Category Archives: Economy
Business Highlights: Infrastructure wait, solar ambitions
___ White House ‘eager’ for GOP counteroffer on infrastructure
US warns against all travel to Japan as Olympics loom
WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the State Department are warning Americans against all travel to Japan because of a surge in coronavirus cases in the country as it prepares to host the Olympics in just
Judge digs into Apple app store policies as Epic trial ends
SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — The judge who will decide a case challenging Apple’s stranglehold on its iPhone app store indicated on Monday she would like to promote more competition but without dismantling a commission system that reaps billions of
Russian to be deported after failed Tesla ransomware plot
RENO, Nev. (AP) — A Russian man was sentenced Monday to what amounted to time already served and will be deported after pleading guilty to trying to pay a Tesla employee $500,000 to install computer malware at the company’s Nevada
World Bank allocates $2 billion to fund projects in Sudan
CAIRO (AP) — The World Bank said Monday it has allocated $2 billion to cash-stripped Sudan as the transitional government has struggled to address the county’s decades-long economic woes.
UN envoy warns of possible civil war in Myanmar, seeks talks
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. special envoy for Myanmar warned Monday of possible civil war in the country, saying people are arming themselves against the military junta and protesters have started shifting from defensive to offensive actions, using ...
Atlantic City 1st quarter casino earnings more than triple
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The Atlantic City casinos' gross operating profit soared in the first quarter of this year to more than $95 million, more than three times the amount they earned in the first quarter of 2020, when
The Latest: New Jersey to allow full capacity at MetLife
The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: ___
Former banker Guillermo Lasso becomes president in Ecuador
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Former banker Guillermo Lasso was sworn in as president of Ecuador on Monday, saying he will escalate efforts to vaccinate people to protect them from COVID-19 and work to revive an economy hit hard by the
Alaska pandemic rent, utility program draws large interest
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — About 60% of applications for a pandemic rent relief program are still awaiting processing, nearly three months after the application deadline.
