Adam Scott took his own sweet time returning to competitive golf.

When he finally showed up at the PGA Championship in San Francisco this week, everyone else ranked inside the top 10 had...

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese e-commerce tycoon Jack Ma has long been an example of how the power of big dreams, strong leadership and sheer elbow grease can create massive fortunes in China's go-go...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Sara Gilbert is leaving the daytime talk show she helped launch.

Gilbert announced Tuesday on CBS' "The Talk" that she's decided to exit as a co-host because of her packed...

NEW YORK (AP) — Joanna Geary started off as a journalist in the U.K. and now lives in New York, where she is currently Twitter's director of curation. In that role, she's in charge of showing users everything from the day's biggest news events to quirky trends.

Geary, 38, spoke with The Associated Press recently about managing people in different time zones and managing a work-life balance. Questions and answers have been edited for brevity and clarity.

Arianna Huffington is calling on Elon Musk to adopt a healthier work-life balance, but the Tesla CEO says that's not an option.

In a tweet early Sunday after arriving home from a late night at a Tesla factory, Musk told the Huffington Post founder that his electric car company and Ford are the only two American automakers that have avoided bankruptcy.

He then added, in an apparent reference to his long hours at work: "You think this is an option. It is not."

"The Glitch" (Doubleday), by Elisabeth Cohen

Shelley Stone is a hard-working CEO of a Silicon Valley tech company that sells a small device called a Conch, which helps improve everyday life. The Conch offers helpful advice and prompts such as "take an umbrella" or "turn left on Main Street" when worn. Unfortunately, the tiny piece of technology has recently been known to encourage owners to "jump off the bridge."

"Work Pause Thrive: How to Pause for Parenthood Without Killing Your Career" (BenBella Books), by Lisen Stromberg

It's no secret that working parents have a difficult time with the elusive work-life balance. For starters, there is the 40-hour workweek, which often spills beyond 8-hour days. Then there is the ever-present flow of emails, meetings and occasional work trips that must be juggled with quotidian chores: making dinner, cleaning up and helping with homework, just to name a few.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, out of fear of being replaced.

But many in this manufacturing powerhouse and democratically ruled island off the coast of China would like a better work-life balance to match their society's growing affluence.

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Since Taiwan industrialized in the 1960s, its workers have strived to do whatever their employers asked, including putting in free overtime, out of fear of being replaced.

"We wanted to contribute to our company, and in return, we want the company to respond in positive ways to our contributions," said Chou Hsun-Rong, 43, a worker at a bonding material factory in suburban Taipei, Taiwan's capital, who says he has long sacrificed personal time for the sake of his job.

LONDON (AP) — A British union says it is suspending a planned four-day strike by train managers on Eurostar services to hold more talks with management.

Members of the Rail, Maritime and Transport Union walked out Friday at the cross-Channel train company in a dispute over shifts and work-life balance.

They planned a four-day strike followed by a second three-day walkout over a British holiday weekend starting Aug. 27.