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America's truckers haul in bigger pay amid tight labor market 28 Mar 2018 - 07:21 pm
A recent study by the American Trucking Associations of more than 100,000 employees and contractors showed the median salary of a U.S. truckload driver increased about 15 percent to $53,000 from 2013 to 2017.  (AFP Photo / Filippo Monteforte)
Court orders suspension of Uber services in Slovakia 27 Mar 2018 - 08:47 pm
A photo illustration shows the Uber app logo displayed on a mobile telephone as it is held up for a posed photograph in central London, October 28, 2016 (Reuters / Toby Melville)
Grab vanquishes Uber with local strategy, billions from SoftBank 26 Mar 2018 - 11:35 pm
Grab cars are seen during a launch ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 19, 2017 (Reuters/Samrang Pring)
Uber to sell Southeast Asia business to rival Grab 25 Mar 2018 - 07:23 pm
Grab cars are seen during a launch ceremony in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, December 19, 2017. Reuters/Samrang Pring
Facebook crisis prompts Silicon Valley soul-searching 24 Mar 2018 - 01:25 pm
A cellphone and a computer screen display the logo of the social networking site Facebook on March 22, 2018, in Asuncion. AFP / NORBERTO DUARTE
Wayne Huizenga, who built his fortune from trash, dies at 80 23 Mar 2018 - 06:12 pm
Wayne and Marti Huizenga sit  next to a new Huizenga bronze statue (Photo courtesy: nsunews.nova.edu)
Chemical companies fear toxic consequences of Brexit 23 Mar 2018 - 06:06 pm
Julian Sarkar, director of Zanos ltd, poses for a picture at his warehouse in Liverpool, Britain February 22, 2018.  Reuters/Andrew Yates
World's biggest cryptocurrency exchange Binance is heading to Malta from Hong Kong 23 Mar 2018 - 05:50 pm
Binance, founded last year in Hong Kong, is planning to open an office in Malta, Chief Executive Officer Zhao Changpeng said in an interview.
Can Zuckerberg's media blitz take the pressure off Facebook? 22 Mar 2018 - 09:29 pm
Indian commuters pass a poster advertising Facebook's
Toyota suspends self-driving car tests after Uber death 22 Mar 2018 - 07:33 am
A still frame taken from video released March 21, 2018 shows the exterior view of the self-driving Uber vehicle leading up to the fatal collision in Tempe, Arizona, US on March 18, 2018. Tempe Police Department/Handout via REUTERS
Tesla’s Elon Musk probably won't move to mars after $2.6 billion pay approved 21 Mar 2018 - 11:36 pm
SpaceX founder Elon Musk pauses at a press conference following the first launch of a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S., February 6, 2018. Reuters/Joe Skipper
Facebook's Zuckerberg to break silence as global scrutiny grows 21 Mar 2018 - 09:38 pm
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg addresses the audience during a meeting of the APEC CEO Summit in Lima, Peru, November 19, 2016. Reuters / Mariana Bazo
Nestle provides lifeline for struggling Kenyan coffee farmers 21 Mar 2018 - 01:48 pm
Kenyan coffee farmers. FILE PHOTO. Reuters
G-20 offensive against US trade policy fails to sway Mnuchin 20 Mar 2018 - 10:48 pm
US Secretary of Treasury Steven Mnuchin (L) and IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde sit for the family picture of the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors, in Buenos Aires, on March 19, 2018.  AFP / Eitan Abramovich
G20 ministers call for 'further dialogue and actions' on trade 20 Mar 2018 - 10:48 pm
Finance ministers and Central Bank presidents pose for the official photo at the G20 Meeting of Finance Ministers in Buenos Aires, Argentina, March 19, 2018. Reuters/Marcos Brindicci
Federal Reserve set to raise rates as Powell era begins 20 Mar 2018 - 10:48 pm
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell testifies before a Senate Banking Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to the Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., March 1, 2018. Reuters/Yuri Gripa
Germany steps up push to foil tariffs with Washington talks 19 Mar 2018 - 12:30 am
German Finance Minister and Vice Chancellor Olaf Scholz attends a news conference following his meeting with French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire in Paris, France March 16, 2018. Reuters/Benoit Tessier
China a rising G20 concern, currencies stable: US Treasury's Malpass 19 Mar 2018 - 12:10 am
David Malpass, Under Secretary for International Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Treasury, gestures during the 2018 G20 Conference entitled