Posts by Newsmaker

Monitoring Pollution in Cities from Space

Monitoring Pollution in Cities from Space

The European Space Agency ESA has launched a new satellite that will collect data useful to ordinary people everywhere on...

Significant Differences Remain After 4th Round of NAFTA talks End in Washington

Significant Differences Remain After 4th Round of NAFTA talks End in Washington

Trade ministers from the United States, Canada and Mexico wrapped up a contentious fourth round of talks this week, aimed...

Telegram CEO’s Court Appeal Tests Russia Eavesdropping Laws, Technical Acumen

Telegram CEO’s Court Appeal Tests Russia Eavesdropping Laws, Technical Acumen

Telegram founder Pavel Durov has announced plans to appeal a Moscow court’s decision Monday to fine the encrypted messaging service...

Canada: NAFTA’s Proposed Changes ‘Troubling’

Canada: NAFTA’s Proposed Changes ‘Troubling’

Canada’s foreign minister says there are “unconventional” and “troubling” proposals on the table as Canada, the United States and Mexico...

US Homebuilder Sentiment Rises in October

US Homebuilder Sentiment Rises in October

U.S. homebuilders are feeling more optimistic than they have in months, looking past a recent slowdown in new home sales...

Forbes: Trump’s Net Worth Declined by $600 Million in Past Year

Forbes: Trump’s Net Worth Declined by $600 Million in Past Year

U.S. President Donald Trump’s net worth declined by some $600 million to $3.1 billion in the past year, according to...

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows 10 Update, Laptops

Microsoft Rolls Out New Windows 10 Update, Laptops

Microsoft has begun rolling out an update to its Windows 10 operating system, hoping to spark enthusiasm for its virtual-...

A New Generation of Weather Tech on Display in Amsterdam

A New Generation of Weather Tech on Display in Amsterdam

What’s it like outside? In this era of extreme weather events, it’s more than an idle question, because an accurate...

TV Analyst and New York Deli Owner: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of a Dream

TV Analyst and New York Deli Owner: An Immigrant’s Pursuit of a Dream

For the last year, the deli that Egyptian-American Hatem El-Gamasy owns in Queens, New York has been the backdrop to...

Cybersecurity Firm: North Korea Likely Behind Taiwan SWIFT Cyber Heist

Cybersecurity Firm: North Korea Likely Behind Taiwan SWIFT Cyber Heist

Cybersecurity firm BAE Systems Plc said on Monday it believes the North Korean Lazarus hacking group is likely responsible for...

In Harvey-hit County, Some in GOP Newly Confront the Climate

In Harvey-hit County, Some in GOP Newly Confront the Climate

The church was empty, except for the piano too heavy for one man to move. It had been 21 days...

US Top Court to Intervene in Government’s Email Dispute With Microsoft

US Top Court to Intervene in Government’s Email Dispute With Microsoft

The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Monday to hear an appeal from the Justice Department on whether U.S. investigators can...

Populism Again Casts Shadow Over Booming Eurozone Economy

Populism Again Casts Shadow Over Booming Eurozone Economy

For months, the outlook for the eurozone economy has brightened thanks to a series of electoral defeats for populist parties...

Small Scale Farmers in Kenya Turn to Mechanized Agriculture

Small Scale Farmers in Kenya Turn to Mechanized Agriculture

Efforts are underway to modernize Kenya’s agriculture sector after a significant drop in farmers’ earnings last year. Drought and an...

How North Korea Builds Sophisticated Missiles

How North Korea Builds Sophisticated Missiles

The rapid expansion of North Korea’s missile technology has puzzled many around the world. How does a country whose citizens...

IMF: Global Economy Healthy, Still Needs Low Interest Rates

IMF: Global Economy Healthy, Still Needs Low Interest Rates

The world economy is the healthiest it’s been in years but could still use a little help from low-interest rates...

Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers After Annual Reviews

Tesla Fires Hundreds of Workers After Annual Reviews

Tesla Motors fired hundreds of workers after completing its annual performance reviews, even though the electric automaker is trying to...

Lab-grown Diamonds Grow Into $14 Billion a Year Market

Lab-grown Diamonds Grow Into $14 Billion a Year Market

The diamond industry has fallen on hard times lately. Sales of the traditional wedding gemstones are sluggish as millennials delay...

Twitter CEO Vows to Police Sexual Harassment, Hate, Violence

Twitter CEO Vows to Police Sexual Harassment, Hate, Violence

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is promising the company will do a better job weeding out sexual harassment, hateful symbols and...

Mystery Hacker Steals Australian Defense Data

Mystery Hacker Steals Australian Defense Data

A  mystery hacker who was given the alias of a TV soap opera character has stolen sensitive information about Australia’s...

Winemaker Vows to Rebuild After Losing Battle With Wildfire

Winemaker Vows to Rebuild After Losing Battle With Wildfire

Throughout Northern California, where wildfires have raged for almost a week, killing at least 36 people and destroying about 6,000...

Innovation an Enormous Opportunity for Women to Shine

Innovation an Enormous Opportunity for Women to Shine

In its 19th year, the Fortune Most Powerful Women Summit brought together women leaders from a variety of industries to...