Economy - VoA

1. Kraft Heinz Announces $15.4 Billion Write-Down

2. Analysts: Insurance Can't Offset Risks of Climate Change

3. Nike Stumbles into Social Media Storm After Basketball Star's Shoe Splits

4. Signs Point to China, US Deal to Avert Further Tariff Hike

5. Male, Female or X? Air Passengers to Get More Gender Options From Airlines

6. Resumption of High-level US-China Trade Talks Raises Hopes

7. US Trade Representative to Testify on China Next Week

8. Putin Announces Social Handouts in Bid to Stop Opinion Poll Slide

9. OK for Direct US Flights Moves Vietnam Into Economic Fast Lane

10. Analysts: Venezuela’s Failed Socialist Policies Could Make Market Reforms Easier

11. Border Wall, Bullet Train: California vs. Trump Escalates

12. Amazon's 'Collaborative' Robots Offer Peek into the Future

13. App-Based Delivery Men Highlight India's Growing Gig Economy

14. Peru Launches 'Sustained' Crack-down on Illegal Mining in Amazon

15. Venezuela’s Failed Socialist Policies Could Make Market Reforms Easier

16. Amid Upheaval in South Sudan, Country's Teak Forests Fall

17. Ford to Close Oldest Brazil Plant, Exit South America Truck Business

18. Is High Finance Growing a Social Conscience?

19. US Automakers to Trump: Don't Slap Tariffs on Imported Cars

20. Trump Says No 'Magical Date' for Imposing More Tariffs on China