Turkey ready to respond if US imposes more sanctionsTurkey on Friday threatened to respond in kind if Washington imposed further sanctions over the detention of an American pastor which has sparked a diplomatic standoff and battered the Turkish currenc...
Tesla shares tumble after Musk interview sparks fresh fearsTesla shares took a pounding Friday amid fresh fears about the future of the electric carmaker after a wide-ranging interview with chief executive Elon Musk in which he revealed his struggles with exh...
Maduro orders 96 percent devaluation in hyperinflation-stricken VenezuelaVenezuela's president Nicolas Maduro announced on Friday a single exchange rate pegged to his socialist government’s petro cryptocurrency, effectively devaluing by 96 percent in a move economists said...
As Musk admits to job stress, Tesla’s board may have to actElon Musk's erratic behavior was front and center again this week as the CEO of Tesla conceded that he's overwhelmed by job stress, pushing his electric car company's stock down and bringing pressure...
US regulators target Facebook on discriminatory housing adsFederal regulators are alleging that Facebook's advertising tools allow landlords and real estate brokers to engage in housing discrimination. The US Department of Housing and Urban Development said i...
Privacy group tells FTC Google tracking violated 2011 orderA privacy group said in a letter sent to the Federal Trade Commission on Friday that Google has violated the terms of a 2011 settlement because of practices exposed in an Associated Press report this...
Ex-lawyer of pharma executive Shkreli gets 18 months prison for fraud schemeA New York lawyer was sentenced to 18 months prison on Friday for helping Martin Shkreli, currently serving a seven year prison sentence after being convicted of related charges, defraud a drug compan...
Workers at Chile’s Escondida, world’s top copper mine, ink contractThe union representing workers of Chilean copper mine Escondida signed a new collective labour contract on Friday, ending the risk of a strike that could have paralysed the world's biggest copper mine...