Myanmar OKs use of Thai currency in border trade
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military-led administration has agreed to accept Thai baht as an official…
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Biden urges private companies to help narrow gender pay gap
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden marked Equal Pay Day by spotlighting new steps aimed at closing the gender…
Continue Reading Air traffic across Germany disrupted due to walkouts
BERLIN (AP) — Air travel is disrupted across Germany as security personnel at several airports stage walkouts demanding higher wages. Numerous…
Continue Reading Chinese virus cases climb, raise threat of trade disruption
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Anti-virus controls have forced auto and electronics makers to shut factories in China and are…
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Journalist interrupts live Russian state news broadcast to denounce invasion of Ukraine
By Paul P. Murphy, CNN In a bold protest against the invasion of Ukraine, a Russian state television journalist interrupted a live news broadcast…
Continue Reading War in Ukraine disrupts key supply chains – and lives
By MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press It can be hard to measure the ways that Russia’s war in Ukraine has disrupted the global supply of parts and…
Continue Reading South Korea reports record deaths amid omicron surge
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea had its deadliest day yet of the pandemic on Tuesday, with 293 deaths…
Continue Reading Indian court upholds hijab ban in Karnataka state that prompted weeks of religious clashes
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN An Indian high court has upheld a ban on the wearing of hijabs or headscarves in educational institutes in…
Continue Reading Asian shares rise ahead of Fed decision on rate hike
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have risen as investors await a widely anticipated decision by the U.S. Federal…
Continue Reading London Metal Exchange to resume nickel trade
LONDON (AP) — The London Metal Exchange says it plans to resume trading in nickel, a week after it was suspended when the price of the metal surged…
Continue Reading The journalist who protested on Russian state TV says it was ‘impossible to stay silent’
CNN By Charles Riley, CNN Business The Russian state television journalist who took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin’s war in…
Continue Reading Russian TV journalist who protested Ukraine war on-air turns up in court
CNN By David Goldman, CNN Business A Russian state television journalist who protested the invasion of Ukraine during a live news broadcast was found…
Continue Reading Court rules Australian minister has no climate duty of care
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An appeals court has overturned a groundbreaking ruling that Australia’s environment…
Continue Reading Dubai’s state-owned water, power utility plans public offer
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s state-owned utility says it will list a sliver of its worth on the…
Continue Reading Puerto Rico exits bankruptcy after grueling debt negotiation
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government is formally exiting bankruptcy after completing the…
Continue Reading Russia invasion upends Olympic ‘neutrality’ — if it existed
By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer The International Olympic Committee has always been political, from the sheikhs and royals in its membership to a…
Continue Reading China’s economy had a surprisingly good start to the year, but it may not last
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economy started the year on a bright note, with several major indicators beating forecasts. But as Covid…
Continue Reading COVID-19 cases more than double in China’s growing outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — China has reported a more than doubling of new COVID-19 cases as it faces by far its biggest outbreak since the early days of the…
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Two years after the pandemic business remains slow in south El Paso
EL PASO, Texas – Pandemic-related border closures, many expected to last a month, stretched on for nearly two years. When traffic opened back up to…
Continue Reading NASA says American aboard International Space Station will come back on Russian rocket ‘for sure’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA said Monday that NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei will return from the ISS later this month aboard a Russian Soyuz…
Continue Reading EU imposes 4th set of sanctions against Russia for war
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has announced that it has approved a new set of sanctions to punish Moscow for…
Continue Reading EU’s Borrell says Western Balkans’ accession a priority
SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has reaffirmed the 27-country bloc’s desire to integrate the Western…
Continue Reading Lyft, like Uber, plans to add a fuel surcharge
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft on Monday said it plans to add a small fee on rides to help drivers deal with rising gas prices…
Continue Reading Turquoise Hill, LKQ rise; Devon Energy, Newmont fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Turquoise Hill, LKQ rise; Devon Energy, Newmont…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks swayed lower on Wall Street Monday, crude oil prices fell and bond yields rose sharply as waves of market-moving forces…
Continue Reading Biden’s plan to reshape the Fed just hit a hurdle
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business President Joe Biden planned to reshape the Federal Reserve through his nominations for the three vacant seats on the…
Continue Reading Lyft, like Uber, plans to add a fuel surcharge
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft on Monday said it plans to add a small fee on rides to help drivers deal with rising…
Continue Reading Lyft, like Uber, plans to add a fuel surcharge
CNN By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Lyft on Monday said it plans to add a small fee on rides to help drivers deal with rising gas prices…
Continue Reading UK to end all COVID-19 travel rules ahead of Easter break
LONDON (AP) — Britain says all remaining coronavirus measures for travelers, including passenger locator forms and the requirement for unvaccinated…
Continue Reading Why potassium iodide pills are suddenly in high demand
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business As Russia’s assault in Ukraine intensifies, fear of radioactive fallout from accidental or intentional attacks…
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