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Cybersecurity Becoming Major Concern for Vietnamese Businesses

Cybersecurity Becoming Major Concern for Vietnamese Businesses

At one of An Nguyen’s old jobs in Hanoi, she had a daily ritual: When she wanted to log in...

Hope, Caution as Kim Jong Un Shifts to North Korea’s Economy

Hope, Caution as Kim Jong Un Shifts to North Korea’s Economy

Tanned and wearing a swimsuit, So Myong Il walks to the barbecue pit and throws on some clams.   He...

Facebook Adds Alaska’s Inupiaq as Language Option

Facebook Adds Alaska’s Inupiaq as Language Option

Britt’Nee Brower grew up in a largely Inupiat Eskimo town in Alaska’s far north, but English was the only language...

IOM: Returning Nigerian Migrants Benefit from Business Training Skills

IOM: Returning Nigerian Migrants Benefit from Business Training Skills

The International Organization for Migration reports more than 270 Nigerian migrants who recently returned from Libya have completed a skills...

Bankers Seek Consolation Prizes After Shelved Aramco IPO

Bankers Seek Consolation Prizes After Shelved Aramco IPO

Investment banks which lost out on big payouts for the work on the shelved listing of oil giant Aramco are...

Time May Be Running Out for Millions of Clocks

Time May Be Running Out for Millions of Clocks

President Donald Trump’s administration wants to shut down U.S. government radio stations that announce official time, a service in operation...

Internship Aims to Create More Diversity in Hollywood Behind the Scenes

Internship Aims to Create More Diversity in Hollywood Behind the Scenes

The film industry organization that presents the Academy Awards is also developing young talent through a program called Academy Gold...

California Lawmakers Vote for Net Neutrality

California Lawmakers Vote for Net Neutrality

California lawmakers have voted to make net neutrality state law, becoming the latest of several states to approve such measures....

Activists: Proposed Myanmar Highway ‘Ecological, Social Disaster’

Activists: Proposed Myanmar Highway ‘Ecological, Social Disaster’

Community and conservation groups in Myanmar have branded a planned highway linking a port project to Thailand an “ecological and...

US to Proceed With Mexico Trade Pact, Keep Talking to Canada

US to Proceed With Mexico Trade Pact, Keep Talking to Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump notified Congress on Friday of his intent to sign a trade agreement with Mexico after talks with Canada...

Coca-Cola Hopes for Caffeine Hit as It Buys Costa Coffee Chain

Coca-Cola Hopes for Caffeine Hit as It Buys Costa Coffee Chain

Coca-Cola is hoping for a caffeine-fueled boost with the acquisition of British coffee chain Costa. Costa is Britain’s biggest coffee...

Canada, US Push Toward NAFTA Deal by Friday

Canada, US Push Toward NAFTA Deal by Friday

Top NAFTA negotiators from Canada and the United States increased the pace of their negotiations Thursday to resolve final differences...

Microsoft to Contractors: Give New Parents Paid Leave

Microsoft to Contractors: Give New Parents Paid Leave

Microsoft will begin requiring its contractors to offer their U.S. employees paid leave to care for a new child. It’s...

Republican US Senator Asks FTC to Examine Google Ads

Republican US Senator Asks FTC to Examine Google Ads

U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch on Thursday added to the growing push in Washington to have the Federal Trade Commission rekindle...

Minnesota’s Hmong Farmers Drive Local Food Economy

Minnesota’s Hmong Farmers Drive Local Food Economy

Hmong farmers in St. Paul, Minnesota have the best advocate for their business enterprises: themselves, working together. Originally from China,...

Indian Currency Decree Did Little to Root Out ‘Black Money’

Indian Currency Decree Did Little to Root Out ‘Black Money’

Nearly all of the currency removed from circulation in a surprise 2016 attempt to root out illegal hoards of cash...

Trump OKs Tariff Relief for Three Countries

Trump OKs Tariff Relief for Three Countries

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed proclamations permitting targeted relief from steel and aluminum quotas from some countries, the U.S....

Germany, Seeking Independence From US, Pushes Cybersecurity Research

Germany, Seeking Independence From US, Pushes Cybersecurity Research

Germany announced a new agency on Wednesday to fund research on cybersecurity and to end its reliance on digital technologies...

Virtual Reality: Digital Medicine to Combat Pain

Virtual Reality: Digital Medicine to Combat Pain

More than 100 hospitals across the United States are using virtual reality or VR, as a form of therapy for...

US Economy Grows a Bit Faster Than First Thought

US Economy Grows a Bit Faster Than First Thought

The U.S. economy expanded at a 4.2 percent annual rate in April, May and June, the Commerce Department said Wednesday....

Britain Seeks Ways to Continue Trading with Iran

Britain Seeks Ways to Continue Trading with Iran

British officials have been turning to Japan for tips on how to dodge American sanctions on Iran, according to local...

US, Canada Holding Trade Talks Following US-Mexico Pact

US, Canada Holding Trade Talks Following US-Mexico Pact

Negotiators from Canada and the United States are holding detailed trade negotiations in Washington as they seek to work out...