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(Reuters) – After becoming Dean of the University of Illinois School of Business in 2015, Jeffrey Brown worried that politics as a virus would choke a major source of income for his school: Chinese graduates. Jeffrey Brown, dean of Gies College of Business at the University of Illinois, poses at …

On Sunday, the thermometer at Death Valley’s Furnace Creek, in the deserts of Southern California, went to 130 degrees Fahrenheit, according to NOAA’s Weather Prediction Center. If checked, it would be the warmest temperature recorded in the US since 1913, and perhaps the warmest temperature ever reliable in the world. …

There are major changes taking place among the three contract manufacturers that assembled the Apple iPhone. Based in Taiwan, Foxconn assembles most iPhone units year after year. Last week we told you that Foxconn launched its annual rental drive that will result in the hiring of nearly one million people …

The European Commission proposes to extend its Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) to shipping as one of a series of measures to pay for the recovery of the EU economy, and to promote a green recovery from the crisis. The European Union plans to spend 30% of its € 750 billion …

INa month ago, a U.S. Postal Service (USPS) mail carrier named Mark arrived at his post office in central Pennsylvania and received some shocking news from his station manager. Mark and his colleagues were told they had to leave the office a few hours earlier each day, even if that …