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Starbucks execs, police meet after incident in Tempe shop

The President of the Tempe Officers Association said Monday that the six Tempe Police officers who were asked to move or leave a Starbucks store in Tempe have m...

CBO Says $15 Federal Minimum Wage Will Cost 1.3 Million Jobs

While the high priests of Econ 101 insist that forcing employers to pay workers more than their labor is worth - in the eyes of the all-knowing market - will fo...

B.C. government says ride hailing services can operate starting September 16

The B.C. government says companies hoping to operate ride-hailing services in the province will be able to submit applications and potentially operate by Septem...

Westpac confirms extra loan 'glitch' costs

A major Australian bank has been forced to pay back tens of millions of dollars to its customers after a processing error hit them with excess charges. This is ...

Slight decrease in gas prices

This represents a decrease of $0.07 per litre for gasoline , while kerosene and diesel decrease by $0.09 per litre and $0.12 per litre, respectively. DOE s...

Dress up like a cow and get free Chick-fil-A

More than 2,400 restaurants took part in Cow Appreciation Day previous year, but it would still be safe to check with your local Chick-fil-A before heading ov...

FCC Chairman proposes spoofed robocall rules

According to Pai, robocalls often come from overseas, with scammers spoofing their numbers to trick people into answering. We must attack this problem with ev...

Some Amazon workers plan Prime Day stoppage

When you're 37 Chrome tabs deep into Amazon's Prime Day sales selection next week, consider the situation in Minnesota. Workers at Amazon's Minnesota fa...

Instagram planning to combat online bullying with two new features

Anti-bullying group Ditch the Label found in 2017 that 42% of 12-to-20-year-olds surveyed in the United Kingdom who were bullied online experienced it on Insta...

Preparations Underway to Deliver Russian S-400 Systems to Turkey - Erdogan

However, it was only in September that the Central Bank of Turkey reacted by raising interest rates to 24%. A decline of around 3% was seen in the Lira when t...

WeWork looking to raise more than $4b in debt ahead of IPO

The debt facility by the New York-based company could raise more money for the company than the initial public offering itself, the WSJ report said. WeWork sa...

Volkswagen, Ford reach outline agreement to share electric, autonomous tech

A source supposedly familiar with the two automakers' dealings reportedly informed Reuters that the foundation for Volkswagen's electric future, the modular M...

Self-driving chip upgrade could come to older Teslas this year

Tesla says it offers 21 times the performance of the Nvidia chips it replaces - a claim Nvidia disputes. Elon Musk said earlier that the program will be free ...

Bill Gates thinks Steve Jobs was a wizard

If there was a list of 10 things you must do to run a company successfully, Zakaria said Jobs would have violated the vast majority in the way he ran Apple. "So...

Penneys Founder Arthur Ryan Has Died At The Age Of 83

He took the chain to the United Kingdom in 1974, changing the name to Primark in order to avoid any confusion with USA store chain JC Penneys. He also served ...

2,500 Posties Attacked By Dogs EVERY YEAR: Shocking Photos Show Brutal Injuries

Communication Workers Union spokesman Dave Joyce said some attacks "could easily have ended in fatalities". Dog owners should feed their pets before the postm...

Oil Minister Zanganeh says hopeful Iran's oil exports will improve

The black gold came under renewed selling pressure and erased early gains to now trade unchanged near the midpoint of the 57 handle, as the escalating tensions ...

Google reportedly in talks to help create 4th U.S. mobile carrier

That seems pretty clear-cut. Numerous recent reports surrounding the T-Mobile-Sprint merger have suggested that Dish Network will buy assets from the two c...

Amazon Prime Day 2019: Everything You Need to Know

See our disclosure policy for more details. Customers in Delhi NCR , Bengaluru , Chennai , Pune , Hyderabad and Kolkata can enjoy the VR experience by...

Samsung’s top man heads to Japan as export restrictions bite

South Korea's President Moon Jae-in has urged Japan to withdraw export controls on high-tech materials bound for South Korea as a row over forced wartime labor ...

CannTrust faces Health Canada problems, warns of product shortages

As a result, Health Canada has placed a hold on 5,200kg of dried cannabis produced from those five rooms until the regulator is satisfied the products are compl...

Eye drops and ointments — RECALL ALERT

There have been no reports of injuries, but Altaire is recalling them as a precaution. For Walgreens, Altaire has recalled several over-the-counter and presc...

Korea assessing financial risks of row with Japan

Hong also expressed South Korea's hope of forging a separate bilateral free trade deal with Malaysia and Indonesia this year as part of efforts to boost exports...

Deutsche Bank posts Q2 loss, launches 7.4b euro overhaul

Deutsche Bank has also reportedly been struggling for years with the gradual decline of its investment division and has made several attempts to give its bus...

Gold subdued as strong United States jobs data temper Fed rate cut expectations

Federal Reserve would stay on course with an interest rate cut this month despite robust U.S.jobs data and as global growth concerns linger. At close, the yie...

Toddler takes fatal plunge from cruise ship in Puerto Rico

The ship was docked at San Juan, Puerto Rico at the time. She died a short time later. According to local outlet Primera Hora , the girl was from IN in the U...

Outage problems at mobile service providers causing voice service issues

There's still no estimated restoration time for calling issues affecting some of Canada's biggest mobile service providers. A post on the Rogers website say...

Fed Faces Tougher Task in Deciding Whether to Cut U.S. Rates

Federal Reserve. The Federal Reserve's next policy meeting is set for July 30 and the decisions made there could determine the health of the economy, which is c...

British Airways faces record $230 million fine

The airline initially said around 380,000 payment cards had been compromised. The penalty was the product of European data protection rules, called GDPR, that...

Asian stocks slip on dampened Fed rate cut expectations

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index slumped 1.38 percent, while China's benchmarks, the Shanghai Composite and the Shenzhen Composite, were down 1.33 percent and 1.20 p...