Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., saw his communications director depart last year over "inappropriate encounters" with staffers, a Schumer spokesman told Fox News. (Associated Press) The communications director for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., was…

Tech companies are increasingly bullish on building a "smart wall," which would incorporate new technologies to beef up security on the southern border. Many firms see a potential windfall with both Democrats and Republicans floating the idea of tech improvements as…

We’ve written extensively about LG’s struggling mobile business, which has suffered at the hands of aggressive Chinese Android makers, and now that unit has dragged its parent company into posting its first quarterly loss for…

Stephen Lam/Reuters Facebook is set to release quarterly earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday. The stock is expected to see post-earnings move that's essentially in-line with its 6.9% average.  Shares of the social network…

File photo - Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore attends Unlocking Financing for Climate Action session during the IMF/World Bank spring meetings in Washington, U.S., April 21, 2017. (REUTERS/Yuri Gripas) Political leaders in a college…

Reuters/Stephanie Keith Here is what you need to know. The US indicts Huawei and its CFO. The US on Monday charged the Chinese tech giant Huawei and its CFO, Meng Wanzhou, with bank and wire…

The 2019 Porsche Panamera GTS Graeme Fletcher The end of 2018 brought a series of plans by U.S. automakers to double down on their strategies for light trucks and electric vehicles. Seven out of 10…

Instagram has a growing security problem: As the service swells to more than 1 billion users, these accounts are also becoming popular targets for hackers. And if you're one of the thousands of people trying…

This ain't your mama's Girl Scout patch. In 2018, Girl Scouts of the USA announced a new set of STEM-oriented badges, including three cybersecurity challenges. Now, the largest Girl Scouts council in the DC area,…

Last summer, employees of Guaranteed Rate Inc. posted a stream of negative reviews about the mortgage broker on Glassdoor, a company-ratings website. “An American sweatshop,” read a one-star review in June. “Worst company I ever…

Tesla's "affordable" electric sedan is finally coming to Europe. Image: Sean Gallup/Getty ImageS By Stan Schroeder2019-01-23 08:48:43 UTC Tesla has gotten regulatory approval to start delivering its Model 3 mid-size electric sedan in Europe, Bloomberg…

Elle Macpherson attends a PR event of the chocolate manufacturer Ferrero, at the old Bayerische Staatsbank, on Dec. 4, 2018, in Munich. — Getty Elle Macpherson, famously known as “The Body,” said maintaining her youthful features…

Jo Farley Co-founding Green & Black’s in 1991 – a brand now worth £100m a year – Jo has since set up several more businesses and won many awards for enterprise Green & Black’s Jo…

YouTube has suspended adverts on Tommy Robinson's channel to prevent him from making money off his videos after complaints from users. English Defence League founder Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has had ads…

Credit: Gillette/YouTube Screenshot Gillette, the 118-year-old shaving company, has some mud on its face. (Or maybe that’s shaving cream.) The company just released a controversial commercial as part of a new campaign urging customers to…

REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Jack Bogle, the founder of Vanguard Group, died Wednesday. He was 89. Bogle, a financial luminary, paved the way for low-cost investing when he launched the first index mutual fund four decades ago.…

With Sears filing for bankruptcy and so many stores closing, the end may be drawing near for the iconic American retailer. Many of us aren't ready. USA TODAY Sears Holdings could escape its brush with…

The latest internet-of-things technology is helping emergency vehicle supplier Emergency One to save lives and expand its business Fire engines making it to a blaze or critical incident in time can be a matter of…

These should be boom times for Detroit. Unemployment is at a half-century low, gasoline is cheap and auto sales in the U.S. were near record levels last year. Yet American automakers are closing factories, cutting shifts and laying off thousands of workers. The industry is behaving…

Ren Zhengfei, the billionaire founder of Huawei Technologies Co., broke a years-long silence to dismiss U.S. accusations the telecoms giant helps Beijing spy on Western governments. Ren denied suggestions that Huawei aids the Chinese government…

Book excerpt: In Melissa Leong’s latest book, Happy Go Money, the former Financial Post reporter challenges everyone to revamp their relationship with money. Here’s where to start. “If I only had a little more money,…

Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo Here is what you need to know. China releases a fresh set of terrible data. China's 2018 trade surplus with the world fell to $351.76 billion, its lowest since 2013, according to data…