New shops appear in New York City every day, but Phluid Project, which recently opened its doors on Broadway, is different. One of the first gender-fluid boutiques in the world,…
more ...Russia, Turkey OK Pipeline Deal, End Gas Dispute
Russian state gas giant Gazprom said Saturday it had signed a protocol with the Turkish government on a planned gas pipeline and agreed with Turkish firm Botas to end an…
more ...Italy’s President Pressured to Accept Euroskeptic Minister
Italy’s would-be coalition parties turned up the pressure on President Sergio Mattarella on Saturday to endorse their euroskeptic pick as economy minister, saying the only other option might be a new election. Mattarella…
more ...Kenya Moves to Regulate Digital-Fueled Lending Craze
Kenya built a reputation as a pioneer of financial inclusion through its early adoption of a mobile money system that enables people to transfer cash and make payments on cellphones…
more ...Markets Disrupted as Italy’s Populists Negotiate Cabinet
Italy’s prime minister-designate, Giuseppe Conte, a political novice and obscure law professor accused of padding his resume, put the finishing touches to his cabinet lineup Friday. And initial reaction from…
more ...FBI: Foreign Hackers Have Compromised Home Router Devices
The FBI warned on Friday that foreign cybercriminals had compromised “hundreds of thousands” of home and small-office router devices around the world which direct traffic on the internet by forwarding…
more ...Discharged and Jobless: US Veterans Seek Change in Hiring Rules
Military veterans who were discharged for relatively minor offenses say they often can’t get jobs, and they hope a recent warning to employers by the state of Connecticut will change…
more ...Broadcom’s Tan, CBS’s Moonves Among Highest-Paid CEOs
Here are the highest-paid CEOs for 2017, as calculated by The Associated Press and Equilar, an executive data firm. The AP’s compensation study covered 339 executives at S&P 500 companies…
more ...Amazon’s Alexa Accidentally Tapes, Shares Family Chat With Contact
A Portland, Oregon, family has learned what happens when Amazon.com Inc’s popular voice assistant Alexa is lost in translation. Amazon on Thursday described an “unlikely … string of events” that…
more ...China Trade Dispute Creates Headaches for US Agriculture Industry
As tensions are easing over a potential trade war while negotiations between the U.S. and China continue, the uncertainty about tariffs and the eventual impact on the U.S. agricultural industry…
more ...China Snaps up US Oil, Straining Capacity to Export It
The U.S. oil export infrastructure is straining to keep up as the country’s crude oil exports hit new highs and China snaps up more of it than ever before. U.S.…
more ...Jury: Samsung Owes Apple $539M for Copying iPhone
A jury has decided Samsung must pay Apple $539 million in damages for illegally copying some of the iPhone’s features to lure people into buying its competing products. The verdict…
more ...FBI Taps Private Industry to Bring Down Hacker Clearinghouse
When a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, convicted a Latvian software developer last week of running an underground clearinghouse for computer hackers, U.S. prosecutors highlighted it as an example of…
more ...Trump Signs Bill Easing Restraints on Small US Banks
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law Thursday a measure that eases rules imposed on banks in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis and the Great Recession. The law…
more ...Africa in Spotlight at Paris Tech Fair
French President Emmanuel Macron says his country will invest $76 million in African startups, saying innovation on the continent is key to meeting challenges ranging from climate change to terrorism.…
more ...Buffalo: City With a Magnificent Past Fallen on Hard Times
Even though the United States is one of the richest and most technologically advanced countries in the world, about 45 million Americans live below the poverty line. In Buffalo, New…
more ...Deutsche Bank to Slash Thousands of Jobs to Control Costs
Germany’s struggling Deutsche Bank is slashing thousands of jobs as it reshapes its stocks trading operation and refocuses its global investment banking business on its European base. The bank said…
more ...Mapping the Oceans’ Floors by 2030
Oceanographers often say we know much more about the surface of the Moon and Mars than we do about nearly 70 percent of our own planet. That is because most…
more ...Amazon, Starbucks Pledge Money to Repeal Seattle Head Tax
Amazon, Starbucks, Vulcan and other companies have pledged a total of more than $350,000 toward an effort to repeal Seattle’s newly passed tax on large employers intended to combat homelessness.…
more ...Starbucks Calls Anti-Bias Training Part of ‘Long-Term Journey’
Starbucks Corp. on Wednesday revealed details of the employee anti-bias training program that will take place behind closed doors at 8,000 U.S. company-owned cafes on the afternoon of May 29.…
more ...Trump Says New ‘Structure’ Needed in China Trade Deal
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday “a different structure” is needed in trade negotiations with China, but he did not provide further details on the kind of change he…
more ...Post-Mugabe, Zimbabweans Still Waiting for Economic Uptick
This week marks six months since Zimbabwe President Emmerson Mnangagwa took office, after Robert Mugabe gave in to military pressure and resigned. During the weekend, the 75-year-old Mnangagwa told supporters…
more ...Twitter to Add Special Labels to Political Candidates in US
Twitter says it’s adding special labels to tweets from some U.S. political candidates ahead of this year’s midterm elections. Twitter says the move is to provide users with “authentic information”…
more ...Ethiopia Opens Telecoms Sector to Limited Competition
Ethiopia’s state-run telecoms monopoly has agreed to allow some local firms to provide internet services through its infrastructure, a move seen as spurring competition and expanding the data market, officials…
more ...France’s Macron Takes on Facebook’s Zuckerberg in Tech Push
French President Emmanuel Macron is taking on Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and other internet giants at a Paris meeting to discuss tax and data protection and how they could use…
more ...Africa at Special Risk From Cyber Attacks, Warn Experts
The dangers posed by cybercrime are on the rise across the globe – with high profile incidents like the recent ‘Wannacry’ ransomware attack an example of the growing threat. As…
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