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-About 6,500 people have been told to evacuate their homes in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, due to a fire at a fertilizer plant where 600 tons of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate …

WASHINGTON – U.S. inflation risks being pushed to a permanently higher level if the Federal Reserve does not get the current bout of price increases under control, Atlanta Fed president …

WASHINGTON – U.S. construction spending increased less than expected in December as a solid rise in private projects was partially offset by a sharp decline in outlays on public projects. …

TORONTO – Canadian manufacturing activity expanded at the joint-slowest pace in 11 months in January as material shortages and disruptions from the Omicron coronavirus variant held back output, data showed …

– Private equity firms Blackstone Inc and Carlyle Group Inc are in talks about potentially teaming up on a bid for Swiss drugmaker Novartis’ generics unit, Bloomberg News reported on …

By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi ZURICH -UBS on Tuesday reported its best annual profit since the global financial crisis, emboldening it to hike share buybacks and set more ambitious profit goals …

By Julie Gordon OTTAWA -Canada’s economy climbed to above pre-pandemic levels for the first time in November, bolstering a strong fourth quarter even as activity stagnated in December with the …

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON -Lockheed Martin Corp said on Tuesday it named Jesus “Jay” Malave, who was senior vice president and CFO at L3Harris, as the company’s chief financial officer, …

By Jennifer Rigby LONDON – Leading South African scientists are set to investigate COVID-19 and HIV in tandem, amid mounting evidence that the collision of the two pandemics could be …

NEW YORK -It may be appropriate for the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates four times this year, and to move more aggressively if the factors leading to higher inflation, …

By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK – A COVID-assistance policy at DoorDash Inc is frustrating some couriers who told Reuters the food-delivery company sidelined them for as long as a month …

By Kenneth Li – AT&T Inc said on Tuesday it will spin off WarnerMedia in a $43 billion transaction to merge its media properties with Discovery Inc and also cut …

BRUSSELS – Euro zone unemployment fell to its lowest level on record in December, data showed on Tuesday, testament to the strength of the economic recovery and the effectiveness of …

By Supantha Mukherjee and Tiyashi Datta – The New York Times Co’s acquisition of Wordle has created uproar on social media, with fans expressing fears that the popular online word …

By Michael Holden and Elizabeth Piper LONDON -The public must be told if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson or his staff are fined for attending parties at Downing Street during …

– FedEx Corp on Tuesday suspended its domestic express freight services due to a staff shortage as cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus rose. The delivery firm said …

– Home Depot Inc said on Tuesday it would hire more than 100,000 workers across its stores and warehouses, as the retailer gears up for its key spring selling season …

By Tina Bellon – Some vehicles equipped with automated assistance technology aimed at keeping drivers alert and watching the road fail at that job, an American Automobile Association study found …

By Matt Scuffham and Noor Zainab Hussain – Goldman Sachs’ U.S.-based staff returned to the office for the first time this year on Tuesday, with rival banks set to follow …

GENEVA – A single lightning bolt that leapt across three U.S. states has been identified as the longest ever, the U.N. weather agency said on Tuesday. Dubbed a megaflash, the …

By Nora Buli OSLO – British nature broadcaster David Attenborough, the World Health Organization and Belarusian dissident Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya are among the nominees for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize after …

By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI – India’s budget for fiscal 2022-23 gave a thrust to its technology sector, with the finance minister announcing a plan to auction 5G airwaves this …

By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA – Brazil’s armed forces would respect a victory by leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva in this year’s presidential race, two retired generals told …

By Jarrett Renshaw, Richard Cowan and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – White House officials are planning a more subtle approach to try to win pivotal U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s support for …