Google employees have circulated protest petitions on a range of issues, including Google Plus, the company’s lagging competitor to Facebook, and Google’s sponsorship of the Conservative Political Action Conference. Employees raised questions about Google’s involvement in Project Maven at a recent companywide meeting. At the time, Diane Greene, who leads Google’s cloud infrastructure business, defended…

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Beijing plans to lift duties by 25 per cent on 106 products including soyabeans, cars and chemicals

The bidding for the television and digital rights to broadcast Indian cricket from 2018 to 2023 is closing in on the billion-dollar mark, and the e-auction will enter a third day and resume at 11am IST on Thursday. The bid value had reached INR 6032.50 crore (USD 925 million approx) by 6pm on Wednesday -…

Zu viel Fett im Essen ist schlecht, zu viel Salz ist auch nicht gut, selbst Kaffee geriet gerade erst wieder in Verdacht, krebserregend zu sein. Nun steht also wieder der böse Zucker am Pranger. Zwar gilt für die süßen weißen Kristalle wie für alles andere auch: Die Dosis macht das Gift. Nur ist es im…

A 78-year-old homeowner has been arrested by murder detectives after a suspected burglar he fought with in his own kitchen died of a stab wound.  The pensioner was upstairs asleep with his wife when he was woken by the two men breaking into his suburban home in Hither Green, south-east London last night. He was…

Boris Johnson has been accused of misleading the public by wrongly claiming Porton Down experts had identified Russia as the source of the nerve agent used in the Salisbury poisoning. The foreign secretary came under pressure as it emerged the Foreign Office also deleted a tweet stating that scientists had concluded the novichok used in…

U.S. retailers warn that tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump on Chinese imports would raise prices for American consumers on many products. Trump’s list includes more than 1,300 goods, such as flat-screen televisions, appliances and everyday consumer products. Clothing and shoes are not targeted. Industry experts fear retailers that sell consumer electronics would be most…

The US and China hit each other with tit-for-tat tariffs and President Donald trump’s response could set off a globally damaging trade war.

Thanks to President Donald Trump, China just dealt U.S. farmers their latest blow. The Asian country said Wednesday it plans to impose 25 percent duties on soybeans and other U.S. farm goods including wheat, corn, cotton, sorghum, tobacco and beef. The move comes in retaliation to proposed American duties on its high-tech goods. China is…