Krystina Gustafson | CNBC Pepper, a humanoid robot created by JDA Labs and Softbank, helps shoppers with customer service requests. With Japan’s population ageing and shrinking, many Buddhist priests receive less financial support from their communities, prompting some to find part-time work outside their temple duties, said Michio Inamura, Nissei’s …

SeongJoon Cho | Bloomberg | Getty Images An employee uses a Samsung Electronics Co. Galaxy S8 smartphone at one of the company’s promotional booths in Seoul, South Korea, on Sunday, April 2, 2017. Samsung is working on a smart speaker that will be launched “soon”, the company’s mobile chief told …

Photo John Leguizamo in his one-man show “Latin History for Morons” at the Public Theater in March. Credit Sara Krulwich/The New York Times John Leguizamo is returning to Broadway once again. His critically acclaimed one-man show “Latin History for Morons,” which opened Off Broadway in March at the Public Theater, …

The retail stock carnage among Amazon’s victims is one of the biggest market stories during the past year. But the Wall Street firm that was early in calling out the risk for some retailers with its prescient “Death by Amazon” index in 2014 is now saying there are companies that …

Dustin Finkelstein | Getty Images John Mackey, co-founder and co-CEO of Whole Foods Market Whole Foods shareholders gathered at the company’s headquarters in Austin, Texas, on Wednesday to vote on whether or not the grocery chain should be acquired by internet giant Amazon. The verdict: yes. Now, completion of the …

Photo Prince performing in California in 1985. A purple coat and a ruffled shirt from the “Purple Rain” tour will be among the items on display at the O2 Arena in London. Credit Liu Heung Shing/Associated Press LONDON — An orange Cloud guitar made for a Super Bowl halftime performance; …

Technical analyst Todd Gordon is bearish on the market, but there’s one stock he can’t resist. Nvidia is up about 52 percent year to date, although it has had a recent setback. The TradingAnalysis.com founder says the charts are hinting at a possible breakout for semiconductors as a group, and …

Malgosia (a nickname for Malgorzata) and I walked toward the Warsaw Philharmonic to attend an evening concert. (The building was originally built between 1900 and 1901 and was reconstructed in the ’50s.) I suggested we take an Uber, which I found to be safe and reliable in Warsaw; she said …

Ralph Freso | Getty Images U.S. President Donald Trump gestures during a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center on August 22, 2017 in Phoenix, Arizona. U.S. President Donald Trump expressed cautious optimism on Tuesday about a possible improvement in relations with North Korea after months of mounting tension over its …

Photo Trevor Noah said President Trump “must be the first human being in history who gets to command an army after starring in a Pizza Hut commercial.” Credit Comedy Central Welcome to Best of Late Night, a rundown that lets you sleep — and lets us get paid to watch …