Poland abolishing practically all COVID-19 restrictions
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s health minister says the government is abolishing practically all of its COVID-19 restrictions next week. The…
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What to know before your business adds buy now, pay later
By ROSALIE MURPHY of NerdWallet Large retailers like Target, Macy’s and Ikea now offer “buy now, pay later” when customers check out. This…
Continue Reading Countries brace for hit to tourism from Russia-Ukraine war
By SUZAN FRASER and AYSE WIETING Associated Press BELEK, Turkey (AP) — Countries from Turkey to Thailand, Egypt and Cuba are bracing for the loss…
Continue Reading Ukraine refugees’ hopes of return wane after a month of war
By SRDJAN NEDELJKOVIC and DAVID KEYTON Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — As Russia launched its war in Ukraine last month, exhausted and…
Continue Reading Scandal at Japanese brokerage widens with executive’s arrest
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The scandal at a top Japanese brokerage has widened with the arrest by Tokyo prosecutors of the…
Continue Reading UK treasury boss defends plan to ease cost-of-living crisis
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s treasury chief is defending his spending priorities after critics attacked him for not…
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Russia’s stock market reopens after month-long closure
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia’s stock market opened for the first time in a month on Thursday as investors took part in a highly…
Continue Reading Asian stocks fall after West vows more Russia sanctions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have fallen after Western governments promised new sanctions on Russia.…
Continue Reading Russian stock market, crushed by war, opens with big limits
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Russian stock market has opened for limited trading under heavy restrictions for the first time since…
Continue Reading Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones
By MARIA CHENG and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing…
Continue Reading High from hemp: States wrestle with chemically made THC
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press Marijuana regulators around the country face a vexing question: What place does chemically derived THC have in…
Continue Reading In 1st full year of pandemic, biggest metros lost residents
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press In the first full year of the pandemic, the New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago metro areas had the…
Continue Reading ‘Gargantuan task’: Why India’s renewable push will be hard
By ANUPAM NATH and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NAGAON, India (AP) — India’s renewable energy push will be far from easy. Prime Minister…
Continue Reading Japan’s Toshiba shareholders vote down restructuring plan
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Shareholders of embattled Japanese electronics and energy giant Toshiba Corp. have rejected a…
Continue Reading Tencent stock tumbles after China crackdown hits growth
By Laura He, CNN Business Tencent’s stock suffered a sharp drop after the company reported its slowest-ever growth due to a bruising crackdown…
Continue Reading Renault suspends production at its Moscow facility
By Xiaofei Xu, CNN French carmaker Renault announced in a statement Wednesday that it has suspended all activities at its Moscow factory. The…
Continue Reading Renault suspends production at its Moscow facility
CNN By Xiaofei Xu, CNN French carmaker Renault announced in a statement Wednesday that it has suspended all activities at its Moscow factory. The…
Continue Reading Ex-prosecutor: Trump ‘guilty of numerous felony violations’
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor who had led a criminal investigation into Donald Trump before quitting last month…
Continue Reading California car owners could get up to $800 for gas
By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Californians who own cars could get up to $800 from the state to help offset record high…
Continue Reading Former Boeing test pilot found not guilty of deceiving FAA
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A jury in Texas has found a former Boeing test pilot not guilty of deceiving federal…
Continue Reading Russian journalist Oksana Baulina killed in shelling incident in Kyiv
By Uliana Pavlova and Brian Stelter, CNN A Russian journalist working for the independent news site The Insider was killed in a shelling incident in…
Continue Reading New York City to let unvaccinated athletes play home games
By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York city’s mayor will announce Thursday that he’s exempting athletes and performers…
Continue Reading Suit filed over threat to ban Native Americans from hotel
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside a federal courthouse in a South Dakota city to cheer the filing of a federal…
Continue Reading Sacramento teachers strike as Minneapolis walkout continues
By STEVE KARNOWSKI, OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Thousands of teachers and other school workers have walked out in…
Continue Reading Rail unions turn to arbitration in dispute over BNSF rules
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF’s two largest unions will ask an arbitrator to throw out the railroad’s strict new…
Continue Reading Russian stock market, crushed by war, will partially reopen
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Russia plans to reopen its stock market for limited trading on Thursday, nearly one month after shares plunged…
Continue Reading Arizona is the first state to accept digital driver’s licenses in Apple Wallet
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business iPhone owners with an Arizona driver’s license or state ID can now upload either to their Apple Wallet,…
Continue Reading Arizona is the first state to accept digital driver’s licenses on iPhones
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business iPhone owners with an Arizona driver’s license or state ID can now upload either to their Apple…
Continue Reading Airline CEOs urge Biden to end mask mandate, testing requirements
By Pete Muntean, CNN The CEOs of 10 airlines and cargo carriers have signed a letter to President Joe Biden saying he should end the transportation…
Continue Reading Here’s why gas is $6 a gallon in California, even as prices fall elsewhere
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business For many drivers in California, the possibility of paying $6 a gallon for gas is no longer something to worry about…
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