Apple’s search for the next big thing: how its ambitious plan to build a car collapsed

SAN FRANCISCO — As new employees were brought into Apple’s secret effort to create a self-driving car a few years ago, managers told them that they were working on the company’s next big thing: A product that would take on Detroit and disrupt the...

Louise Linton Goes From the Lap of Luxury to the Center of a Social Media Storm

By KATIE ROGERS August 22, 2017 WASHINGTON — As anyone associated with the Trump administration knows, it only takes one outburst — a few haphazard emojis here, a call to The New Yorker there — to cement a new reputation. This week, in the...

Asia markets to focus on Wall Street rally as dollar climbs on tax reform hopes

In Asia, futures pointed to a higher open for Japanese equities. Nikkei futures traded in Chicago rose 0.86 percent to 19,550 and Osaka futures were 0.50 percent higher at 19,480. Both were above the Nikkei 225’s previous close of 19,383.84. Down Under, SPI...

Competition to replace US nuclear missiles is down to 2 companies, but uncertainties remain

The competition to replace America’s 1970s-era nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missile program is now down to two large defense companies in a contract that the Air Force originally estimated would cost about $62 billion. Yet there’s still a lot...