Category Archives: Business
US extends deadline letting Chevron stay in Venezuela
MIAMI (AP) — The Biden administration on Tuesday gave Chevron Corp. and several other American companies six more months to continue operating in Venezuela.
Algeria partially reopens air travel after 14-month shutdown
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria partially reopened its skies to flights on Tuesday after a 14-month shutdown to try to keep out the coronavirus, with a first flight of the national carrier Air Algerie taking off for Paris on Tuesday
Biden, GOP senator to meet as infrastructure deadline looms
WASHINGTON (AP) — Deadline looming, President Joe Biden is set to meet Wednesday with the top Senate Republican negotiator on infrastructure as the administration signals time is running out to strike a bipartisan deal on the White House's big
FBI agent charged in off-duty shooting of man on subway
ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) — An FBI agent has been charged with attempted murder in the off-duty shooting of another man on a Metro subway train last year in a Maryland suburb of Washington, D.C., according to court records unsealed Tuesday.
Gov’t use of Chinese drones in limbo as Congress weighs ban
More than a year after the U.S. Interior Department grounded hundreds of Chinese-made drones it was using to track wildfires and monitor dams, volcanoes and wildlife, it's starting to look like they won't be flying again any time soon —
NDP joins calls for Liberals to overturn CRTC internet price decision
TORONTO — The federal New Democratic Party is backing calls from independent telecom companies for the government to overrule a recent decision on wholesale internet rates by Canada's telecommunications regulator. NDP telecom critic Brian Masse said Tu...
Nevada lawmakers wrap legislative session just in time
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada lawmakers ran down the clock on the 2021 legislative session on Monday, passing dozens of high-profile bills moments before the clock struck midnight and forced them to adjourn.
N.S. hotels fear tourists will vacation elsewhere without clear COVID reopening plan
HALIFAX — The Hotel Association of Nova Scotia is asking Premier Iain Rankin for more clarity about his government's COVID-19 reopening plan. Association president Megan Delaney says hotels need clear reopening targets so tourists and business travelle...
N.S. hotels fear tourists will travel elsewhere without clear COVID-19 reopening plan
HALIFAX — As Nova Scotia begins emerging from its COVID-19 lockdown, a group of hotels in the Halifax area is appealing to the government for more clarity about when they can expect guests to return. In a letter sent to Premier
OPEC to boost oil output as economies recover, prices rise
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC oil cartel and allied producing countries plan to restore 2.1 million barrels per day of crude production, balancing fears that COVID-19 outbreaks in some countries will sap demand against surging energy needs in reco...
