Tag: Business
Nintendo reports trailing profit as sales of aging Switch game console slide
TOKYO -- Japanese video game maker Nintendo reported Friday a 55% drop in profit in the April-June quarter as sales slipped in both...
Heat deaths of people without air conditioning, often in mobile homes, underscore energy inequity
PHOENIX -- Mexican farm worker Avelino Vazquez Navarro didn't have air conditioning in the motor home where he died last month in Washington...
Turkey blocks access to Instagram. Reports say it's a response to removal of posts on Hamas chief
ANKARA, Turkey -- Turkey’s communications authority blocked access to the social media platform Instagram on Friday, the latest instance of a clampdown on...
Shares sink in Japan as a tech-driven retreat on Wall St drives selling of chip makers and exporters
TOKYO -- Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index has dropped nearly 6% in the worst day for Tokyo's market since the pandemic selloffs of...
U.S. employers likely added 175,000 jobs in July as labor market cools gradually
WASHINGTON -- The U.S. job market isn’t sizzling hot anymore. Companies aren’t hiring the way they were a year or two ago. But...
Asian shares tumble, led by 5.1% drop in Tokyo following a tech-driven retreat on Wall St
BANGKOK -- Shares tumbled Friday in Asia, with Japan’s Nikkei 225 index slumping 5.1%.The declines followed a retreat on Wall Street after weak...