Opposing Trump, conservative bloc demands reforms to internet spy law An influential conservative bloc of Republican lawmakers on Thursday said it opposed renewal of an internet surveillance law unless major changes were made in how the U.S. government collects and uses American data, reflecting disagreement within the majority party. A […]
Snap sinks to IPO price for first time since market debut Dipping below an IPO price is seen on Wall Street as a setback to be avoided by chief executives and their underwriters, but it is not uncommon for Silicon Valley companies whose market listings have been hyped to investors. […]
Air bag maker Takata to file for bankruptcy this month akata Corp, the Japanese company facing billions in liabilities stemming from its defective air bag inflators, is preparing to file for bankruptcy as early as next week as it works toward a deal for financial backing from U.S. auto parts […]
U.S. acts to seize stolen assets, Picasso in probe of Malaysian fund The Justice Department took legal action on Thursday to recover about $540 million in assets that authorities say were stolen by financiers associated with a sovereign wealth fund established by Malaysia’s prime minister, including a Picasso painting that […]
Is the Fed ready to consider lifting its inflation target? Years of tepid economic recovery have Fed Chair Janet Yellen and other central bankers considering what was once unthinkable: abandoning decades-long efforts to hold inflation down and allowing price expectations to creep up. In remarks on Wednesday, Yellen called an […]
Bill Cosby Jury to Deliberate for Fifth Day as Deadlock Continues Four days after getting the case, deadlocked jurors in Bill Cosby’s sexual assault trial struggled to end their impasse Thursday on charges he drugged and molested a woman in 2004, the prospect of a mistrial growing larger even as […]
Galaxy Note 8 Suddenly Leaks Three Times 2016’s Galaxy Note 7 fiasco nearly killed the range, but the Galaxy S8 and Galaxy S8 Plus were critical (if flawed) hits so expectations for the Galaxy Note 8 have risen. And now no less than three leaks suggest this could be 2017’s […]
Trump to revise parts of Obama’s Cuba policy President Trump will announce a new policy toward Cuba Friday that prohibits any commercial dealings with Cuba’s economically powerful military and somewhat limits the freedom of U.S. citizens to travel to the island, but leaves in place many changes implemented by his […]
Vice President Mike Pence hires outside counsel in Russia probe Vice President Mike Pence has hired his own lawyer to represent him in the special counsel investigation and congressional inquiries into Russia’s role in the 2016 election. The lawyer, Richard Cullen, is a former Virginia attorney general and a former […]
Airports will have option to come off electronics ban list Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly for the first time this week laid out some of the steps that will prevent more airports from ending up being subject to a large electronics ban — and said the original countries on the […]
