Analysts: Venezuela’s Failed Socialist Policies Could Make Market Reforms Easier

Analysts: Venezuela’s Failed Socialist Policies Could Make Market Reforms Easier

Oil-rich Venezuela’s near economic collapse may make it easier for U.S.-backed opposition leaders to reverse socialist policies instituted by late...

Border Wall, Bullet Train: California vs. Trump Escalates

Border Wall, Bullet Train: California vs. Trump Escalates

Disputes over President Donald Trump’s border wall and California’s bullet train are intensifying the feud between the White House and...

Amazon’s ‘Collaborative’ Robots Offer Peek into the Future

Amazon’s ‘Collaborative’ Robots Offer Peek into the Future

Hundreds of orange robots zoom and whiz back and forth like miniature bumper cars — but instead of colliding, they’re...

App-Based Delivery Men Highlight India’s Growing Gig Economy

App-Based Delivery Men Highlight India’s Growing Gig Economy

Suraj Nachre works long hours and regularly misses meals but he treasures his job as a driver for a food...

Future Styles: Could Virtual Clothes Reduce Damage of Fast Fashion?

Future Styles: Could Virtual Clothes Reduce Damage of Fast Fashion?

Striking a pose in the mirror, Swedish model and stylist Lisa Anckarman shows off a new jacket with a difference...

Millers: Zimbabwe to Run Out of Bread in One Week

Millers: Zimbabwe to Run Out of Bread in One Week

Zimbabwe could run out of bread in a week after flour stocks dwindled due to the country’s failure to pay...

Germany, France Push to Create European Industrial Policy

Germany, France Push to Create European Industrial Policy

Germany and France on Tuesday launched a drive to overhaul the European Union’s competition rules to facilitate the creation of...

Exec: India’s Thermal Coal Imports Could Rise 10 Percent This Year

Exec: India’s Thermal Coal Imports Could Rise 10 Percent This Year

India’s thermal coal imports could rise by about 10 percent in 2019 due to rail transport problems and other logistical...

Nigerian Center Teaches Coding to Conflict-Displaced Kids

Nigerian Center Teaches Coding to Conflict-Displaced Kids

Nigeria’s internal conflicts have displaced nearly two million people, according to the United Nations, 60 percent of them children. A...

Shrimpers Hope Industry Lost to Warm Seas Won’t Be Forgotten

Shrimpers Hope Industry Lost to Warm Seas Won’t Be Forgotten

Glen Libby looks back fondly on his days as a Maine shrimp trawler, but he’s concerned about what seafood lovers...

Brazil Bans Upstream Mining Dams After Deadly Vale Disaster

Brazil Bans Upstream Mining Dams After Deadly Vale Disaster

Brazil’s government on Monday banned new upstream mining dams and ordered the decommissioning of all such dams by 2021, targeting...

Amazon Aims to Cut Its Carbon Footprint

Amazon Aims to Cut Its Carbon Footprint

Amazon, which ships millions of packages a year to shopper’s doorsteps, says it wants to be greener. The online retail...

Auto Industry Lines Up Against Possible US Tariffs

Auto Industry Lines Up Against Possible US Tariffs

The U.S. auto industry urged President Donald Trump’s administration on Monday not to saddle imported cars and auto parts with...

China Accuses US of Trying to Block its Tech Development

China Accuses US of Trying to Block its Tech Development

China’s government on Monday accused the United States of trying to block its industrial development by alleging that Chinese mobile...

‘Digital Gangsters’: UK Wants Tougher Rules for Facebook

‘Digital Gangsters’: UK Wants Tougher Rules for Facebook

British lawmakers issued a scathing report Monday that calls for tougher rules on Facebook to keep it from acting like...

Trump: US Trade Talks with China Making ‘Big Progress’

Trump: US Trade Talks with China Making ‘Big Progress’

President Donald Trump said Sunday “big progress” is being made in U.S. trade talks with China on what he calls...

Sedans Take Back Seat to SUVs, Trucks at 2019 Chicago Auto Show

Sedans Take Back Seat to SUVs, Trucks at 2019 Chicago Auto Show

It’s billed as North America’s largest and longest-running auto show, now in its 111th year. The 2019 Chicago Auto Show...

Convenience Stores are Getting Even More Convenient

Convenience Stores are Getting Even More Convenient

The store checkout line may be a thing of the past sooner than we think. A year after Amazon opened...

Trump Receives Update on China Trade Talks 

Trump Receives Update on China Trade Talks 

President Donald Trump received an update on trade talks with China on Saturday at his Florida retreat after discussions in Beijing saw...

Gone in a New York Minute: How the Amazon Deal Fell Apart

Gone in a New York Minute: How the Amazon Deal Fell Apart

In early November, word began to leak that Amazon was serious about choosing New York to build a giant new...

Payless ShoeSource to Close All Remaining US Stores 

Payless ShoeSource to Close All Remaining US Stores 

Payless ShoeSource is shuttering all of its 2,100 remaining stores in the U.S. and Puerto Rico, joining a list of iconic names...

Amazon’s Exit Could Scare Off Tech Companies From New York

Amazon’s Exit Could Scare Off Tech Companies From New York

Amazon jilted New York City on Valentine’s Day, scrapping plans to build a massive headquarters campus in Queens amid fierce...