Posts by Newsmaker

Kenyan Elections Observation Group Deploys Technology to Help Monitor Polls

Kenyan Elections Observation Group Deploys Technology to Help Monitor Polls

Kenya’s Elections Observation Group (ELOG) plans to deploy about 5,000 observers to monitor Tuesday’s vote. ELOG also will use Parallel...

Mississippi Nissan Workers Reject Union

Mississippi Nissan Workers Reject Union

Supporters of the United Auto Workers say they’re not giving up their fight to unionize a Nissan auto assembly plant...

Boosting Labor Participation Rate for Women Key to Healthy Economy

Boosting Labor Participation Rate for Women Key to Healthy Economy

The U.S. job market exceeded expectations last month adding 209,000 new workers to the economy in July and lowering the...

Cyber Concerns Prompt Army to Stop Using Chinese-made Drones

Cyber Concerns Prompt Army to Stop Using Chinese-made Drones

The U.S. Army has ordered its members to stop using drones made by Chinese manufacturer SZ DJI Technology Co Ltd...

Domestic Investors Flock to Indian Stocks as Gold, Real Estate Lose Luster

Domestic Investors Flock to Indian Stocks as Gold, Real Estate Lose Luster

Rajeev Sakhuja has kept a hectic schedule in recent months as he makes scores of presentations in Delhi and surrounding...

New York Crushes Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Illegal Ivory

New York Crushes Millions of Dollars’ Worth of Illegal Ivory

As many as 100 elephants are being killed every day for their tusks, according to the United Nations. The United...

Toyota, Mazda to Build, Share New Plant in US

Toyota, Mazda to Build, Share New Plant in US

Japanese automakers Toyota Motor Corp. and Mazda Motor Corp. said Friday they plan to spend $1.6 billion to set up...

Paris Olympics Aims to Regenerate Poor, Northeastern Suburbs

Paris Olympics Aims to Regenerate Poor, Northeastern Suburbs

One of the most deprived suburbs in Paris is expected to be a big winner now the French capital is...

Satellite Images Could Identify Slave Labor in India

Satellite Images Could Identify Slave Labor in India

Researchers in England are hoping to help root out modern-day slavery in northern India by using detailed satellite imagery to...

Google Street View Cars Map Methane Leaks

Google Street View Cars Map Methane Leaks

Finding underground gas leaks is now as easy as finding a McDonalds, thanks to a combination of Google Street View...

WannaCry Hero Arrested in US After Hacking Conference

WannaCry Hero Arrested in US After Hacking Conference

U.S. security agents have arrested the British hacker known for discovering a “kill switch” that nullified a widespread ransomware attack...

Facebook to Step Up Fact-Checking in Fight Against Fake News

Facebook to Step Up Fact-Checking in Fight Against Fake News

Facebook is to send more potential hoax articles to third-party fact checkers and show their findings below the original post,...

HBO: Email System Likely Not Affected in Monday Hack Attack

HBO: Email System Likely Not Affected in Monday Hack Attack

In an email to HBO staff Wednesday, CEO Richard Plepler said the company’s email system likely was not affected in...

More Women Starting Businesses in US

More Women Starting Businesses in US

Women in the United States are starting bushiness at one and a half times the rate of their male peers....

Trump May Boost Pressure on China Over Trade, North Korea

Trump May Boost Pressure on China Over Trade, North Korea

U.S. President Donald Trump may soon attempt to increase pressure on China to change its trade practices and do more...

Avon CEO McCoy to Leave Company

Avon CEO McCoy to Leave Company

Avon’s CEO will leave the company in March as the struggling beauty products maker continues a turnaround campaign.   Sheri...

3-D View of Cells Could Mean New Ways to Fight Disease

3-D View of Cells Could Mean New Ways to Fight Disease

What turns a cell into a brain cell, or a muscle cell, or a cancer cell for that matter? It...

In Hotels, China Filling Gaps in ‘Great Firewall’

In Hotels, China Filling Gaps in ‘Great Firewall’

In China, the plush international hotel lobby has been one of the few places to find gaps in the “Great...

Dow Jones Closes Above 22,000 — a 6th-straight Record High

Dow Jones Closes Above 22,000 — a 6th-straight Record High

The Dow Jones Industrial Average set a sixth-straight record Wednesday, closing above 22,000 for the first time, but experts point...

New Website Aims to Track Russian-backed Propaganda on Twitter

New Website Aims to Track Russian-backed Propaganda on Twitter

A website launched on Wednesday seeks to track Russian-supported propaganda and disinformation on Twitter, part of a growing non-governmental effort...

No More Freebies? India Plans Crackdown on Marketing by Drugmakers

No More Freebies? India Plans Crackdown on Marketing by Drugmakers

India, one of the world’s largest markets for pharmaceuticals, is drawing up its first set of marketing rules for drugmakers,...

US Congress’ Next Big Battle: Tax Reform

US Congress’ Next Big Battle: Tax Reform

As the U.S. stock market hit a new all-time high Wednesday, key U.S. lawmakers staked out core positions for a...