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Starbucks CEO says chain ready to enter Italy after 35 years

Sign up for one of our email newsletters. MILAN -- Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz's vision for the chain was largely inspired by the...

Facebook ramps up its suicide prevention tools, focusing on live video | Toronto...

NEW YORK—Facebook is beefing up its suicide prevention tools, including new options for people to report if someone might harm themselves while broadcasting on...

Twitter adds more safety tools to root out abusive content | Toronto Star

NEW YORK—Twitter is adding more tools to curb abuse on its service as part of its ongoing effort to protect users from hate and...

Google Hat: Tech giant gets patent for cap with social media sharing, personal safety...

Google’s infamous “Glass” smart eyeglasses flopped spectacularly, but the Mountain View tech giant isn’t giving up on outfitting the public with wearable camera gear.The...

US stocks surge in early trading; Dow crosses 21,000 points

U.S. stocks surged in early trading Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average above 21,000 points for the first time. Banks and other financial...

U.S. stocks surge in early trading; Dow crosses 21,000 points

U.S. stocks surged in early trading Wednesday, pushing the Dow Jones industrial average above 21,000 points for the first time. Banks and other financial...

Historic Hollywood film studio where 'I Love Lucy' was shot being acquired by Hudson...

One of Hollywood’s oldest film studios is being acquired by Los Angeles real estate company Hudson Pacific Properties Inc., which already owns two other...

Consumer spending growth slows as rising inflation hits Americans' purchasing power

Growth in consumer spending slowed in January despite a solid increase in incomes as rising prices hurt Americans’ buying power.The annual inflation rate rose to 1.9%,...

Why the talk of saving the middle class has a sadly familiar ring to...

“The middle class in this country is in far worse shape than most people really have any idea. That’s the big casino, and that’s...

Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim is poorer in Trump era but a lot more popular...

On June 15, 2015, the day before Donald Trump launched his presidential bid, Carlos Slim’s personal fortune stood at just under $67 billion.Today, it’s...

Bank of Canada expected to leave its interest rate unchanged | Toronto Star

OTTAWA—With the Bank of Canada widely expected to leave its benchmark interest rate untouched Wednesday, analysts will focus on the tone of an announcement...

Lowe’s shows momentum with better-than-expected quarterly results

Mooresville-based Lowe’s reported fourth-quarter financial results Wednesday that topped Wall Street expectations – a sign of momentum at a time when the local home...

Hershey expects to cut 15 percent of global workforce

HERSHEY, Pa. (AP) — Hershey Co. says it expects to cut its global workforce by about 15 percent, with the layoffs coming mostly from...

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Skoda has introduced its latest and most powerful Octavia vRS model yet, and it's receiving high praise as a high-performance all-rounder. With enhanced power...

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