American tech giants Microsoft, Google and Salesforce have officially adopted the EU—US Privacy Shield framework, enabling them to receive personal data from the European Union (EU) in compliance with the new standards. They are now among the 103 companies — out of the 5,526 signatories – that have so far ... Read More »
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd recalled all Galaxy Note 7 smartphones equipped with batteries it has found to be fire-prone and halted their sales in 10 markets, denting a revival of the firm’s mobile business. Koh Dong-jin, head of the South Korean company’s smartphone business, expressed regret over the recall, which ... Read More »
Learning another country’s business customs can take years of trial and error. Starting in September, 24-year-old Sierra Prochna will study the mores of corporate culture in Asia and Europe for the next year as a part of a new master’s program. Ms. Prochna will embark on a journey with 60 ... Read More »
Blacks lag far behind whites and other minorities in business ownership, though there are signs the gap has started to narrow since the recession, new government data show. Black-owned firms accounted for just 2.1% of the nation’s companies with at least one employee in 2014, according to the first instalment ... Read More »
UK will continue to attract investment, chancellor says Philip Hammond, the new(ish) chancellor, says Britain will remain an outward-looking country, attractive to foreign companies: In a statement released to coincide with a visit to Jaguar Land Rover (owned by India’s Tata), he said: As an outward-looking country, we will continue ... Read More »
Europe plans to give media companies the power to demand payment from search engines like Google when snippets of their content are republished. The European Commission is is working on a significant overhaul of copyright law that aims to help level the playing field between news outlets and tech giants ... Read More »
When Archana Masih and photographerRajesh Karkera set course from the foothills of the Himalayas to the Arabian Sea, they could not think of a better place to begin their journey than the stately campus that has given India some of its greatest military heroes. Read: Day 2 Doon Valley The ... Read More »
Two security guards were injured on Wednesday as protesters attacked the house of ruling Peoples Democratic Party Rajya Sabha member in Chawalgam area of Kulgam district in south Kashmir, police said. A group of several hundred people pelted stones at the house of PDP MP Nazir Ahmad Laway and injured ... Read More »
A Maldivian criminal court has issued an arrest warrant against Mohamed Nasheed, the country’s first democratically elected president who was toppled in 2012, over a probe into the alleged misuse of funds during his regime. Nasheed, 49, was granted political asylum in the UK last May after he was authorised ... Read More »
When his daughter was in third grade, Ryan Bannister started having trouble helping her with homework. “It just didn’t make sense to me,” he explains. Like a lot of parents, Ryan didn’t understand the new methods being taught under Common Core, adopted by Pennsylvania in 2013. He began researching and ... Read More »
At least, that was the plan before the controversies and confusion of last week’s“immigration week” stuck around to steal education’s spotlight. But there is some indication that Trump’s going to emphasize education more in the future. He’s chosen a policy adviser on education. “Education, education, education!” he declaimed at a ... Read More »
Sales of Tata’s Nano small car have been falling for years. India’s Tata Motors is overhauling its domestic supply chain, product portfolio and organizational structure as part of a three-year turnaround strategy, the company’s chief executive said on Tuesday. The aim is to put Tata Motors TTM 0.08% among the ... Read More »
