U.S. assesses Russian retaliation potential should it be cut from SWIFT -senator
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – The United States is analyzing what damage could be done by Russia to Western allies, such as halting oil and gas exports, if the Biden…
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – The United States is analyzing what damage could be done by Russia to Western allies, such as halting oil and gas exports, if the Biden…
– Pre-production vehicles of General Motors Co’s electric SUV Cadillac Lyriq have been assembled and are expected to be delivered to customers in a “few months”, President Mark Reuss said…
By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK -Wells Fargo & Co on Thursday said the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) terminated a 2015 consent order after the bank…
By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to a three-month high last week, likely as a winter wave of COVID-19 infections…
PARIS – France has decided to loosen its directive for people to work-from-home, said Prime Minister Jean Castex, as the country aims to get through a fifth wave of the…
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The chairmen of two congressional panels on oversight and trade on Thursday assailed Tesla’s expansion in China’s far-western Xinjiang region, where detention camps have drawn heavy…
By Anirban Sen and Matt Scuffham -Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan Chase, Wall Street’s premier investment banks, this week informed staff of bumper bonuses for 2021, following a record-breaking year for…
MEXICO CITY/HOUSTON – Royal Dutch Shell will supply crude to the 340,000-barrel-per-day Deer Park refinery for at least 15 years, as part of the sale of its stake in the…
-U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai said on Thursday that global trade policy makers should not try to recreate the pre-pandemic trading system but build one that is more resilient, sustainable…
– David Perdue, a Republican candidate for Georgia governor, on Thursday called for the establishment of a police unit to investigate voter fraud, underscoring his campaign strategy of promoting falsehoods…
NEW YORK – Goldman Sachs increased its annual bonus pool for top-performing investment bankers by 40% to 50%, three people with direct knowledge of the matter said, after a record-breaking…
By Maria Tsvetkova MOSCOW – Russian-backed separatists in east Ukraine would expect Russia’s army to fight with them against Ukrainian government forces if Moscow follows through on a parliamentary proposal…
WASHINGTON – The Biden administration is preparing for future variants of COVID-19, White House chief of Staff Ron Klain told MSNBC in an interview that aired on Thursday as the…
TRENTON, NJ – New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy had a Jack Ciattarelli moment this week after being the topic of a $1,000 answer on the hit television show Jeopardy. “In…
By Hilary Russ NEW YORK -McDonald’s Corp said on Thursday it will expand its U.S. test of a plant-based burger it created with vegan meat maker Beyond Meat Inc to…
TRENTON, NJ – As New Jersey begins to emerge from the other side of a month-long pandemic peak, due to the highly contagious, but mild omicron variant of the COVID-19…
BERLIN – The Archbishop of Munich, Cardinal Reinhard Marx, apologised on Thursday to the victims of historic sexual abuse in his archdiocese after a report found fault with his handling…
-New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday said his first paycheck, to arrive on Friday, will be automatically converted into cryptocurrency via Coinbase Global Inc. The salary will be…
By Phil Stewart, Idrees Ali and Yimou Lee WASHINGTON – The United States is looking for ways to potentially accelerate delivery of Taiwan’s next generation of new-build F-16 fighter jets,…
TRENTON, N.J. – Assemblyman Christopher DePhillips’ bill expunging the records of human trafficking victims who were convicted of certain crimes was signed into law by Gov. Phil Murphy on Tuesday. New…
By Howard Schneider WASHINGTON – As part of its battle against inflation and a return to more normal monetary policy, the U.S. Federal Reserve is approaching a decision to reduce…
NEWARK, NJ – Newark Public Safety Director Brian A. O’Hara reports the arrest of Zaire B. Bowman, 25, of Irvington, who was illegally dumping solid waste on January 18, 2022.…
WASHINGTON – The International Monetary Fund expects to raise its forecast that the COVID-19 pandemic will cost the global economy $12.5 trillion through 2024, the head of the global lender…
By Joseph Nasr and Sarah Marsh BERLIN – Germany could find itself in a no-win situation if Russia invades Ukraine, pitting Berlin’s main gas supplier against its most important security…
By Arriana McLymore NEW YORK, NY – Walmart’s top e-commerce executive Casey Carl is leaving the company at the end of February after nearly two years, the company said in…