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After seven years of growth, Foot Locker registered its first drop in sales

August 28, 2017

Finance

Hong Kong investors are going crazy for London real estate

August 28, 2017

British Airways fuel surcharge

economics

At least one good thing is coming out of the UK leaving the EU: Tourism is thriving

August 28, 2017

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corporate

YouTube TV is now accessible in half of American households

August 25, 2017

Electric cars sit charging in a parking garage at the University of California, Irvine January 26, 2015. "The Irvine Smart Grid Demonstration," a $79 million project funded half by federal stimulus money and half by Edison and partners like UC Irvine, was launched in 2010. The $12 billion utility's research team Southern California Edison is testing everything from charging electronic vehicles via cell phone to devices that smooth out the power created by rooftop solar panels. Those are some of the roughly 60 projects in the works at Edison's Advanced Technology division. It has a small $19 million annual budget, but its influence far exceeds that. Picture taken January 26, 2015. To match feature EDISON-LABS/ REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: ENERGY BUSINESS TRANSPORT) - RTR4N6JK

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Tesla wants to make electric cars mainstream. But where are all the charging stations?

August 25, 2017

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corporate

The Olympics might add eSport events to draw millennial viewers

August 25, 2017

In this Tuesday, March 25, 2014 photo, traditional black-and-yellow licensed cabs and private cabs stand at a parking lot at the airport in Mumbai, India. Taxi-hailing smartphone app Uber is making a big push into Asia with the company starting operations in 18 cities in Asia and the South Pacific including Seoul, Shanghai, Bangkok, Hong Kong and five Indian cities in the last year. (AP Photo/Rajanish Kakade)

Taxis are now cheaper than Uber in Hong Kong

August 25, 2017

Technology

The world’s biggest data center will be built inside the Arctic circle

August 24, 2017

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corporate

North Korean-made clothes are being labeled “Made in China”

August 24, 2017

Workers are seen inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province May 26, 2010. A spate of nine employee deaths at global contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn, Apple's main supplier of iPhones, has cast a spotlight on some of the harsher aspects of blue-collar life on the Chinese factory floor. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA - Tags: BUSINESS EMPLOYMENT) FOR BEST QUALITY IMAGE ALSO SEE: GF2E9AP0D4F01 - RTR2ED9L

economics

Wisconsin approved $3 billion in incentives for Foxconn’s manufacturing hub

August 24, 2017

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corporate

The ads of the future will be only 6 seconds long

August 23, 2017

A worker checks his truck at PT Coca-Cola Amatil Indonesia's factory in Cibitung, Indonesia's West Java province, February 24, 2011. The Australian-based bottler and distributor for Coca Cola across Oceania had invested AUD$100 million ($101 million) in Indonesia over three years, doubling the company's investment in the country, Business Service Director Bruce Waterfield said during a media tour at the factory on Thursday.

corporate

Coca-Cola is so desperate to find a sugar alternative, it’s offering a huge reward

August 23, 2017

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