HONG KONG: Workers in the world’s richest countries are getting their biggest pay bump in a decade, a step toward solving a labor market puzzle that’s unnerving central bankers.

BCC predicts fall to 1.1% this year and 1.3% in 2019 amid Brexit uncertainty

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has downgraded its prediction for UK growth this year and the following, joining a growing number of forecasters that warn Brexit uncertainty has sapped the economy’s strength.

NEW YORK — Amazon wants you to shop small.

The online retailer launched a new section of its site Monday called Amazon Storefronts, which only lists products sold by small- and medium-sized businesses in the U.S.

Alibaba founder Jack Ma showed that an innovative private enterprise could thrive under a Communist Party regime.

Long before he became China’s most globally prominent business figure, Jack Ma was just an English teacher trying to persuade his friends that they would one day buy things over the internet.

CEDAR FALLS – Most business deals go down over coffee or drinks, as opposed to a business room, said Red Cedar’s co-founder and executive director Danny Laudick.

That’s the idea behind One Million Cups, a monthly event where entrepreneurs can present their business pitches to other entrepreneurs over coffee.

Nike’s advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick drew Donald Trump’s ire – but are they both exploiting a similar technique?

What’s more American: blue jeans or guns?

Safari and Firefox web browsers are adding new privacy features to thwart web tracking.

The decision comes amid heightened public concern over the information internet users share with companies while they browse the web.

Many wonder what they can do to protect themselves after Thursday’s stunning explosions in Lawrence, Mass., that left one dead and at least 25 others injured.

The natural gas pipeline in the United States is vast, sprawling across 2.5 million miles in a complex pressurized system that delivers a quarter of the energy consumed nationwide, according to the American Gas Association. Many of the pipes are old, and utilities are in various stages of replacing them to improve safety.

Move comes about 2 weeks after Kinder Morgan closed sale of Trans Mountain pipeline to Ottawa

Kinder Morgan Inc. has hired investment bank TD Securities to facilitate a potential sale of its Calgary-based Canadian business, which could fetch the U.S. pipeline operator as much as $2.4 billion, people familiar with the situation told Reuters this week.

The amount households owe, relative to their income, crept higher in the second quarter, even as mortgage borrowing continued to slow, Statistics Canada said.

The agency said Friday credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income increased to 169.1 per cent as growth in debt outpaced income.