Category Archives: Business
With Ukraine war, Europe’s geopolitical map is moving again
BRUSSELS (AP) — Even though Russia has lost influence and friends since the collapse of the Soviet empire in 1989, the nuclear superpower still holds sway over several of its neighbors in Europe and keeps others in an uneasy neutrality.
Live updates: U.S. House approves Russia oil import ban bill
The latest developments on the Russia-Ukraine war: WASHINGTON -- The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved legislation that would ban Russian oil imports to the United States, an effort
Changing snowfall makes it harder to fight fire with fire
DECKERS, Colo. (AP) — Dripping flaming fuel as they go, a line of workers slowly descends a steep, snow-covered hillside above central Colorado’s South Platte River, torching piles of woody debris that erupt into flames shooting two stories high.
Limits on insulin costs revived in push for Senate action
WASHINGTON (AP) — Legislation to limit insulin costs for people with diabetes is getting revived in the Senate. Democrats say they want to move quickly, but they’ll need Republican support to get anything through an evenly divided chamber — and
Biden’s inflation plan upends thinking on jobs sent overseas
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a solution for high inflation that seems counterintuitive: Bring factory jobs back to the U.S. This challenges a decades-long argument
California pipeline at issue after ExxonMobil’s plan fails
SANTA MARIA, Calif. (AP) — The defeat of an ExxonMobil proposal to run thousands of truck trips a year in central California to transport oil from now-idled offshore platforms has intensified the focus on an even larger dispute: building a
US looks to boost cooperation with tribes on land management
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — National Park Service Director Chuck Sams said Tuesday he and other officials are committed to boosting the role Native American tribes can play in managing public lands around the U.S.
Congress passes bill to shore up Postal Service, delivery
WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress on Tuesday passed legislation that would shore up the U.S. Postal Service and ensure six-day-a-week mail delivery, sending the bill to President Joe Biden to sign into law.
Biden drew more viewers in otherwise quiet TV week
NEW YORK (AP) — In an otherwise quiet week for television, President Joe Biden was the biggest star. An estimated 38.2 million people watched him deliver his
Record gas costs pose fresh political challenge for Biden
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rising gas prices pose a fresh election year challenge for President Joe Biden. He's balancing concerns about costs at the pump in the U.S. against calls from both parties to step up penalties on Russian President Vladimir
