Legal services nonprofits aid those struggling to keep homes
By KRISTEN GRIFFITH of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Maryland Volunteer Lawyers Service, Community Legal Services of…
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Borrell: EU to help Western Balkans’ war-affected economies
By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The European Union’s foreign policy chief has said the bloc would support the Western…
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Why March is so volatile for stocks
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business March Madness isn’t just for college basketball fans. That phrase is also an apt description of the…
Continue Reading Gas prices fall — a little
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business After more than a month of surging prices, Tuesday brought some modest — very modest — relief to drivers.…
Continue Reading Oil prices dropped 30% in a week. What gives?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After Russia invaded Ukraine, global oil prices experienced a dramatic spike. Just over a week ago, Brent crude…
Continue Reading Key inflation measure hits double digits for February
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Prices kept rising in February as another key inflation gauge soared and hit double digits. The US producer price…
Continue Reading US producer prices climbed 10% in February from a year ago
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer Wholesale inflation in the United States shot up 10% last month from a year earlier — another sign that…
Continue Reading When will people get fed up with high prices?
By Anneken Tappe, CNN Business Americans have watched prices for everything from diapers to gas go up over the past year. So far, they have kept…
Continue Reading Airlines fight Calif. law that expands breaks for employees
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The airline industry is raising the stakes in a fight over mandatory rest breaks under California…
Continue Reading Britain’s cost of living crisis is pushing millions to the brink
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Nazmin Begum has a problem: she’s having to pay much more to keep her two children warm and fed as the United…
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Multi-million dollar developments, upgrades planned for El Paso International Airport
EL PASO, Texas — The El Paso International Airport has undergone several improvements in recent years and airport officials are looking to the…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: 3 steps to breaking unhealthy money habits
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet The ways we save, spend, borrow and even think about money shape our financial habits. Sometimes, we develop habits…
Continue Reading Shell’s directors face legal action from climate group shareholder
Story by Reuters and Angela Dewan, CNN Environmental lawyers ClientEarth said on Tuesday they were preparing legal action against the directors of…
Continue Reading Russia is no longer an option for investors. These emerging markets are
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business For many years, the world’s most popular emerging markets have been the so-called BRICS: Brazil, Russia,…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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