Iranian crude oil imports by Asia’s top four buyers dropped to the lowest volume in three years in 2018 amid U.S. sanctions on Tehran, but China and India stepped up…
Facebook Takes Down Vast Iran-Led Manipulation Campaign
Facebook said Thursday it took down hundreds of “inauthentic” accounts from Iran that were part of a vast manipulation campaign operating in more than 20 countries. The world’s biggest social…
Ghirardelli, Russel Stover Fined over Chocolate Packaging
Ghirardelli and Russell Stover have agreed to pay $750,000 in fines after prosecutors in California said they offered a little chocolate in a lot of wrapping. Prosecutors in Sacramento, San…
Apple Busts Facebook for Distributing Data-Sucking App
Apple says Facebook can no longer distribute an app that paid users, including teenagers, to extensively track their phone and web use. In doing so, Apple closed off Facebook’s efforts…
Trump Order Asks Federal Fund Recipients to Buy US Goods
President Donald Trump will sign an executive order Thursday pushing those who receive federal funds to “buy American.” The aim is to boost U.S. manufacturing. Peter Navarro, director of the…
Survey: 2018 ‘Worst Year Ever’ for Smartphone Market
Global smartphone sales saw their worst contraction ever in 2018, and the outlook for 2019 isn’t much better, new surveys show. Worldwide handset volumes declined 4.1 percent in 2018 to…
Державна агенція із закупівлі ліків оголосила перші тендери – МОЗ
Державне підприємство «Медичні закупівлі», яке має перебрати на себе повноваження із закупівель ліків та медичних виробів у міжнародних організацій, оголосило перші тендери, повідомляє Міністерство охорони здоров’я на своєму сайті. За…
Need for Speed: Carts on Rails Help Manila’s Commuters Dodge Gridlock
Thousands of commuters flock to Manila’s railway tracks every day, but rather than boarding the trains, they climb on to wooden carts pushed along the tracks, to avoid the Philippine…
Lawmakers Attempt to Rein in President’s Tariff Power
U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday introduced legislation to limit the president’s power to levy import tariffs for national security reasons. The bills face an uncertain future but underscore bipartisan concerns on…
Trump Organization to Use E-Verify for Worker Status Checks
The Trump Organization, responding to claims that some of its workers were in the U.S. illegally, said on Wednesday that it will use the E-Verify electronic system at all of…
Біржі США зросли після рішення ФРС не збільшувати облікову ставку
Американський фондовий ринок позитивно відреагував на рішення Федеральної резервної системи не підвищувати ключову ставку, яка є орієнтиром для кредитування в усій економіці США. Індекс S&P 500 додав близько 1,5%, індекс…
Egypt Sentences Senior Official to 12 Years Over Corruption
An Egyptian court has sentenced the deputy governor of the country’s second-largest city to 12 years in prison on corruption charges. The Cairo criminal court also sentenced Souad el-Kholy,…
Japan’s Nikkei: Ghosn Says Arrest Due to Plot Within Nissan
Nissan’s former chairman Carlos Ghosn, in his first interview since his arrest in November, blamed fellow executives opposed to forging closer ties with the automaker’s French alliance partner Renault for…
Apple Opens New Chapter Amid Weakening iPhone Demand
Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday…
A Virtual Human Teaches Negotiating Skills
Whether it’s haggling for a better price or negotiating for a higher salary, there is a skill to getting the most of what you want. Researchers at the University of…
Some Journalists Wonder If Their Profession Is Tweet-Crazy
If Twitter is the town square for journalists, some are ready to step away. That’s happening this week at the online news site Insider — by order of the boss.…
Energy-Short Pakistan Moves to Power Up Solar Manufacturing
Pakistan’s government has proposed to eliminate taxes associated with manufacturing of solar and wind energy equipment in the country, in an effort to boost the production and use of renewable…
Utility Bankruptcy Could Be Costly to California Wildfire Victims
Faced with potentially ruinous lawsuits over California’s recent wildfires, Pacific Gas & Electric Corp. filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in a move that could lead to higher bills for customers of…
PM: Ireland Ready to Tap Range of Emergency Aid in No-Deal Brexit
Ireland has alerted the European Commission that it will seek emergency aid in the event of a no-deal Brexit and is considering a range of other ways to help firms…
НБУ посилив гривню ще на дві копійки щодо долара
Національний банк України за підсумками торгів на міжбанківському валютному ринку встановив на 30 січня курс на рівні 27 гривень 77 копійок за долар США. Це на дві копійки менше за…
Apple to Fix FaceTime Bug that Allows Eavesdropping
Apple has made the group chat function in FaceTime unavailable after users said there was a bug that could allow callers to activate another user’s microphone remotely. The bug…
У Huawei заперечують звинувачення США
Китайська компанія Huawei відреагувала на висунуті американською владою звинувачення у шахрайстві. «Компанія заперечує, що вона або її дочірня структура, або афільована організація вчинили будь-які з інкримінованих їм порушень законодавства США,…
«Індекс сприйняття корупції-2018»: Україна піднялася на 10 позицій
29 січня організація Transparency International оприлюднила результати дослідження «Індекс сприйняття корупції-2018». Порівняно з попереднім роком, Україна покращила свої результати – 32 бали та 120-е місце серед 180 країн (2017 рік…
US Announces Sanctions on Venezuela’s State-Owned Oil Company
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PdVSA, in an increased effort to pressure Nicolás Maduro to relinquish power to Juan Guaidó, now recognized by the U.S.…