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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...

Amazon, in Sign of Growth, Holds Job Fair for US Warehouses

Amazon, in Sign of Growth, Holds Job Fair for US Warehouses

Amazon is holding a giant job fair Wednesday and plans to make thousands of job offers on the spot at...

Digital Nomads Work Remotely from Anywhere

Digital Nomads Work Remotely from Anywhere

Digital technology is changing how people live and work. There are now so-called “digital nomads” who move from city to...

Egypt Reserves Reach Record High of Over $36 Billion

Egypt Reserves Reach Record High of Over $36 Billion

Egypt’s foreign reserves reached over $36 billion in July, a record high, which the prime minister described as “good news”...

European Oil Majors Seek to Harness US Offshore Wind

European Oil Majors Seek to Harness US Offshore Wind

Some European oil majors have made inroads into the emerging U.S. offshore wind energy market, aiming to leverage their experience...

International Sting Hits Dark Web’s Promise of Anonymity

International Sting Hits Dark Web’s Promise of Anonymity

They are known as the “dark Web” — encrypted corners of the internet that promise anonymity to customers who want...

Apple’s Next Big Leap Might Be Into Augmented Reality

Apple’s Next Big Leap Might Be Into Augmented Reality

Apple’s iPhone may be ready for its next big act — as a springboard into “augmented reality,” a technology that...

US Company Holds ‘Party’ to Microchip Workers

US Company Holds ‘Party’ to Microchip Workers

Dozens of employees at a Wisconsin technology business were implanted with microchips Tuesday at the company’s headquarters. Three Square Market,...

Qatar Files WTO Complaint Against Trade Boycott

Qatar Files WTO Complaint Against Trade Boycott

Qatar filed a wide-ranging legal complaint at the World Trade Organization on Monday to challenge a trade boycott by Saudi...

Deputy PM: Luxembourg’s Space Mining Mission Begins Tuesday

Deputy PM: Luxembourg’s Space Mining Mission Begins Tuesday

When Luxembourg’s new law governing space mining comes into force on Tuesday, the country will already be working to make...

Chemical Industry and US Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security

Chemical Industry and US Call for Global Culture of Chemical Security

Securing petrochemical plants and keeping chemicals out of the hands of terrorists were the topics of discussion at a recent...

With Uber in Turmoil, Lyft’s Ridership Surpasses All of 2016

With Uber in Turmoil, Lyft’s Ridership Surpasses All of 2016

Ride-hailing service Lyft carried more passengers through June this year than it did in all of last year as it...

Used Book Sales Boom in S. Africa as Economic Recession Bites

Used Book Sales Boom in S. Africa as Economic Recession Bites

South Africa entered an economic recession in June, and the country’s unemployment rate is fast approaching 30 percent, according to...

Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities

Crocodile Industry Hopes to Boost Australia Aboriginal Communities

The crocodile industry in Australia’s Northern Territory, a new report says, is worth more than four times the previous estimate...

Apple Accused of Bowing to Chinese Censors

Apple Accused of Bowing to Chinese Censors

Apple, Inc. has confirmed that it is removing some applications providing virtual personal networks, or VPNs, from its China App...

Silicon Valley’s Hot Café: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

Silicon Valley’s Hot Café: Where Digirati Pitch Ideas Over Venezuelan Coffee

Silicon Valley is the tech industry’s epicenter, but what is the epicenter of Silicon Valley? It might just be Coupa...