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By Lewis Krauskopf, Devik Jain and Sabahatjahan Contractor – Major U.S. stock indexes stumbled on Friday as tech and growth shares led a broad decline and investors worried about the …

BOSTON – The leader and organizer of a highly sophisticated drug trafficking operation was sentenced yesterday in federal court in Boston for manufacturing and distributing a multitude of controlled substances …

By David Lawder DENVER – A U.S. gasoline tax cut is among the options being considered to provide relief to consumers, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday, adding …

By David Lawder DENVER -U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Friday the U.S. economy is better prepared to weather economic turbulence from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine because of the …

– Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday said it has nominated Wally Weitz, the founder of Weitz Investment Management, to join its board of directors following the resignation of …

By Marc Jones LONDON – The cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will become a lot clearer next week, with a previously unthinkable sovereign default looming, more emergency central bank …

By Elizabeth Dilts Marshall NEW YORK – World shares slid on Friday, pressured by uncertainty about the conflict in Ukraine and expectations the Federal Reserve will hike U.S. interest rates …

By Marc Jones LONDON – The cost of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will become a lot clearer this week, with a previously unthinkable sovereign default looming, more emergency central bank …

By Jonathan Stempel – Berkshire Hathaway Inc on Friday urged the rejection of four shareholder proposals recommending that it replace Warren Buffett as chairman, report on its plans to handle …

– Uber Technologies Inc said on Friday U.S. customers, excluding New York City, will have to pay a fuel surcharge from March 16 as the ride-hailing firm tries to address …

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Woodbridge man was sentenced today to 21 months in prison for engaging in financial transactions with illegal proceeds as part of a romance fraud scheme against …

NORFOLK, Va. – A Cuban man was sentenced today to 37 months in prison for conspiracy to commit bank fraud. According to court documents, Denis Monsibaez Diaz, 38, and other …

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Today, U.S. District Judge Robert J. Conrad Jr. sentenced Joseph Antwan Faulk, 37, of Charlotte, to 138 months in prison and three years of supervised release for …

LIMA – A greater supply of dollars from the mining sector in Peru – the world’s No. 2 copper producer – is pushing up the local sol currency, which has …

– The Russian rouble edged up against the dollar in thin on- and offshore trading on Friday, but ended a third week of hefty losses, with the central bank now …

By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar edged higher in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures …

By John McCrank and Joice Alves New York -The dollar rose on Friday, notching a five-year high against the safe-haven yen, while commodity-linked currencies slumped after Russian President Vladimir Putin …

By Shariq Khan BENGALURU -Oil prices settled higher on Friday but posted their steepest weekly decline since November, as traders assessed potential improvements to the supply outlook that has been …

LONDON -Britain’s London Stock Exchange Group said on Friday it is suspending all products and services for all customers in Russia, days after suspending the distribution of news and commentary …

By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – The United States, together with the Group of Seven nations and the European Union, will move on Friday to revoke Russia’s “most …

By Francis Kokoroko and Cooper Inveen ACCRA – Blazing heat radiated from the wood-fired oven of the Bethel Brothers Bakery in Ghana’s capital Accra, as a dozen men hastily shaped …

By Christoph Steitz and Tom Sims FRANKFURT -Volkswagen AG, Europe’s top carmaker, doubled its operating profit in 2021 but warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its impact on supply …

FRANKFURT – Deutsche Bank on Friday disclosed that it had agreed with the U.S. Department of Justice to extend the stay of a special monitor after it failed to report …

By Richa Naidu and Aby Jose Koilparambil -Camel and Lucky Strike cigarette maker British American Tobacco Plc said on Friday it would exit Russia and cut its fiscal 2022 guidance …

By Uditha Jayasinghe and Devjyot Ghoshal COLOMBO -Sri Lanka will begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) next month on a plan to help the crisis-hit country, where a …