Telecoms Sector to Limited Competition

Ethiopia Opens Telecoms Sector to Limited Competition

Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms to provide internet services through its infrastructure, a move...

Turkish Currency Hits Record Low Amid Erdogan Concerns

Turkish Currency Hits Record Low Amid Erdogan Concerns

Turkey’s currency has fallen to a record low against the dollar amid concerns about an outflow of investor capital and...

France’s Macron Takes on Facebook’s Zuckerberg in Tech Push

France’s Macron Takes on Facebook’s Zuckerberg in Tech Push

French President Emmanuel Macron is taking on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other internet giants at a Paris meeting to...

Africa at Special Risk From Cyber Attacks, Warn Experts

Africa at Special Risk From Cyber Attacks, Warn Experts

The dangers posed by cybercrime are on the rise across the globe – with high profile incidents like the recent...

Official: Trump Administration to Publish Proposed Rule Changes for Gun Exports

Official: Trump Administration to Publish Proposed Rule Changes for Gun Exports

The Trump administration is preparing to publish on Thursday long-delayed proposed rule changes for the export of U.S. firearms, a...

Amazon Is Warned About Government Use of Facial Recognition

Amazon Is Warned About Government Use of Facial Recognition

U.S. civil liberties groups on Tuesday called on Amazon.com Inc. to stop offering facial recognition services to governments, warning that the software...

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Apologizes to EU Lawmakers

Facebook’s Zuckerberg Apologizes to EU Lawmakers

Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg apologized to EU lawmakers on Tuesday, saying the company had not done enough to prevent...

US, China Near Rescue Deal for Chinese Telecom Firm ZTE

US, China Near Rescue Deal for Chinese Telecom Firm ZTE

U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday “there is no deal” yet to lift the seven-year ban on the sale of...

Mexican Truckers Travel in Fear as Highway Robberies Bleed Economy

Mexican Truckers Travel in Fear as Highway Robberies Bleed Economy

Glancing constantly at his rear view mirror, truck driver “El Flaco” journeys the highways of Mexico haunted by the memory...

Indian Innovators Convert Diesel Exhaust Into Ink To Battle Air Pollution

Indian Innovators Convert Diesel Exhaust Into Ink To Battle Air Pollution

Supervised by young engineers, workers at the start-up company Chakr Innovation in New Delhi cut and weld sheets of metal...

Man Dies After Tesla Crashes into San Francisco-Area Pond

Man Dies After Tesla Crashes into San Francisco-Area Pond

A man was killed when the Tesla automobile he was driving veered off a road, crashed through a fence and...

Trump Claims New Accord with China on Trade Negotiations

Trump Claims New Accord with China on Trade Negotiations

U.S. President Donald Trump says American farmers will be big beneficiaries of more trade with China. “Under our potential deal...

From Airlines to Pizza Parlors, EU Businesses Adopt Data Law

From Airlines to Pizza Parlors, EU Businesses Adopt Data Law

Lisa Meyer’s hair salon is a cozy place where her mother serves homemade macaroons, children climb on chairs and customers...

EU Parliament to Broadcast Zuckerberg Hearing

EU Parliament to Broadcast Zuckerberg Hearing

A European Parliament meeting on Tuesday with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg will be broadcast live, parliamentary officials and the company...

China Puts its Own Spin on Agreement to Reduce Trade Deficit

China Puts its Own Spin on Agreement to Reduce Trade Deficit

China’s state media are playing up what it says is a trade war truce and de-escalation in tensions after negotiators from...

Xinhau: China Launches Satellite to Explore Dark Side of Moon

Xinhau: China Launches Satellite to Explore Dark Side of Moon

China launched a relay satellite early on Monday designed to establish a communication link between earth and a planned lunar...

New GPS Technology Offers Help For Old School Transportation

New GPS Technology Offers Help For Old School Transportation

Drivers can choose from several GPS apps that can alert them to accidents or slow traffic so they can avoid...