A company’s value is often tied to the message it portrays to customers. But what happens when other companies try to take advantage of your brand? Take the Philadelphia Eagles,…
Walmart, Dick’s Sporting Goods Crack Down on Gun Sales
Two major U.S. retailers changed their gun sales policies Wednesday in the fallout over a Florida high school massacre. Walmart, the country’s biggest retailer, announced it is raising the age…
New Operating Systems, Improved Cameras on Display at Barcelona’s Mobile Phone Congress
The world’s biggest mobile phone trade fair, the Mobile World Congress, or MWC, opened earlier this week in Barcelona, Spain. Except for Apple, which traditionally stays away, all other big…
Indexes Point to Cooling Growth in China This Year
Growth in China’s manufacturing sector in February cooled to the weakest in more than 11/2 years, raising concerns of a sharper-than-expected slowdown in the world’s second biggest economy this year…
US Proposes Anti-dumping Duties on Chinese Aluminum Foil
The U.S. Commerce Department on Tuesday recommended raising import duties on Chinese-made aluminum foil it said is being sold at unfairly low prices due to improper subsidies to producers. …
Ford, Miami to Form Test Bed for Self-driving Cars
Ford Motor Co. is making Miami-Dade County its new test bed for self-driving vehicles. The automaker and its partners — Domino’s Pizza, ride-hailing company Lyft and delivery company Postmates —…
White House Reaches Informal Deal with Boeing for Air Force One
U.S. President Donald Trump has reached an agreement with the Boeing Co to provide two Air Force One planes for $3.9 billion, the White House said on Tuesday. “President Trump…
Fed’s Powell Nods to ‘Gradual’ Rate Hikes, Close eye on Inflation
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell, pledging to “strike a balance” between the risk of an overheating economy and the need to keep growth on track, told U.S. lawmakers on Tuesday…
New Study Finds Diverse Audiences Drive Blockbusters
Just as “Black Panther” is setting records at the box office, a new study finds that diverse audiences are driving most of the biggest blockbusters and many of the most-watched…
‘Disagree’ Banned on China Social Media
Authorities in China have launched an intense crackdown on online commentary in the wake of a proposal by the country’s communist party leaders to amend the constitution and scrap a two-term…
Microsoft, Justice Department in Showdown Over Foreign-stored Data
The U.S. Justice Department and Microsoft will face off against each other Tuesday when the Supreme Court hears arguments on whether tech companies’ desire to protect user data is at…
Likely Centrist Brazil Presidential Contender Says He Would Sell Petrobras
The governor of Sao Paulo and likely centrist presidential candidate Geraldo Alckmin said on Monday that he would privatize Brazil’s state-run oil company Petroleo Brasileiro SA if he wins the…
Trump Org. Donates Foreign Profits, But Won’t Say How Much
The Trump Organization said Monday it has made good on the president’s promise to donate profits from foreign government spending at its hotels to the U.S. Treasury, but neither the…
Greece Enters Final Round of Reform Talks With Creditors
Greece entered a last round of reform talks with creditors Monday, just five months before the country’s massive rescue program ends — and with the government and central bank publicly…
Cryptocurrency Newcomers Cope With Wild Swings
After researching digital currencies for work last year, personal finance writer J.R. Duren hopped on his own crypto-rollercoaster. Duren bought $5 worth of litecoin in November, and eventually purchased $400…
NASA Builds Atomic Clock for Deep-Space Navigation
Only days after the spectacular liftoff of what is currently the heaviest space rocket, the privately built Falcon Heavy, NASA announced the next launch will carry a specially built atomic…
French Farmers Heckle Macron at Agricultural Fair
President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday faced heckles and whistles from French farmers angry with reforms to their sector, as he arrived for France’s annual agricultural fair. For over 12 hours,…
Investor Warren Buffett: Good Deals Hard to Find on Wall Street
Investor Warren Buffett says Wall Street’s lust for deals has prompted CEOs to act like oversexed teenagers and overpay for acquisitions, so it has been hard to find deals for…
Australia Failing to Curb Corruption, Global Survey Finds
Australia appears to be failing in its efforts to crack down on bribery, according to the latest survey conducted by Transparency International, a non-governmental organization based in Germany. The group…
More US Companies End Marketing Programs With National Rifle Association
Three more companies say they have ended marketing programs with the National Rifle Association (NRA), as gun control advocates stepped up pressure on firms to cut ties to the gun…
AP Fact Check: Toughest Sanctions on North Korea Ever? Not Likely
The heaviest, the largest, the most impactful — those were the superlatives the Trump administration used to describe its latest sanctions against North Korea. But were the Treasury Department designations…
With Rates Still Low, Fed Officials Fret Over Next US Recession
Federal Reserve policymakers fretted on Friday that they could face the next U.S. recession with virtually the same arsenal of policies used in the last downturn and, with interest rates still relatively low, those will…
EU Leaders Draw Up Battle Lines for Post-Brexit Budget
European Union leaders staked out opening positions Friday for a battle over EU budgets that many conceded they are unlikely to resolve before Britain leaves next year, blowing a hole…
Stocks Rally as Fed Eases Rate Worry, Tech Climbs
U.S. stocks rallied on Friday, lifted by gains in technology stocks and a retreat in Treasury yields as the Federal Reserve eased concerns about the path of interest rate hikes…