Category Archives: Business
EU, ex-Soviet state leaders meet as Russia tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — As tensions with Russia simmer, European Union leaders met Wednesday with their counterparts from Ukraine and four other former Soviet republics and pledged to deepen political, trade, energy and cultural ties.
EU, ex-Soviet state leaders meet as Russia tensions simmer
BRUSSELS (AP) — As tensions with Russia simmer, European Union leaders met Wednesday with their counterparts from Ukraine and four other former Soviet republics and pledged to deepen political, trade, energy and cultural ties.
US health tab hit $4T as gov’t opened spigot to fight COVID
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health care spending rocketed to $4.1 trillion last year as Congress opened the spigot of federal dollars to battle the coronavirus pandemic across multiple fronts.
San Francisco to require sick leave for nannies, gardeners
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nannies, house cleaners, gardeners and other San Francisco domestic workers must be given paid sick leave under a groundbreaking law approved by city leaders this week.
Macklem vows clarity so Canadians trust Bank of Canada as inflation stays at 4.7%
OTTAWA — The man at the helm of the Bank of Canada says the central bank has grown uncomfortable with hot inflation readings, which remained at an 18-year high last month, as he vowed to rein in price increases. Governor Tiff
Montana advances grizzly bear plans that could allow hunting
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife officials on Tuesday advanced plans that could allow grizzly bear hunting in areas around Glacier and Yellowstone national parks, if states in the U.S. northern Rockies succeed in their attempts to lift federal p...
San Francisco mayor pledges more police, safety measures
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The mayor of San Francisco on Tuesday announced even more initiatives aimed at curbing open drug use, brazen home break-ins and other criminal behavior that she says have made a mockery of the city's famed tolerance
US officials eye fuel supply for advanced nuclear reactors
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The development of commercial advanced nuclear reactors intended to help combat global warming and enhance national security will need a better supply of the right type of nuclear fuel, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Father, son blamed for California wildfire out on lower bail
PLACERVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A father and son charged with sparking a devastating Northern California wildfire that destroyed about 1,000 homes near Lake Tahoe earlier this year are out of jail after a judge vastly reduced their bail, largely rejecting
Son of Panama ex-president pleads guilty to money laundering
NEW YORK (AP) — A son of Panama's former president, Ricardo Martinelli, pleaded guilty Tuesday in New York to laundering $28 million in connection with a massive bribery scheme involving a global construction conglomerate.
