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Lopez Obrador Looks to Tree Planting to Create Mexico Jobs

Lopez Obrador Looks to Tree Planting to Create Mexico Jobs

Mexican President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says he wants to create 400,000 jobs by planting 1 million hectares (2.47 million...

Impact of Trade Tariffs on European Companies

Impact of Trade Tariffs on European Companies

Some European companies are rethinking their strategies to cushion the impact of trade tensions between the world’s two biggest economies,...

Taxi Strike Targeting Uber Brings Chaos to Spanish Cities

Taxi Strike Targeting Uber Brings Chaos to Spanish Cities

Spanish taxi drivers blocked major city streets including Barcelona’s Gran Via and Madrid’s Castellana on Monday in a protest to...

NASA Marks 60 Years Since Legal Inception

NASA Marks 60 Years Since Legal Inception

America’s dream of space exploration took its first official step 60 years ago Sunday when President Dwight Eisenhower signed a...

White House Economic Adviser Sees Sustainable US Growth

White House Economic Adviser Sees Sustainable US Growth

White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said Sunday he believes the 4.1 percent growth the U.S. recorded in the last...

G-20 Ag Ministers Slam Protectionism, Pledge WTO Reforms

G-20 Ag Ministers Slam Protectionism, Pledge WTO Reforms

Agriculture ministers from the G-20 countries criticized protectionism in a joint statement Saturday and vowed to reform World Trade Organization (WTO) rules, but...

UK Lawmakers Urge Tougher Facebook Rules

UK Lawmakers Urge Tougher Facebook Rules

The U.K. government should increase oversight of social media like Facebook and election campaigns to protect democracy in the digital...

AP Fact Check: Trump Falsely Claims Historic Turnaround

AP Fact Check: Trump Falsely Claims Historic Turnaround

President Donald Trump falsely claimed he’s pulled off “an economic turnaround of historic proportions.” Speaking at the White House Friday...

New Speed Record at SpaceX Pod Competition

New Speed Record at SpaceX Pod Competition

A sleek futuristic train that travels through a special tunnel and covers the distance between Los Angeles and San Francisco...

Trump Says Economy Numbers Sustainable, But Experts Doubtful

Trump Says Economy Numbers Sustainable, But Experts Doubtful

Friday’s positive numbers on the U.S. economic growth are “very, very sustainable,” according to U.S. President Donald Trump. His comments...

Twitter Reports Drop in Active Users; Share Price Sinks

Twitter Reports Drop in Active Users; Share Price Sinks

Twitter’s share price fell more than 20 percent Friday after the social media giant reported a drop in active users. ...

Facebook Deletes Hundreds of Posts Under German Hate-Speech Law

Facebook Deletes Hundreds of Posts Under German Hate-Speech Law

Facebook said it had deleted hundreds of offensive posts since a law banning online hate speech came into force in...

The Latest: Facebook Market Value Plunges $119 Billion

The Latest: Facebook Market Value Plunges $119 Billion

The Latest on the aftermath of Facebook’s release of user growth and expectations for the company ahead (all times local):...

Court: Starbucks, Others Must Pay Workers for Off-Clock Work

Court: Starbucks, Others Must Pay Workers for Off-Clock Work

Starbucks and other employers in California must pay workers for minutes they routinely spend off the clock on tasks such...

Facebook Shares Sink; Further Growth Drops Expected

Facebook Shares Sink; Further Growth Drops Expected

Social media giant Facebook, which has weathered storms about privacy and data protection, is now looking at cooler growth following a...

Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Network in Nigeria

Google Launches Free Wi-Fi Hotspot Network in Nigeria

Google launched a network of free Wi-Fi hotspots in Nigeria on Thursday, part of its effort to increase its presence...

Facebook Shares Dive on Weak Outlook, Weighing on Nasdaq

Facebook Shares Dive on Weak Outlook, Weighing on Nasdaq

Facebook shares dived nearly 20 percent early Thursday after it signaled it expects weaker growth, pushing the Nasdaq decisively lower....

US Toymaker Mattel to Lay Off 2,200 Worldwide

US Toymaker Mattel to Lay Off 2,200 Worldwide

Mattel, home of Barbie dolls and Hot Wheels, is cutting 2,200 jobs in order to save money after the closing...

Mexico, Canada Stress Common Front in NAFTA Talks

Mexico, Canada Stress Common Front in NAFTA Talks

Mexican and Canadian officials are stressing that talks on the North American Free Trade Agreement will remain a three-way negotiation,...

BRICS Leaders Cite Concerns About Protectionist  Policies

BRICS Leaders Cite Concerns About Protectionist Policies

Leaders from the five BRICS nations sounded the alarm over what South Africa’s president described as recent threats to multilateralism...

BRICS Bloc Leaders Cite Concerns Over Protectionist Trade Policies

BRICS Bloc Leaders Cite Concerns Over Protectionist Trade Policies

This year’s summit of the BRICS nations — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — began Wednesday with an...

Trump Attacks China’s Tariffs on US Farm Products

Trump Attacks China’s Tariffs on US Farm Products

U.S. President Donald Trump attacked China on Wednesday for targeting American farm products with new tariffs in what he said...