Business Stories from August 29, 2020 (Change date)
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UAE formally ends Israel boycott amid US-brokered dealAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The ruler of the United Arab Emirates issued a decree Saturday formally ending the country's boycott of Israel amid a U.S.-brokered de...
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Zuckerberg says Facebook erred in not removing militia postAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Facebook made a mistake in not removing a militia group's page earlier this week that called for armed civilians to enter Kenosha, Wisconsin, amid viol...
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Indiana expands job training program to people with degreesAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana jobs retraining program designed to help people without a post-secondary degree has been temporarily expanded, allowing Hoosiers with coll...
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What does Walmart see in TikTok? Millions of young shoppersAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Walmart may be the world's largest retailer but it has mostly failed in its efforts to break Amazon's online dominance. Could TikTok, a fast-growing 3-y...
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Classical agency Columbia Artists says it will shut downAug 29, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Columbia Artists Management Inc., one of the leading agencies representing classical music performers, says it is shutting down. A statement emailed Satu...
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Amazon's creepy new health wearable analyzes your voice and bodyAug 29, 2020 6:25 am - I couldn't pick just one crazy thing to say about the Halo, Amazon's new wearable health gadget. So here are three: 1. Mirror, mirror on the wall, Amazon thinks you're f...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook is fulfilling another Steve Jobs visionAug 29, 2020 6:24 am - BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, who died in 2011, was a tough act to follow. But Tim Cook seems to be doing so well at it that his eventual successo...
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Burnout, splinter factions, deleted posts: Online moderators struggle to manage divided communitiesAug 29, 2020 6:23 am - For four to six hours a day every day, Caitlin Welch busies herself as a volunteer moderator for a number of Facebook groups while her baby sleeps. Much of that time is ...
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Sometime soon, your car will park itself in urban garagesAug 29, 2020 6:22 am - DETROIT (AP) - So after the coronavirus threat has passed, you head downtown for a baseball game. You get to the parking garage, and using an app on your phone, you link...
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Apple plans augmented reality content to boost TV+ video serviceAug 29, 2020 6:00 am - Apple is planning to add augmented reality content to its Apple TV+ streaming video service, seeking new ways to attract and retain subscribers and drive interest in AR ...
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