Initiatives Failing to Stop Indian Labor Abuses, Activists Say

Initiatives Failing to Stop Indian Labor Abuses, Activists Say

International efforts to make it easier for garment workers in India to speak out against sexual harassment, dangerous working conditions...

Field to Fingertips: Tech Divide Narrows for World Cup Teams

Field to Fingertips: Tech Divide Narrows for World Cup Teams

As gigabytes of data flow from field to fingertips, click by click, the technological divide has been closing between teams...

Robotics Engineer Barbie Joins Girls Who Code

Robotics Engineer Barbie Joins Girls Who Code

Barbie, the world’s most iconic doll, is venturing into coding skills in her latest career as a robotics engineer. The...

Former US Defense Official Says Google Has Stepped Into a ‘Moral Hazard’

Former US Defense Official Says Google Has Stepped Into a ‘Moral Hazard’

A former top U.S. Defense Department official is questioning the morality of Google’s decision not to renew a partnership with...

EU China to Promote WTO Rules Upgrade

EU China to Promote WTO Rules Upgrade

As Washington and Beijing teeter on the brink of a possible trade war, the European Union and China have agreed...

Luxury Boutique for Dogs Was Inspired By Hollywood

Luxury Boutique for Dogs Was Inspired By Hollywood

The American fashion industry has something for nearly everyone: from high-fashion mavens, sports enthusiasts, to the most discriminating pet owners....

Creators of Suicide Prevention App Say It’s Ok Not To Be OK

Creators of Suicide Prevention App Say It’s Ok Not To Be OK

Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Center for Disease Control and...

Rising Crime Pushes Mexico Bulletproof Car Production to Record

Rising Crime Pushes Mexico Bulletproof Car Production to Record

Historic levels of violent crime in Mexico have sparked a record increase in the country’s car-armoring business, with an industry...

Uber Argues it Should Remain in Business in London

Uber Argues it Should Remain in Business in London

Uber argued Monday that is should be allowed to keep driving on the streets of London, telling a court that...

Harley, Stung by Tariffs, Shifts Some Production Overseas

Harley, Stung by Tariffs, Shifts Some Production Overseas

Harley-Davidson, facing rising costs from new tariffs, will begin shifting the production of motorcycles heading for Europe from the U.S....

Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Trading Partners

Trump Threatens New Tariffs on Trading Partners

President Donald Trump has issued a warning to U.S. trading partners that unless they remove restrictions placed on American goods,...

UK Minister Tells Companies to Stop Brexit Warnings

UK Minister Tells Companies to Stop Brexit Warnings

A British minister accused Airbus and other major companies of issuing “completely inappropriate” threats and undermining Prime Minister Theresa May...

US, Russia Energy Officials to Meet, Discuss Natural Gas

US, Russia Energy Officials to Meet, Discuss Natural Gas

U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry will meet Russia’s energy minister next week in Washington, a person familiar with the situation...

Police: Backup Driver in Fatal Uber Crash Was Distracted

Police: Backup Driver in Fatal Uber Crash Was Distracted

The human backup driver in an autonomous Uber SUV was streaming the television show “The Voice” on her phone and...

Trump Threatens 20 Percent Tariff on EU Cars

Trump Threatens 20 Percent Tariff on EU Cars

U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to impose a 20 percent tariff on vehicles assembled in the European Union and...

India Joins Countries Announcing Retaliatory Tariffs on US Products

India Joins Countries Announcing Retaliatory Tariffs on US Products

Retaliating against the Trump administration’s tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, India has raised duties on 29 U.S. goods worth...

Kentucky Governor Downplays Effect of EU Tariffs on Bourbon

Kentucky Governor Downplays Effect of EU Tariffs on Bourbon

In comments at odds with his home state’s whiskey distillers, Kentucky’s Republican governor is downplaying fears that the European Union’s...

Turkey Joins Nations Placing New Tariffs on US Products

Turkey Joins Nations Placing New Tariffs on US Products

Turkey announced Thursday that it would impose tariffs on $1.8 billion worth of U.S. goods in retaliation for U.S. President...

UN: 40M in US Live in Poverty

UN: 40M in US Live in Poverty

A report by the U.N. special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights finds 40 million people in the United...

India, Top Buyer of US Almonds, Hits Back With Higher Duties

India, Top Buyer of US Almonds, Hits Back With Higher Duties

India, the world’s biggest buyer of U.S. almonds, raised import duties on the commodity by 20 percent, a government order...

Intel CEO Resigns After Probe Into Relationship With Employee

Intel CEO Resigns After Probe Into Relationship With Employee

Intel Corp Chief Executive Brian Krzanich resigned on Thursday after a probe found his consensual relationship with an employee violated...

Lawmakers Grill Commerce Secretary Over Escalating Trade Battles

Lawmakers Grill Commerce Secretary Over Escalating Trade Battles

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross faced tough questions during a Senate hearing Wednesday on the Trump administration’s tariff proposals and...