German Jobless Rate Hits Best Figure Since 1990 Reunification

German Jobless Rate Hits Best Figure Since 1990 Reunification

Germany, Europe’s most robust economy, said Thursday that its unemployment rate fell to 5.3 percent in November, the lowest figure...

OPEC Agrees Oil Cut Extension to End of 2018

OPEC Agrees Oil Cut Extension to End of 2018

OPEC agreed on Thursday to extend oil output cuts until the end of 2018 as it tries to finish clearing...

Mexico Economy Minister Calls US NAFTA Autos Proposal ‘Not Viable’

Mexico Economy Minister Calls US NAFTA Autos Proposal ‘Not Viable’

Mexican Economy Minister Ildefonso Guajardo said Wednesday that Trump administration demands for a U.S.-specific automotive content requirement in NAFTA were...

Facebook Suspends Ability to Target Ads by Excluding Racial Groups

Facebook Suspends Ability to Target Ads by Excluding Racial Groups

Facebook Inc. said on Wednesday it was temporarily disabling the ability of advertisers on its social network to exclude racial...

Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Oppose Republican Tax Bill

Poll: Nearly Half of Americans Oppose Republican Tax Bill

Opposition has grown among Americans to a Republican tax plan before the U.S. Congress, with 49 percent of people who...

Snapchat Seeks to Attract More Users by Redesigning App

Snapchat Seeks to Attract More Users by Redesigning App

Snapchat is separating what friends share and what media organizations publish in an attempt to appeal to a broader range...

With Deforestation Rising, Colombia Businesses Join Fight to End Destruction

With Deforestation Rising, Colombia Businesses Join Fight to End Destruction

Colombia’s palm oil industry and big businesses have pledged to eliminate deforestation from their supply chains as the country battles...

US Supreme Court Considers Limits on Government in Key Privacy Case

US Supreme Court Considers Limits on Government in Key Privacy Case

The U.S. Supreme Court signaled Wednesday it may be open to new limits on the government’s ability to track someone’s...

India Unveils New Recommendations to Reinforce Strict Net Neutrality

India Unveils New Recommendations to Reinforce Strict Net Neutrality

India has strongly backed a free and open Internet, with its telecom regulator recommending stringent regulations on net neutrality –...

Solar Power Glass Bricks Generate Energy While Letting In Light

Solar Power Glass Bricks Generate Energy While Letting In Light

Buildings could soon be able to convert the sun’s energy into electricity without the need for solar panels, thanks to...

India’s GES Conference Focuses on More Women Entrepreneurs

India’s GES Conference Focuses on More Women Entrepreneurs

This week, more than 1,000 entrepreneurs, business executives and government officials are in Hyderabad India to discuss ways to empower...

Italian Carmaker Unveils New High-Tech Prototype

Italian Carmaker Unveils New High-Tech Prototype

“Terzo Millennio”, or Third Millennium, is a new brand name in auto design from Italian carmaker Lamborghini. Company representatives introduced...

US Ethanol Makers, Looking to Reduce Biofuel Glut, Call on Mexico, India

US Ethanol Makers, Looking to Reduce Biofuel Glut, Call on Mexico, India

U.S. ethanol producers, looking to relieve a growing domestic glut, are hunting for new international fuel markets to replace China...

Trump Administration Permits ENI to Drill for Oil Off Alaska

Trump Administration Permits ENI to Drill for Oil Off Alaska

Eni US could begin work on oil exploration in federal waters off Alaska as soon as next month after the...

Chobani Gets new Look and Hints at Going Beyond Yogurt

Chobani Gets new Look and Hints at Going Beyond Yogurt

Chobani, the company that helped kick-start the Greek yogurt craze, is shrinking those words on its label as it may...

EPA Gathers Coal Country Comments About Climate Plan Repeal

EPA Gathers Coal Country Comments About Climate Plan Repeal

The coal industry and environmentalists squared off Tuesday at a public hearing over the Trump administration’s planned repeal of an...

Powell Casts Self as Figure of Stability for US Fed

Powell Casts Self as Figure of Stability for US Fed

Jerome Powell says that if confirmed as the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, he expects the Fed to continue...

Artificial Muscles Give ‘Superpower’ to Robots

Artificial Muscles Give ‘Superpower’ to Robots

Inspired by the folding technique of origami, U.S. researchers said Monday they have crafted cheap, artificial muscles for robots that...

Analysts: US Cyber Monday Sales Could Set New Online Spending Record

Analysts: US Cyber Monday Sales Could Set New Online Spending Record

In the United States, it’s Cyber Monday, a day when holiday shoppers could set a new spending record for online...

India’s Global Entrepreneurial Summit to Focus on Women

India’s Global Entrepreneurial Summit to Focus on Women

Startup founders, investors and tech leaders from around the world are heading to Hyderabad, India for the 8th annual Global...

Mobile App Connects Responders to Those Having Mental Health Crisis

Mobile App Connects Responders to Those Having Mental Health Crisis

Rickey pushes himself up slowly, grabs the leash tethered to the side of his walker and takes a few steps....

Rwanda Ramps up STEM Education for Girls

Rwanda Ramps up STEM Education for Girls

In Rwanda, the number of schoolgirls studying science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the so-called STEM fields, is climbing steadily. It’s...