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Dining Out? This App Will Help You Find a Quiet Restaurant

Dining Out? This App Will Help You Find a Quiet Restaurant

When it comes to dining out, the noisiness of a restaurant can ruin an otherwise good meal. But a crowdsourcing...

Fed’s Powell: ‘No Rush’ to Hike Rates in ‘Solid’ But Slowing Economy

Fed’s Powell: ‘No Rush’ to Hike Rates in ‘Solid’ But Slowing Economy

The Federal Reserve is in “no rush to make a judgment” about further changes to interest rates, Fed Chairman Jerome...

Mobile World Congress Overshadowed by Huawei 5G Spying Standoff

Mobile World Congress Overshadowed by Huawei 5G Spying Standoff

Robots, cars, drones and virtual-reality gaming sets connected by cutting-edge 5G networks are among the thousands of futuristic gadgets on...

China-US Huawei 5G Standoff Overshadows Mobile Tech Summit in Spain

China-US Huawei 5G Standoff Overshadows Mobile Tech Summit in Spain

5G-connected robots, cars, drones and virtual-reality gaming sets are among the thousands of futuristic gadgets on display at this year’s...

Look But Don’t Touch as Smartphone’s Flexible Future Unfolds

Look But Don’t Touch as Smartphone’s Flexible Future Unfolds

Flexible and folding formats framed the future of smartphones this week as manufacturers focused on new forms in an effort...

Kenya Ride-Hailing Company ‘Little Cab’ Expanding to Tanzania, Ghana

Kenya Ride-Hailing Company ‘Little Cab’ Expanding to Tanzania, Ghana

Kenya’s ride-hailing company ‘Little Cab’ is expanding to Tanzania and Ghana. The company will start offering rides in Tanzania’s commercial...

Erdogan’s War on Rising Food Prices Leaves Casualties

Erdogan’s War on Rising Food Prices Leaves Casualties

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has declared war on inflation after food prices in the country soared by 30 percent...

Taiwan Concerns Mean China Defense Budget Likely to Defy Slowing Economy

Taiwan Concerns Mean China Defense Budget Likely to Defy Slowing Economy

A slowing economy is unlikely to crimp China’s 2019 defense budget rise, as Beijing earmarks more spending for modernization and...

Afghanistan Begins Exports To India Through Iranian Port

Afghanistan Begins Exports To India Through Iranian Port

Afghanistan has started shipping goods to India for the first time through a newly developed Iranian seaport in a bid...

Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China

Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China

Trump Postpones New Trade Tariffs on China …

US-China Trade Talks Extended as March Deadline Approaches

US-China Trade Talks Extended as March Deadline Approaches

The United States and China are discussing a meeting between their two leaders soon to finalize a trade agreement. To...

Your Flight’s Seat-Back Screen May Be Watching You

Your Flight’s Seat-Back Screen May Be Watching You

Now there is one more place where cameras could be watching you — from 30,000 feet. Newer seat-back entertainment systems...

US-China Trade Hopes Lift Stocks

US-China Trade Hopes Lift Stocks

Stocks rose in major markets around the world Friday on bets of progress in trade talks between China and the United States,...

Trump Administration Denying, Delaying More Foreign Skilled-worker Requests

Trump Administration Denying, Delaying More Foreign Skilled-worker Requests

The Trump administration is denying and delaying more skilled-worker visa petitions than at any time since at least 2015, in...

NY Governor Orders Probe Into Facebook Data Access From iOS Apps

NY Governor Orders Probe Into Facebook Data Access From iOS Apps

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo on Friday ordered two state agencies to investigate a media report that Facebook Inc may...

NY Gov. Cuomo Deems Losing 2nd Amazon HQ ‘Greatest Tragedy’

NY Gov. Cuomo Deems Losing 2nd Amazon HQ ‘Greatest Tragedy’

Gov. Andrew Cuomo says Amazon’s backing out of a deal to put one of its second headquarters in New York...

Trump, Chinese Vice Premier to Talk Trade at White House

Trump, Chinese Vice Premier to Talk Trade at White House

U.S. President Donald Trump will meet with China’s vice premier at the White House Friday as part of an ongoing...

Kraft Heinz Announces $15.4 Billion Write-Down

Kraft Heinz Announces $15.4 Billion Write-Down

Analysts say a $15.4 billion write-down for food giant Kraft Heinz reflects changing consumer taste for fresh food products over...

LA Showcases Quake Alert System

LA Showcases Quake Alert System

California is earthquake country, and residents of Los Angeles can now get some critical warning, when conditions are right, after...

Analysts: Insurance Can’t Offset Risks of Climate Change

Analysts: Insurance Can’t Offset Risks of Climate Change

From homeowners facing higher flood insurance premiums to investors putting money into coal-fired power plants, financial risks related to climate change are growing,...

Signs Point to China, US Deal to Avert Further Tariff Hike

Signs Point to China, US Deal to Avert Further Tariff Hike

As China and the United States resume high-level talks in Washington Thursday, there are signs that the two may be...

Male, Female or X? Air Passengers to Get More Gender Options From Airlines

Male, Female or X? Air Passengers to Get More Gender Options From Airlines

British Airways and Air New Zealand have joined a wave of major U.S. airlines planning to introduce extra gender options...