Former IBM Developer Sentenced for Espionage, Theft of Trade Secrets
A former software engineer for IBM in China has been sentenced to five years in prison for stealing the source...
Bankers Association Warns of Uncertainty Tied to Government Shutdown
The largest banking trade group in the United States says shutting down the government could hurt investor and consumer confidence,...
Anti-smoking Plan May Kill Cigarettes — and Save Big Tobacco
Imagine if cigarettes were no longer addictive and smoking itself became almost obsolete; only a tiny segment of Americans still...
Time After Time: Luxury Watchmaker to Sell Pre-owned Pieces
Swiss luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet said it would launch a second-hand business this year, becoming the first big brand to...
Foreign Investors Will Take Heart in Vietnam’s Anti-Graft Crackdown
Foreign investors in Vietnam will welcome a fairer, more predictable set of business practices as the government pursues the heads...
Tracking Shoes Help Keep Kids Safe
The worst nightmare for parents is probably a child wandering off and getting lost. And for parents who want to...
Social Media Companies Accelerate Removals of Online Hate Speech
Social media companies Facebook, Twitter and Google’s YouTube have greatly accelerated their removals of online hate speech, reviewing over two...
Down to Business: Drought-hit Kenyan Women Trade Their Way Out of Poverty
Widow Ahatho Turuga lost 20 of her goats to drought early last year, but the shopkeeper is planning to reinvest...
Turkey Business Lobby Calls for end to Emergency Rule
Turkey’s main business lobby on Thursday called on the government to end the state of emergency as parliament extended it...
Researchers: Hacking Campaign Linked to Lebanese Spy Agency
A major hacking operation tied to Lebanon’s main intelligence agency has been exposed after careless spies left hundreds of gigabytes...
Nigeria Moves Closer to Turning Long-awaited Oil Bill Into Law
Nigeria moved closer to turning the first part of a long-awaited oil industry bill into law after the lower house...
Tap and Donate: Paris Church to Take Contactless Cards
The Catholic church is going digital in Paris. The city’s diocese will introduce a system allowing contactless card payments...
China’s Economy Posts First Annual Increase Since 2010
China’s economy surged in 2017, posting a 6.9 percent increase from the year before — its first annual increase in seven...
Underwater Robots Monitor Changes Under Antarctic Ice Sheet
While the calving of cliff-sized chunks of ice off the polar glaciers is a very visible effect of climate change,...
Dow Closes Above 26,000, Just 8 Sessions After Earlier Milestone
Wall Street roared upward Wednesday, with investor enthusiasm sending all three major stock indices to record finishes, and the Dow to...
Facebook Widens Probe Into Alleged Russian Meddling in Brexit
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday it would conduct a new, comprehensive search of its records for possible propaganda that Russian...
US Financial Crime Fighters Eye Overseas Virtual Currency Platforms
Financial crime fighters at the U.S. Treasury are “aggressively” pursuing virtual currency platforms that lack strong internal safeguards against money...
Apple to Build 2nd Campus, Hire 20,000 in $350B Pledge
Apple is planning to build another corporate campus and hire 20,000 workers during the next five years as part of...
Twitter May Notify Users Exposed to Russian Propaganda During 2016 Election
Twitter may notify users whether they were exposed to content generated by a suspected Russian propaganda service, a company executive...
Gourmet Chocolate Becomes Economic Lifeline in Venezuela
In a modest apartment near a Caracas slum, nutrition professor Nancy Silva and four aids spread rich, dark Venezuelan cocoa...
El Salvador Eyes Work Scheme with Qatar for Migrants Facing Exit from US
El Salvador is discussing a deal with Qatar under which Salvadoran migrants facing the loss of their right to stay...
Mexican Car Sales Slump Ahead of Election
Car dealerships in Mexico City have kicked off the new year offering “clearance sales” and free insurance as 2017 models...
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