P&O Ferries CEO acknowledges ignoring UK rules in firing 786
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The head of a ferry operator at the center of a bitter labor dispute stunned U.K. lawmakers when he…
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Fort Bliss soldier works to change the stigma women gun owners face
In honor of women’s history month, I wanted to introduce master sergeant KiOwana Phillips, a soldier at Fort Bliss, Texas, and the founder of One…
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BlackRock says Russia’s war in Ukraine is the end of globalization
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has ended globalization as we know it, says the head of BlackRock, the world’s…
Continue Reading US states seek to ease inflation burden with direct payments
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Governors and state lawmakers throughout the U.S. are floating proposals to send checks…
Continue Reading American weekly jobless claims at lowest level since 1969
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits last week fell to its lowest level in…
Continue Reading Gas rationing, food vouchers and hunger: Economic pain from Russia’s war is getting real
CNN By David Goldman, CNN Business As Russian soldiers bear down on Ukraine, increasingly desperate Ukrainians are running out of food and medicine.…
Continue Reading Gas rationing, food vouchers and hunger: Economic pain from Russia’s war is getting real
By David Goldman, CNN Business As Russian soldiers bear down on Ukraine, increasingly desperate Ukrainians are running out of food and medicine. The…
Continue Reading Prince William expresses sorrow for slavery in Jamaica visit
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prince William has expressed his “profound sorrow” for slavery during a visit to Jamaica. But he…
Continue Reading Russia is breaking market rules left and right
By Charles Riley, CNN Business Russia is breaking market rules left and right as its financial isolation deepens. The latest: Russia’s stock…
Continue Reading Cyprus’ RCB Bank to close, cites Russia’s Ukraine invasion
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — RCB Bank in Cyprus says an “extremely volatile geopolitical situation” has…
Continue Reading Norway central bank hikes key policy interest rate to 0.75%
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate from 0.5% to 0.75% , saying the war in Ukraine has led…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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
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 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 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…
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