The Senate’s top Democrat said Tuesday that President Donald Trump’s refusal to release his tax returns is going to make this year’s promised overhaul of the tax code “much harder.”…
more ...Google Refutes Charges, Says No Gender Pay Gap
Google said it’s “taken aback” by the government’s claim that it doesn’t compensate women fairly. The company said it conducts “rigorous analyses” that its pay practices are gender-blind and found…
more ...As Inequality Grows, Brazilians Irked by Tax to Ousted Royal Heirs
With its colonial mansions, landscaped gardens and ornate fountains, the town of Petropolis, a traditional haunt of Brazil’s last monarch Dom Pedro II, retains a grandeur that has not faded…
more ...Facing Fuel Shortage in Cuba, Havana Diplomats Roll Up Sleeves
When they are not tending to international affairs, diplomats based in Havana can be found these days stewing in interminable queues at gas stations and concocting ways to increase the…
more ...Symantec Attributes 40 Cyber Attacks to CIA-linked Hacking Tools
Past cyber attacks on scores of organizations around the world were conducted with top-secret hacking tools that were exposed recently by the Web publisher Wikileaks, the security researcher Symantec Corp…
more ...Japan Developing Artificial Intelligence to Provide Security at 2020 Olympics
Terrorist attacks at public places are on the rise and authorities organizing large gatherings are always looking for ways to reinforce security. Increasing the number of security cameras is easy…
more ...New Report Gives US Airlines Better Grades Across Board
The airlines are getting better at sticking to their schedules and are losing fewer bags. Their customers seem to be complaining less often. Those are the findings of an annual…
more ...India Gives $4.5B Credit Line to Bangladesh, Signs Defense Pact
India and Bangladesh signaled deepening ties Saturday as New Delhi committed a $4.5 billion line of credit to Dhaka for development projects, and the two countries signed their first-ever pact…
more ...US Rail Industry Focused on US-China Trade Relationship
March was a disappointing month for job seekers, with the U.S. Labor Department reporting that the private sector added only 98,000 jobs last month. But one industry is looking beyond…
more ...Scientists Get Closer to Building Artificial Life
Despite ethical and safety concerns, researchers are getting closer to building life from scratch. In fact, scientists are hoping to synthesize a human genome in the next 10 years. Investors…
more ...Greece’s Dark Age: How Austerity Turned Off the Lights
Kostas Argyros’s unpaid electricity bills are piling up, among a mountain of debt owed to Greece’s biggest power utility. His family owe 850 euros to the Public Power Corporation (PPC),…
more ...Chile’s Wine Industry Sees Little Impact From Fires, Heatwave
A torrid summer and devastating fires across central Chile’s wine belt have forced an earlier harvest this year, but there are no signs that volume or flavor will be affected,…
more ...Balkans Skeptical of EU Plan for a Market
Serbian President-elect Aleksandar Vucic likes to use the past to explain the future. In 1947, as Josip Broz Tito was consolidating Yugoslavia, he built a railway through Bosnia that linked…
more ...US Drops Effort to Force Twitter to Reveal Anti-Trump Account
The U.S. government on Friday dropped its effort to force Twitter to identify users behind an account critical of President Donald Trump, the social media company said. In response, Twitter…
more ...Trump Picks Hassett for Key Economics Adviser Post
President Donald Trump on Friday chose Kevin Hassett, an economics adviser to past Republican presidential candidates, to be chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers. Hassett will play…
more ...US Unemployment Rate Falls, But Economy Gains Just 98k Jobs
The U.S. economy had a net gain of 98,000 jobs in March, which is much weaker job growth than most economists expected. Payroll growth was slowed by stormy weather in…
more ...US Unemployment Rate Drops to 7-year Low
The U.S. unemployment rate fell to a nearly seven-year low of 4.5 percent in March. Friday’s report from the Labor Department also said the economy had a net gain of…
more ...Twitter Refuses US Order to Reveal User Behind Anti-Trump Account
Twitter on Thursday sued to block an order by the U.S. government demanding that it reveal who is behind an account opposed to President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies. Twitter…
more ...Iranian Americans Use Tech to Count Their Impact in US
Pirooz Parvarandeh, a longtime Silicon Valley executive, saw a problem. Although he has lived in the United States for more than 40 years, he knew little about the contributions and…
more ...Ross: Trump Backs EXIM Bank to Boost US Exports
U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross held out hope Thursday that the Trump administration will revive the U.S. Export-Import bank’s full lending powers, saying the institution is part of its “trade…
more ...Trump Hosts Foreign Dignitaries at His Own Private Resort
When the U.S. president hosts a foreign leader at his home, it can be seen as a sign of hospitality, an indicator of warm relations, and a chance to put…
more ...Conservative Groups’ Study Slams Proposed Border Tax
Conservative activist groups that generally support Republicans but oppose a pro-export, anti-import Republican tax proposal released a study on Thursday estimating its impact on individual U.S. states, underscoring the party’s…
more ...Trump Taps Lyft Executive for Transportation Post
The White House said Thursday that President Donald Trump plans to nominate a Lyft executive as under secretary of transportation for policy. Derek Kan is general manager for San Francisco-based…
more ...Tech Firms Must Go Beyond Congo’s ‘Conflict Minerals’ to Clean Supply Chain: Study
Abuses linked to mining in countries such as Myanmar and Colombia are being overlooked by technology companies focused only on eliminating “conflict minerals” from war-torn parts of Africa in their…
more ...Poll: 40 Percent of Americans More Cautious With Email After Election Hacking
Forty percent of Americans say they are more cautious about what they write in emails since last year’s cyber attacks against the Democratic Party, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released…
more ...Twitter Unveils ‘Lite’ Service for Emerging Markets
Twitter has unveiled a new, light mobile site aimed at emerging markets where people are still using slower 2G mobile connections. Twitter Lite, according to the company, will use less…
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