Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke's campaign on Friday called on Facebook , Twitter and Alphabet's Google to do more to fight disinformation ahead of the November 2020 election.
Canada has requested a meeting with Beijing at the World Trade Organization to try to bring an end to China's ban on its canola, Trade Minister Jim Carr announced Friday.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday (Sep 6) the rights and freedoms of people in Hong Kong "must be guaranteed" after meeting with Chinese Premier Li Keqiang in Beijing.
White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow said on Friday the United States wants "near term" results from U.S.-China trade talks in September and October but cautioned that the trade conflict could take years to resolve.
US stocks finished little changed on Friday (Sep 6) after a ho-hum report on jobs creation and encouraging words from the chairman of the central bank.
Alphabet Inc said on Friday it had received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 30 seeking information and documents relating to its prior antitrust investigations in the United States and elsewhere.
The US Federal Reserve will continue to act "as appropriate" to sustain an economic expansion now in its 11th year, Fed Chair Jerome Powell said Friday in Zurich, repeating a pledge that financial markets have taken to signal a further reduction in interest rates.
Apple Inc on Friday disputed the way that researchers at Alphabet Inc's cybersecurity team characterized an iPhone security flaw that they said could be used to track users of the smartphone in real time.
A bipartisan group of state attorneys general will announce on Monday an investigation into large tech companies, like Facebook and Google, for potential violations of antitrust law, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's announced on Friday.
U.S. job growth likely slowed further in August, but the pace of gains probably remains sufficient to keep the economy expanding moderately amid rising threats from trade tensions and weakness overseas that have left financial markets fearing a recession.
