Facebook scraps accounts trying to influence November’s U.S. elections
Facebook has identified a coordinated political influence campaign ahead of November's U.S. congressional elections and taken down dozens of fake accounts. Fred Katayama reports.
Tech sell-off pulls Wall Street lower
A broad tech stock sell-off dragged down the three major U.S. indexes. As Fred Katayama reports, the Nasdaq dropped more than 1 percent for the third straight day.
CBS exec allegations jeopardize Viacom fight
With CBS longtime CEO Les Moonves now battling allegations of sexual misconduct by six women, his fight to keep majority shareholder Shari Redstone from combining CBS with Viacom could be in jeopardy. ...
Why Germany could run short of skilled labor
On-the-job training is a popular German export which is losing favor at home as more young people look towards university study. The labor shortage is threatening the country's strong economy and has ...
Venezuela to remove five zeroes from ailing currency
Venezuela will remove five zeroes from the bolivar currency, President Nicolas Maduro says, in an effort to keep up with inflation projected to reach 1 million percent this year. Laura Frykberg report ...
ECB sticks with promise to end stimulus despite growth wobble
The European Central Bank reaffirmed that it will end its 2.6 trillion euro stimulus programme this year on Thursday, saying the risks from an unpredictable global trade conflict didn't warrant any de ...