Billionaire businessman offers free rent to homeless Manchester attack hero

The co-owner of London’s West Ham United Football Club has promised to give free accommodation to a homeless man who came to the aide of victims of Monday’s Manchester terror attack. The British businessman, David Sullivan, and his son, Dave Jr, said they...

Rise of machines will ‘lead to more opportunities, rather than less’

WUZHEN, CHINA — With computers stronger than ever and robots popping up on factory assembly lines, it’s no surprise that people are wondering if machines will someday replace humans. But it’s nothing to be afraid of, Google executives...

Harley-Davidson plans a Thailand factory to serve Southeast Asian market

Motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson Inc. said on Thursday it will build a plant in Thailand, a major Asian automotive hub, to serve the growing Southeast Asian market, a move criticized by a U.S. labor union. The company did not give a figure for the planned investment...

Seven charged with conspiring to steal US trade secrets for China firm

Seven people were charged on Wednesday with conspiring to steal trade secrets from a Houston-based business on behalf of a company in China that makes syntactic foam for military and civilian uses, the Justice Department said in a statement. Those arrested and charged...

Five charged with insider trading involving US health agency

A Washington, D.C., political consultant, a former federal employee and three others have been charged with using confidential information from within a U.S. health agency to engage in an insider trading scheme. Federal prosecutors on Wednesday unsealed an indictment...

Target in $18.5 million multi-state settlement over data breach

Target on Tuesday agreed to pay $18.5 million to settle claims by 47 states and the District of Columbia and resolve a multi-state investigation into the retailer’s massive data breach in late 2013. The investigation — led by the Attorneys General of...