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SAN FRANCISCO — Employees at the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter voted on Tuesday to unionize, the first well-known technology company to take the step toward being represented by organized labor. The decision, which was formalized by a vote count at the National Labor Relations Board, came down to a narrow margin, with 46 employees voting in […]

NEW YORK — In Arizona, a burgeoning Asian American community fields xenophobic calls about a planned night market featuring Asian street foods. In New York, a dim sum restaurant owner worries he won’t make rent. In the San Francisco Bay Area, a local Asian American-owned restaurant chain is mulling temporarily shuttering one of its properties

Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after Apple said it would fail to meet its revenue forecast for the current quarter due to the impact of the virus outbreak in China February 18, 2020, 2:46 PM 4 min read NEW YORK — Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street after Apple said it would

Walmart said on Tuesday that while it continued to monitor the coronavirus outbreak in China and around the world, the company was not lowering its sales forecast for this year. The announcement, released with Walmart’s fourth-quarter earnings, that the coronavirus had not yet affected the outlook for the year for the world’s largest retailer came

Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests have begun blocking highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles in the latest mass protest over what they say are plummeting incomes for agricultural workers By ALICIA LEÓN Associated Press February 18, 2020, 1:15 PM 2 min read NAVALMORAL DE LA MATA, Spain — Farmers in fluorescent yellow

France’s defense minister says her country supports Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search for natural gas inside Cypriot waters By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press February 18, 2020, 10:51 AM 2 min read NICOSIA, Cyprus — France’s defense minister said Tuesday that her country stands in solidarity with Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search

Europe’s biggest bank has reported that its net profit fell 53% in 2019 to $6 billion February 18, 2020, 6:49 AM 2 min read Europe’s biggest bank has reported that its net profit fell 53% in 2019 to $6 billion. London-based HSBC, whose profit is mainly from Asia, said Tuesday that it plans to revamp

Shares have fallen in Asia as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would fail to meet its profit target and China moving to cancel major events including the Beijing auto show By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer February 18, 2020, 6:56 AM 4 min read BANGKOK

Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker’s top management for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses after the scandal-ridden departure of former Chairman Carlos Ghosn By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer February 18, 2020, 4:41 AM 4 min read TOKYO — Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker’s top

Denver — In this post-impeachment era of divisiveness and deadlock in the nation’s capital, Uncle Sam has a message for top U.S. technologists: I Still Want You. A Washington-based nerd strike force called the U.S. Digital Service is seeking private-sector coders, programmers and software engineers to make government user-friendly for a tech-savvy U.S. public. Launched