Packing up and moving overseas can be an appealing prospect. But it can be an expensive one, too — especially if you have your heart set on Asia. That’s according to research from consultancy Mercer, which found that Asian cities lead the way among the priciest destinations for employees living abroad. In its 2018 cost […]
Read moreRecep Tayyip Erdogan won another term in office and gained far-reaching powers, but analysts believe the election has left the Turkish president looking more vulnerable than before. Erdogan won 52.5 percent of the vote in the snap election that took place on Sunday, with the main opposition candidate Muharrem Ince getting 30.6 percent, state news […]
Read moreAs news of a possible restriction on Chinese investment in U.S. technology companies surfaced amid the ongoing trade spat between the world’s two largest economies, Alibaba-affiliated financial technology firm Ant Financial struck a calm note. “We operate in many different countries and there are different political developments and regulatory developments in the different countries all […]
Read moreAyrial Miller is clearly annoyed. Her mother is sitting with her on the couch in their Chicago apartment, scrolling through the teen’s contacts on social media. “Who’s this?” asks Jennea Bivens, aka Mom. It’s a friend of a friend, Ayrial says, and they haven’t talked in a while. “Delete it,” her mom says. The 13-year-old’s […]
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President Donald Trump is giving a renewed purpose to the Franco-German relationship, a critical bond for the survival of the European Union, the French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire told the Financial Times. The links between the two Europe nations deteriorated somewhat during the previous French presidency, with commentators suggesting Germany had to take sole […]
Read moreAs the CEO of one of the world’s most valuable companies, Tim Cook has a pretty decent platform for sharing leadership advice. And he frequently does. The Apple chief is a prominent spokesperson for diversity and inclusion issues and has made headlines for speaking out on some of America’s most controversial political policies. But that […]
Read moreEuropean stocks are expected to open higher Tuesday morning, rebounding after trade concerns caused a sharp sell-off for global markets in the previous session. The FTSE 100 is seen up by 18 points at 7,524; the DAX is expected to start higher by 32 points at 12,314; and the CAC 40 is set to open […]
Read moreApple CEO Tim Cook said Monday evening that the tech giant cared about privacy before it became a hot-button issue. “We felt strongly about privacy when no one cared,” Cook told an audience at Fortune’s CEO Initiative event in San Francisco, California. “We could not see the specific details, but we could see that the […]
Read moreAsian markets were set for losses in early Tuesday trade, tracking sharp declines seen stateside on the back of fresh developments in an escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China. Futures pointed to lower opens for both Japan and Australia markets: Nikkei futures traded in Japan were down 0.57 percent compared to the index’s […]
Read moreElon Musk has been running a secretive, highly selective private school out of SpaceX’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California, Ars Technica reported. The experimental non-profit school, Ad Astra, has been educating Musk’s sons along with children of SpaceX employees and a few others in the area since about 2014. Musk originally founded Ad Astra to provide […]
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