Trump Buy American edict may have little impact on U.S. steel Trump Buy American edict may have little impact on U.S. steel:- U.S. President Donald Trump's "Buy American, Hire American" executive order on Tuesday left questions about how the government would enforce the order and whether it would make a real difference […]
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Oil falls after failed North Korean missile test, U.S. rig count gains Crude oil fell in quiet trading on Monday, after the three-day Easter break, on signs the United States is continuing to add output, undermining OPEC efforts to support prices, and as the market digested North Korea's failed missile […]
Sao Paulo judge rules Uber drivers are employees, deserve benefits A judge in Brazil's biggest city ruled this week that a driver using the Uber [UBER.UL] ride-hailing app is an employee of the San-Francisco-based company, threatening its business model in one of its biggest markets. Uber said it would appeal […]
Magnitude 6.1 quake hits northern Chile Magnitude 6.1 quake hits northern Chile:- A 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck northern Chile, 144 km (90 miles) southeast of Calama, at a depth of 188 km, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) said on Saturday. The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2 and struck […]
Facebook cracks down on 30,000 fake accounts in France Facebook Inc said on Thursday it suspended 30,000 accounts in France as the social network giant steps up efforts to stop the spread of fake news, misinformation and spam. The move, which comes 10 days before the first round of a […]
Microsoft says U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance requests more than doubled Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) said on Thursday it had received at least a thousand surveillance requests from the U.S. government that sought user content for foreign intelligence purposes during the first half of 2016. The amount, shared in Microsoft's biannual transparency […]
Uber may face $1 million fine over California drunken-driving complaints The consumer protection arm of the California Public Utility Commission found Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] has violated "zero-tolerance" rules governing drunken-driving complaints on 151 occasions over the course of a year, out of 154 complaints reviewed. In only 21 of […]
U.S. business wary of skin-deep results from Trump-Xi trade talks The 100-day trade talks announced after a Sino-American presidential summit last week will aim to deal with decades of thorny trade issues, leaving some U.S. business leaders wary that the short timeline might yield superficial results. Business executives are also […]
China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching irreversible stage China says North Korea tension has to be stopped from reaching irreversible stage:- China said on Friday tension over North Korea had to be stopped from reaching an "irreversible and unmanageable stage" as a U.S. aircraft carrier group steamed […]
JPMorgan profit jumps 17 percent on trading surge, underwriting JPMorgan Chase & Co (JPM.N) reported a nearly 17 percent jump in quarterly profit on Thursday, thanks to a surge in trading activity and securities issuance that helped its Wall Street businesses. The largest U.S. bank earned $6.4 billion in the […]
