BUNDANG, South Korea (AP) — When Lee Kyung Eon and her friend recently scrapped their plans to go to Japan for their summer vacation and paid $135 penalty for canceling plane tickets, they joined a growing public campaign in...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — London-based Barclays bank says second-quarter earnings fell 19% as income stagnated and it set aside more money to cover bad loans. Net income dropped to 1.03 billion pounds ($1.25 billion) from 1.28 billion in...
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Industrial equipment and technology company Siemens says net profit slipped 6% in the company’s most recent quarter as weaker demand for factory automation from the auto and machine-building...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Large format stores that showcase the best of what a retailer has to offer are starting to disappear. Many of these so-called flagships in high-profile shopping thoroughfares like Manhattan’s Madison Avenue...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Thursday after the U.S. central bank cut its key interest rate but left investors uncertain about future reductions. Benchmarks in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Australia and...
Read MoreFRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Luxury automaker BMW saw net profit fall 29% to 1.48 billion euros ($1.63 billion) in the second quarter from a year earlier as higher spending to develop new technologies and revamp factories weighed...
Read MoreSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Police say a 72-year-old South Korean man is in critical condition after setting himself ablaze in downtown Seoul, apparently to express his anger toward Japan amid worsening tensions between countries...
Read MoreSEATTLE (AP) — The Latest on the alleged Capital One hacker (all times local): 11:20 p.m. Federal authorities say a former Amazon software engineer accused of a massive hack of Capital One data recently threatened to...
Read MoreSEATTLE (AP) — The 33-year-old former Amazon software engineer accused of hacking Capital One made little attempt to hide her attack. In fact, she effectively publicized it. It’s one of many riddles swirling around Paige...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve cut its key interest rate Wednesday for the first time in a decade to try to counter the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade wars, stubbornly low inflation and global weakness. It...
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