Google Opens New Office in Berlin With Eye on Expansion

Google Opens New Office in Berlin With Eye on Expansion

American tech giant Google has opened a new office in Berlin that it says will give it the space to...

Brazil’s Nationalist Leader to Address Davos Globalist Crowd

Brazil’s Nationalist Leader to Address Davos Globalist Crowd

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will headline the first full day of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, with a...

Economists: Political Uncertainties, Trade Tensions Affect Economic Growth

Economists: Political Uncertainties, Trade Tensions Affect Economic Growth

Economists warn that political uncertainties and trade tensions could undermine global economic growth. Rights groups warn of the dangers of...

UN Forecasts Global Economic Growth Around 3 Percent in 2019

UN Forecasts Global Economic Growth Around 3 Percent in 2019

The United Nations is forecasting that the global economy will grow by around 3 percent in 2019 and 2020, but...

France Fines Google $57M for Data Privacy Violation

France Fines Google $57M for Data Privacy Violation

France’s data watchdog fined Google nearly $57 million on Monday, saying the tech giant failed to provide users with transparent...

UK Leader Unveils Brexit Plan B, Looks a Lot Like Plan A

UK Leader Unveils Brexit Plan B, Looks a Lot Like Plan A

British Prime Minister Theresa May unveiled her Brexit Plan B on Monday — and it looks a lot like Plan...

Russian Media Watchdog Moves Against Facebook, Twitter

Russian Media Watchdog Moves Against Facebook, Twitter

Russia’s communication watchdog, Roskomnadzor, opened “administrative proceedings” Monday against Facebook and Twitter for non-compliance with country’s data laws, Interfax news...

China’s 2018 Economic Growth Edges Down Amid Trade War

China’s 2018 Economic Growth Edges Down Amid Trade War

China’s 2018 economic growth decelerated to 6.6 percent after activity in the final quarter of the year declined amid a...

Uganda Seeks to Regulate Lucrative Fish Maw Trade

Uganda Seeks to Regulate Lucrative Fish Maw Trade

The sale of Nile Perch fish maw in Uganda has become a lucrative business, especially for distributors. The fish maw...

Temporary Tattoo Developed in Portugal Monitors Body Functions

Temporary Tattoo Developed in Portugal Monitors Body Functions

In the future, a tattoo may not only be a way for someone to express themselves, it may also be...

These CEOs, Foreign-Born and Women, Create Thriving Tech Careers

These CEOs, Foreign-Born and Women, Create Thriving Tech Careers

Home to Apple, Facebook and Google, Silicon Valley is an American economic powerhouse, producing technology companies with global influence. But...

Trump Says a Deal ‘Could Very Well Happen’ With China

Trump Says a Deal ‘Could Very Well Happen’ With China

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Saturday progress is being made toward a trade deal with China and denied that...

James Webb Telescope Prepping for Launch

James Webb Telescope Prepping for Launch

Humanity’s efforts to move into and peer into space seem to be experiencing something of a renaissance in the past...

Stocks Rally on Trade Hopes, Dollar Has 1st Weekly Gain of 2019

Stocks Rally on Trade Hopes, Dollar Has 1st Weekly Gain of 2019

World stock indexes jumped on Friday, with Wall Street posting a fourth straight week of gains, and the dollar had...

Report: Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine

Report: Facebook’s Privacy Lapses May Result in Record Fine

Facebook may be facing the biggest fine ever imposed by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for privacy violations involving the...

US Consumer Morale at Two-year Low; Factory Output Surges

US Consumer Morale at Two-year Low; Factory Output Surges

U.S. consumer sentiment tumbled in early January to its lowest level since President Donald Trump was elected more than two years ago as...

Technology Near for Real-Time TV Political Fact Checks

Technology Near for Real-Time TV Political Fact Checks

A Duke University team expects to have a product available for election year that will allow television networks to offer...

EU Wants to Exclude Agriculture From Trade Talks With US

EU Wants to Exclude Agriculture From Trade Talks With US

The European Union insisted Friday that agriculture be kept out of the EU-U.S. trade negotiations, despite Washington’s wishes to include...

Tesla Plans 7 Percent Staff Cut, Says Bumpy Road Ahead

Tesla Plans 7 Percent Staff Cut, Says Bumpy Road Ahead

Electric car and solar panel maker Tesla said Friday it plans to cut its staff by about 7 percent. “The...

Gloomy Davos: Plenty of Crises, Few World Leaders

Gloomy Davos: Plenty of Crises, Few World Leaders

An array of crises will keep several world leaders away from the annual World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos next...

US Appeals Court Will Not Delay Net Neutrality Case

US Appeals Court Will Not Delay Net Neutrality Case

A federal appeals court said Thursday it would not delay oral arguments set for Feb. 1 on the Trump administration’s...

WSJ: US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Weighs Lifting Tariffs on China

WSJ: US Treasury Secretary Mnuchin Weighs Lifting Tariffs on China

U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin discussed lifting some or all tariffs imposed on Chinese imports and suggested offering a tariff...