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Alex Eala opens Jingshan Open with straight sets win

MANILA, Philippines — Alex Eala trounced Aliona Fei of Belarus, 6-3, 7-5, to jumpstart her Jingshan Open campaign on Tuesday in China. After convincingly taking the first set, the 20-year-old Eala broke a 4-4 tie in the second, edging the world No. 322 in an extended ninth game to regain the lead. READ:  ‘Ambitious’ Alex

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Kubota unveils unmanned fuel-cell farm tractor

Osaka (Jiji Press) — Kubota Corp. unveiled a concept model of its unmanned agriculture tractor powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, at the World Exposition in Osaka, a city in western Japan, on Monday. It was the first time for a hydrogen-powered farm machine with a self-driving function to be unveiled. The machine will be

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Tech giants help lift US stocks to fresh records

NEW YORK, United States – Gains by tech giants Nvidia, Apple and Oracle helped propel US equity indices to fresh records Monday, overcoming early weakness and concerns the market could be overvalued. For the third straight session, all three major indices powered to new all-time peaks, led by the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index, which finished