Russian space agency bemoans sanctioned head's U.S.-canceled invite
Russia's space agency is complaining that the invitation for its head to visit the U.S. has been canceled without informing the organization. NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine told The Washington Post in ...
In the quiet hours before lunch, two women worked side by side in an airy kitchen. One, a chef, cleaned fresh red snapper filets with a sharp knife. The other, ...
CES 2019: Chinese tech firms keep low profile amid trade tensions
The CES 2019 gadget show, which kicks off Sunday, will showcase the expanding influence and sway of China's rapidly growing technology sector. But some of its firms are stepping back ...
France presses Renault over executive compensation paid via Dutch holding firm
The French government has told Renault to provide more details on compensation paid to senior executives via a Dutch holding company jointly owned with alliance partner Nissan, Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Sunday. Le Maire made the demand after France's CGT trade Union ...
Southeast Asia wary of China's Belt and Road project, skeptical of U.S. commitment: survey
Southeast Asian countries should be cautious in negotiating with China on its flagship Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) to avoid being trapped in unsustainable debt, 70 percent of respondents said in a policy survey released on Monday. Southeast Asia is increasingly skeptical of U.S. commitment ...
Changing times: Seiko eyes global luxury watch market as CEO takes iconic firm in a new direction
The executive floor at Seiko Holdings Corp. in Tokyo's posh Ginza district is a piece of history unto itself — the chambers have remained the same for almost a century. If these walls and museum-worthy carved moldings could speak, they would perhaps wax poetic ...
The newly installed U.S. Congress is expected to see a fresh effort to develop new regulations for big technology firms, with a focus on tougher enforcement of privacy and data protection. The wave of data scandals that have hit Facebook and other online platforms has ...
Brazil's 'Chicago Oldies' team aims to revive Pinochet-era economic playbook
Brazil's new Economy Minister Paulo Guedes worked in Chile 40 years ago after earning his doctorate at the University of Chicago, giving him a front-row seat to dictator Augusto Pinochet's economic shock treatment. Even as Pinochet's authoritarian regime left a brutal human rights legacy — ...
Central Japan Railway to test N700S shinkansen at 360 kph ahead of 2020 debut
Shin Kaneko, president of Central Japan Railway Co. (JR Central), has said the company plans to conduct test runs of the new N700S shinkansen at a maximum speed of 360 kph this year. The N700S is slated to debut on the Tokaido Shinkansen line in ...
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a case brought by a clothing line named Fuct, which the government has refused to register, claiming it would promote vulgarity. The case pits a provision of U.S. trademark law that allows the government to deny ...
U.S. added 300,000 jobs in December; unemployment rate rose slightly to 3.9%
U.S. employers went on a hiring spree in December, adding a surprising 312,000 jobs and providing a dose of reassurance about the economy after a turbulent few months on Wall Street. The job gains reported Friday by the Labor Department came despite a trade war ...
Nissan executive takes leave to work on 'special tasks' related to arrest of Carlos Ghosn
As former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn awaits his day in court, Jose Munoz, the carmaker’s chief performance officer who oversaw its global strategies, takes a leave of absence to work on “special tasks arising from recent events.”
