Sri Lanka settles sovereign bond payment as reserves dwindle
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has paid $500 million due on sovereign bonds from its badly depleted…
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How to crush your holiday debt
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet Paying for gifts, travel, entertaining and other holiday expenses has caused many of us to start off the new year in…
Continue Reading More than 2 dozen drugmakers to make Merck’s COVID-19 pill
GENEVA (AP) — A U.N.-backed group says it has signed agreements with more than two dozen generic drug makers to produce versions of Merck’s…
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IMF slashes US and China growth forecasts
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The pandemic will continue to stoke uncertainty and inflation in its third year, undermining the…
Continue Reading Turkey’s central bank ends string of interest rate cuts
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s central bank has kept a key interest rate unchanged, halting a string of rate cuts that triggered a currency…
Continue Reading Israel’s attorney general orders probe of NSO spyware claims
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s attorney general says he is launching an investigation into the police’s use of phone surveillance technology…
Continue Reading International airlines restore flights to US after 5G confusion
By Anna Cooban and Chris Liakos, CNN Business Major international airlines have resumed normal service after a slew of cancellations on Wednesday…
Continue Reading Why car prices remain so stubbornly high
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Relief from record high auto prices could be coming soon. But that doesn’t mean those prices will go back to…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How sweeping EU rules would curb tech companies
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European Union lawmakers have approved proposed rules that would require online companies to ramp…
Continue Reading Russia announces sweeping naval drills amid Ukraine tensions
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced sweeping naval drills in several parts of the world this month, and…
Continue Reading Why Netflix is raising prices
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix is set to report fourth-quarter earnings on Thursday. Typically, Wall Street’s eyes would be set…
Continue Reading Germany expects COVID-19 cases to peak in mid-February
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s health minister expects the number of coronavirus infections in the country to keep rising for several weeks reaching…
Continue Reading Israel inks multi-billion dollar submarine deal with Germany
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel has signed a three billion euro ($3.4 billion) deal to buy three cutting edge submarines from Germany, the defense ministry…
Continue Reading Emirates to again fly Boeing 777 to US as 5G rollout slowed
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Long-haul carrier Emirates says it will resume its Boeing 777 flights to the…
Continue Reading Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press At some of the world’s most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a…
Continue Reading Cut off by volcano, Tongans relieved as contact restored
By DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — As the massive undersea Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted on Saturday, Tongans from…
Continue Reading Amazon heads to the mall with prototype clothing store
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — First, Amazon competed with malls. Now, it’s moving inside one. The online retailing…
Continue Reading Amazon is opening a clothing store next to Nordstrom and JC Penney
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Amazon has a new venture outside of e-commerce, cloud computing, content streaming, smart devices, Whole Foods,…
Continue Reading Amazon is opening a clothing store next to Nordstrom and JC Penney
CNN By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Amazon has a new venture outside of e-commerce, cloud computing, content streaming, smart devices, Whole…
Continue Reading Security scanners across Europe tied to China govt, military
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press At some of the world’s most sensitive spots, authorities have installed security screening devices made by a…
Continue Reading Japan’s imports hit record highs on surging energy prices
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s exports and imports both reached record highs in December, largely because of surging…
Continue Reading M&Ms’ beloved characters are getting a new look
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business M&M’s branding is getting a refresh. The candy’s anthropomorphized chocolate characters are…
Continue Reading Asian shares slide after more losses on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares have declined after a late-afternoon sell-off wiped out gains for stocks on…
Continue Reading Bologna face masks and new M&Ms: 4 ways your food got weird this week
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business From M&Ms’ mascots becoming more inclusive to a bologna face mask, there was lots of…
Continue Reading NBC says its coverage of Beijing Olympics will include ‘geopolitical context’
By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading NBC says its coverage of Beijing Olympics will include ‘geopolitical context’
CNN By Brian Stelter, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for…
Continue Reading China keeps cutting critical lending rates to shore up its economy
By Laura He, CNN Business China keeps slashing lending rates as authorities ramp up their efforts to stave off a sharp economic slowdown. The…
Continue Reading Army Corps to spend $732M on Mississippi River lock upgrade
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — The U.S. Army Corps will spend $732 million to expand a congested lock and dam in Missouri.…
Continue Reading Football games send viewers to TV on cold weekend
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Viewers parked themselves in front of their televisions to watch football and stay out of the…
Continue Reading Red Cross: Hack exposes data on 515,000 vulnerable people
GENEVA (AP) — The International Committee of the Red Cross says hackers broke into servers holding its data and gained access to personal,…
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