FTC is investigating Facebook over privacy practices
NEW YORK — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Facebook’s privacy practices following a week of privacy scandals including allegations a Trump-affiliated political consulting firm got data...
View ArticleIndependent toy retailers stay alive with magic, expertise and service help
NEW YORK — When a young customer returned to Mary Arnold Toys a few days after an Easter egg decorating event, store owner Judy Ishayik asked the child, “How is your egg?” The little girl responded...
View ArticleFederal investigators probe Tesla crash, fire in California
SAN FRANCISCO — The National Transportation Safety Board has sent two investigators to look into a fatal crash and fire Friday in California that involved a Tesla electric SUV. The agency says on...
View ArticleSwitzerland urged to do more to fight, penalize bribery
BERN, Switzerland — A group of mostly rich, industrialized countries says Switzerland should do more to prosecute companies and apply tougher penalties for bribery. The Organization for Economic...
View ArticleSmall business dilemma: Raise prices or absorb inflation?
NEW YORK — Higher energy prices and borrowing costs make it more expensive than last year for Bill Savickas to operate his wholesale produce business — especially as it’s hard to pass the increases on...
View ArticleFrance copes with more rail strikes as labour unions dig in
PARIS — Commuters coped with another day of disrupted train service in France as labour unions insisted Monday they would not back down from a series of strikes that is expected to continue later in...
View ArticleChild advocates ask FTC to investigate YouTube
The fine print of YouTube’s terms of service has a warning that goes unheeded by millions of children who visit YouTube to watch cartoons, nursery rhymes, science experiments or videos of toys being...
View ArticleApple co-founder Steve Wozniak protests Facebook by shutting down account
SAN FRANCISCO — Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is shutting down his Facebook account as the social media giant struggles to cope with the worst privacy crisis in its history. In an email to USA Today,...
View ArticleShaquille O’Neal to open luxury high-rise in New Jersey
NEWARK, N.J. — Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal is opening a high-rise apartment complex in New Jersey’s largest city. O’Neal was joined by city and state officials on Tuesday in Newark for a news...
View ArticleConstruction is booming in North Korea, but who’s paying?
PYONGYANG, Korea, Democratic People’s Republic Of — Beachfront, five-star hotels? Skyscrapers just blocks from Kim Il Sung Square? North Korea is racing forward with major development projects some...
View ArticleMacron: France must face up to new economic challenges
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron declared Thursday that strikes and protests will not prevent him from overhauling the nation’s economy — comments that came as train workers, hospital staff,...
View ArticleAnother Trump trade war, this time with Rwanda over clothes
KAMPALA, Uganda — The sweaty mechanic tossed aside the used jeans one by one, digging deep through the pile of secondhand clothes that are at the centre of another, if little-noticed, Trump...
View ArticleThreat of closure spurs surge in sales for Necco Wafers
REVERE, Mass. — The maker of the colorful Necco Wafers has experienced a surge in sales since announcing it might close unless it finds a buyer, and a Florida woman offered to exchange her 15-year-old...
View ArticleVolkswagen replaces CEO Mueller, announces new structure
FRANKFURT — Automaker Volkswagen is replacing CEO Matthias Mueller with core brand head Herbert Diess and announcing a new management structure the German automaker said would enable faster...
View ArticleUS publishers worry about pricier newsprint with new tariffs
MILWAUKEE — Newspaper publishers across the U.S. already strapped by years of declining revenue say they’re dealing with an existential threat: Recently imposed tariffs on Canadian newsprint driving up...
View ArticleBovines online: Farmers are using AI to help monitor cows
SAN FRANCISCO — Is the world ready for cows armed with artificial intelligence? No time to ruminate on that because the moment has arrived, thanks to a Dutch company that has married two technologies —...
View ArticleCourt rules Exxon must provide documents in climate probe
BOSTON — Exxon Mobil must hand over documents related to a state investigation into whether the company misled investors and consumers about what it knew about the link between fossil fuels and climate...
View ArticleHow to manage up, whether your boss is a micro-manager, absent or even Trumpian
Communication, collaboration, co-operation. Those are a few favourite things when it comes to “managing up” at work, but handling a difficult boss can be tricky. The challenges and risks are playing...
View ArticleA smoother ride for investors in shaky times, but with risks
NEW YORK — While the stock market was busy heaving up and down in recent months, some funds were offering a steadier, slightly less-nauseating ride. “Low-volatility” funds cater to skittish investors...
View ArticleStarbucks to close stores for an afternoon for bias training
NEW YORK — Starbucks, trying to tamp down a racially charged uproar over the arrest of two black men at one of its stores in Philadelphia, plans to close more than 8,000 U.S. stores for several hours...
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