When President Trump delivers his State of the Union address on Tuesday, he can quite justifiably say that the state of the economy is good. Unemployment is low, inflation is muted and growth has continued unabated for nearly 10 years. As a college professor, I’m often drawn to giving...

Slack Technologies Inc said on Monday it had confidentially applied with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to list shares publicly, moving business messaging service a step closer to going public in what is expected to be a high-profile year for initial public offerings. Slack...

Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, who was arrested in Canada and faces possible extradition to the United States, is exploring a defense that claims U.S. charges against her are politically motivated, the Globe and Mail newspaper reported on Monday. Meng, the chief financial officer of China’s...

Besides asking for permanent bans of the most vile Twitter users, the single most requested thing every user wants is the ability to edit tweets. I want it. You probably want it, especially if you have ever sent a tweet with an embarrassing typo (remember covfefe?) only to have to leave it...

Wall Street gained on Monday to hit session highs boosted by technology shares ahead of Alphabet’s earnings, the last FAANG stock to post quarterly results.  FAANG earnings have been a mixed bag so far, with Apple Inc and Facebook Inc posting better-than-expected quarterly results last...

Bill Gross, once the global bond market’s most influential investor and prognosticator, will retire in coming weeks from Janus Henderson Group Plc, ending an attempt to reclaim the stature he had previously enjoyed as head of the world’s largest fixed-income investing firm.  Gross, who...

Donald Trump would not commit in an interview aired on Sunday to making public the results of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s ties to his campaign, adding that it was time to “get rid” of the inquiry. In the interview on CBS’ Face the Nation, Mr Trump reiterated his belief...

The U.S. is currently on a path to put an end to the war in Afghanistan, and it needs to do more to follow through and bring American troops home, according to The New York Times. The Times Editorial Board said in an opinion piece the war, known otherwise as the "forever war", is now up for...

Greece on Monday urged Venezuela to not allow any foreign interference in its internal affairs.   "A democratic solution means that the people of Venezuela decide their own future. Any external interference should be avoided," said Georgios Katrougalos, Greece’s alternate foreign...

Some 150 Syrians including women and children left Turkey on Monday to return to their homeland, recently liberated from terrorists by Turkish anti-terror operations. The Syrians, who had fled the civil war in their country for refuge in Turkey, got the necessary documents to return to...

President Omar al-Bashir on Monday announced a fresh raft of measures aimed at salvaging protest-hit Sudan’s deteriorating economy.  Addressing supporters in the northern city of Al-Abyad, al-Bashir announced his decision to eliminate value-added taxes on microfinance projects. ...

Syrian regime forces and Iran-backed terrorist groups violated the Sochi ceasefire agreement several times last month by striking opposition positions in Idlib’s de-escalation zone, reportedly leaving dozens of civilians dead. According to the White Helmets civil-defense agency, regime...

Britain's Home Secretary Sajid Javid has signed an order for tycoon Vijay Mallya's extradition to India to face fraud charges, a spokesman for the interior ministry said Monday. Mallya, 63, the owner of Kingfisher beer and head of the Force India Formula One team, has two weeks to appeal...

The EU warned Tehran over its ballistic missile programme and interference in the Syria conflict Monday, while welcoming a new mechanism to trade with Iran while bypassing US sanctions. In a long-awaited statement on Iran that has been the subject of more than a week of wrangling in...

The United States urged other countries Monday to bring home hundreds of Islamic State sympathizers captured in Syria, a delicate issue for allies such as France as Washington withdraws troops. After allies grappled for weeks on what to do with the extremists left in Syria, the United...

German Chancellor Angela Merkel Monday urged Britain and the EU to show "creativity" and "goodwill" in upcoming Brexit talks but stressed the withdrawal agreement was not up for renegotiation. Speaking alongside her Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe, Merkel said "we want to do everything to...

In the world of autonomous vehicles, Pittsburgh and Silicon Valley are bustling hubs of development and testing. But ask those involved in self-driving vehicles when we might actually see them carrying passengers in every city, and you’ll get an almost universal answer: Not anytime soon. An...

Stocks recovered from an early slide Monday afternoon as gains in technology and media companies outweighed losses in health care firms and elsewhere in the market. A report showing U.S. factory orders declined in November weighed on stocks earlier in the day. Concerns over slower economic...

Britain on Monday will seek to reassure foreign investors worried about Britain leaving the EU after Japanese automaker Nissan said it was scrapping a major planned investment less than two months before Brexit. Prime Minister Theresa May was due to hold a conference call with around 55...

The US economy will post strong growth in the first quarter, despite negative effects from the extended government shutdown, top White House economist Kevin Hassett said Monday. He said the year started off strong, with the blockbuster January jobs gain of over 300,000 pointing to expansion...