Credit Suisse chairman resigns after internal investigation
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says its chairman has resigned following an internal investigation that reportedly…
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World shares mixed after China reports slowing growth
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares are mixed after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual pace…
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The Associated Press The Commerce Department delivers its December snapshot of newly started residential construction projects Wednesday. Netflix…
Continue Reading Vaccination mandated for commuters on Manila public transit
MANILA, Philippines (AP) — People who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are being banned from riding public transport in the Philippine…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after China reports slowing growth
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after China reported that its economy expanded at an 8.1% annual…
Continue Reading China’s economy grows 8.1% in 2021, slows in second half
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s economy grew by 8.1% in 2021 but Beijing faces pressure to shore up activity after an…
Continue Reading Group: Tax rich to fund vaccines for poor hit by pandemic
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Anti-poverty group Oxfam has called for governments to impose a one-time 99% tax on the world’s…
Continue Reading Jeff Goldblum, Kyle MacLachlan bookend Prada menswear show
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Jeff Goldblum infused Milan Fashion Week with some levity as he shimmied down the Prada runway in a…
Continue Reading ‘Scream’ scares off ‘Spider-Man’ with $30.6M debut
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After a month at the top of the box office, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” has finally been overtaken…
Continue Reading No vaccine? No cafe, according to new French virus law
PARIS (AP) — France’s parliament has approved a law that will exclude unvaccinated people from restaurants, sports arenas and other venues.…
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Rising costs add to pandemic pain for small businesses
By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sharply higher costs are yet another challenge thrown at business owners by the global pandemic.…
Continue Reading Double dealing: Legal, illicit blur in California pot market
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As California enters its fifth year of broad legal marijuana sales, industry insiders say…
Continue Reading Mali’s ex-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76
By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Mali’s former president Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has died nearly 18 months…
Continue Reading At many churches, pandemic hits collection plates, budgets
By HOLLY MEYER and HALELUYA HADERO Associated Press Biltmore United Methodist Church of Asheville, North Carolina, is for sale. Already financially…
Continue Reading Ukraine says Russia behind cyberattack in ‘hybrid war’ move
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine says Russia was behind a cyberattack that defaced government websites and it…
Continue Reading Austria tweaks vaccine mandate plan, to come in next month
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Austrian government has presented revised plans for its proposed COVID-19 vaccine mandate.…
Continue Reading Serbia votes in referendum on constitutional changes
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia has held a referendum on constitutional amendments that the populist government says are needed for the Balkan…
Continue Reading Denmark lifts COVID restrictions, opens many public venues
HELSINKI (AP) — Denmark has lifted a number of coronavirus restrictions and allowed the reopening of certain venues despite the spread of the…
Continue Reading COVID program delivers 1 billion doses to poorer countries
BERLIN (AP) — The World Health Organization says a U.N.-backed program shipping coronavirus vaccines to many poor countries has now delivered 1…
Continue Reading Portugal’s election campaign begins under pandemic limits
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The official two-week campaigning period for Portugal’s Jan. 30 general election is kicking off. But there will be none…
Continue Reading Tesla inks deal to get key battery component outside China
By TOM BOWKER and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Tesla is turning to Mozambique for a key component in its electric car batteries in…
Continue Reading Ethiopian diaspora torn by ethnic tensions in Tigray war
By HELINA SELEMON Associated Press Thousands of miles away from the Tigray war a lawsuit between trustees and clergy over the language of services is…
Continue Reading Omicron exposes inflexibility of Europe’s public hospitals
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press STRASBOURG, France (AP) — The omicron variant of the pandemic is exposing the vulnerabilities of European public…
Continue Reading Microsoft discloses malware attack on Ukraine govt networks
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft says dozens of computer systems at an unspecified number of Ukrainian government agencies…
Continue Reading DirecTV drops Trump-friendly One America News
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — DirecTV says it plans to drop the right-wing TV channel One America News Network. The satellite…
Continue Reading Italian menswear innovator Nino Cerruti dies at 91
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Italian media say Nino Cerruti, the Italian fashion designer credited with revolutionizing menswear…
Continue Reading Fendi leads Milan trends with feminine silhouettes for men
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Milan menswear designers seem to have decided on the answer, but the question remains: Have the…
Continue Reading GSK rejects $68b Unilever bid for consumer healthcare unit
LONDON (AP) — The pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline says it has rejected an unsolicited 50 billion-pound ($68.4 billion) bid from Unilever for…
Continue Reading Hezbollah, ally end Cabinet boycott in crisis-hit Lebanon
BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s militant Hezbollah group and its main Shiite ally say they are ending their boycott of Cabinet meetings after three…
Continue Reading Swine fever in wild boars worries Italy’s pork industry
ROME (AP) — The discovery of African swine fever in northern Italy has pork producers fearing significant damages to a major agricultural export,…
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