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– Hong Kong is permitting airline operators to restart the use of Boeing Co’s 737 Max aircraft in the city’s airspace, its Civil Aviation Department (CAD) said in a directive …

By Elizabeth Piper LONDON – A rebellion against Prime Minister Boris Johnson by some of his Conservative Party’s newest members of parliament (MPs) quickly collapsed this week – but might …

LONDON -Stay-at-home market darling Netflix slumped on Friday, joining a broad decline in shares of other pandemic favourites this week as investors priced in expectations for a return to normal …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -Volkswagen AG agreed to a $3.5 million settlement with Ohio over claims the German automaker violated state laws by manipulating vehicle computer software in its vehicles …

-Louie Anderson, a three-time Emmy Award winner, comedian and game show host, died on Friday morning after a battle with cancer, his publicist told Deadline. He was 68. The star …

By Benjamin Mallet and Florence Tan PARIS -Oil majors TotalEnergies and Chevron Corp, partners in a major gas project in Myanmar, said on Friday they were withdrawing from the country, …

By Nadine Schimroszik and Supantha Mukherjee BERLIN/STOCKHOLM -Intel still intends to develop European chip manufacturing capacity despite the delayed plans being overshadowed by its announcement on Friday of a more …

By Mrinalika Roy and Manojna Maddipatla -The World Health Organization on Friday recommended extending the use of a reduced dosage of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children aged 5 to 11 …

– Twitter Inc said on Friday its head of security is no longer at the company and its chief information security officer will depart in the coming weeks. The shakeup …

By Fabian Cambero and Natalia A. Ramos Miranda SANTIAGO -Chile’s leftist President-elect Gabriel Boric unveiled his Cabinet on Friday, throwing markets and investors a bone by picking current central bank …

BERLIN – The German government expects inflation to reach 3.3% on average this year, after skyrocketing to 3.1% in 2021, according to a draft of the annual economic report seen …

By Uday Sampath Kumar and Praveen Paramasivam – Executives at U.S. companies including Monster Beverage and American Airlines have stressed on higher costs for everything from labor to raw materials …

By Jonathan Landay and Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK -Four Belarusian government officials have been charged in the United States with aircraft piracy for diverting a Ryanair flight last May to …

By Deena Beasley – Alzheimer’s patient groups, disappointed by Medicare’s plan to sharply limit coverage of new drugs for the brain-wasting disease, are planning publicity and lobbying campaigns to protest …

SYDNEY -Britain warned Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday that its allies would stand together to fight for democracy against dictatorships that it said were …

WASHINGTON – A gauge of future U.S. economic activity increased solidly in December, suggesting the expansion would continue despite challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and anticipated interest rate increases from …

By Balazs Koranyi, Leika Kihara and David Lawder – The world’s biggest central banks, moving in tandem at the height of the pandemic, are set to tighten policy at vastly …

By Medha Singh – Single stock options totaling about $1.28 trillion were set to expire on Friday, potentially driving sharp market movements as Wall Street rounds out a turbulent week, …

By Iain Withers and Lawrence White LONDON -JPMorgan, Barclays and Deutsche Bank have told staff they can return to the office in England, joining a growing number of banks reopening …

By David Ljunggren OTTAWA – Canadian retail sales most likely fell by 2.1% in December as authorities imposed restrictions to fight the Omicron variant of the coronavirus and retailers faced …

By Shrutee Sarkar and Sarupya Ganguly BENGALURU – The Bank of Canada will raise interest rates earlier than was thought a month ago, with only a slim majority of economists …

ZURICH – The World Economic Forum will hold its 2022 annual meeting in the Swiss mountain resort of Davos from May 22-26, the Geneva-based group said on Friday. The WEF …

– U.S. equity funds faced outflows in the week to Jan. 19 on concerns over a rise in U.S. Treasury yields and a feeble start to the fourth-quarter earnings season. …

By Gaurav Dogra – Global exchange-traded funds (ETFs) drew record inflows last year as investors plowed their growing cash balances into the low-cost, transparent investment products. According to Refinitiv Lipper …

-U.S. federal agencies have been directed to raise the minimum wage for government employees to $15 an hour, according to a new guidance from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). …