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By Johan Ahlander and Nate Raymond STOCKHOLM -Swedish telecoms company Ericsson, its chief executive and chief financial officer have been named as defendants in a U.S. class action lawsuit for …

By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – Speculators’ net long positioning in the U.S. dollar dropped in the latest week to the lowest level since mid-August 2021, according to calculations by …

Miami, Florida – Two South Florida tax preparers were sentenced to prison yesterday for conspiring to defraud the United States and preparing false tax returns. Nikency Alexis, the owner and …

TRENTON, N.J. – A Monmouth County, New Jersey, brother and sister were arrested today on charges of tax evasion, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. Enrico Cifelli, 51, of Holmdel, …

          GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN — U.S. Attorney Andrew Birge announced that David Kurbanov of Wyoming, Michigan, and James Williams of Dacula, Georgia, were sentenced to 36 …

SCRANTON – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced today that Matthew W. Mensinger, age 48, of Berwick, Pennsylvania, was charged in a criminal information …

By Elizabeth Culliford and Kate Holton -Russia said it would block Facebook for excluding state media and CNN said it would stop broadcasting in Russia after a new law punishing …

WASHINGTON – Smartphone maker Apple has written to lawmakers to dispute assertions that its concerns about the dangers of sideloading apps into phones were overblown. Sideloading, the practice of downloading …

By Scott DiSavino NEW YORK – Oil surged on Friday, ending the week at multi-year highs as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine intensified and oil buyers shunned barrels from the world’s …

By Herbert Lash NEW YORK -Data showing a vibrant U.S. jobs market strengthened the dollar and spurred commodity prices higher, but the war in Ukraine overshadowed the blowout report as …

By Hilary Russ NEW YORK -Major global brands, including McDonald’s Corp, PepsiCo Inc and the Estee Lauder Cos Inc, should consider pausing their operations in Russia, New York state’s pension …

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s year-on-year inflation likely accelerated in February after cooling slightly over the previous two months, a Reuters poll showed Friday, reinforcing expectations that the central bank will …

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK – The euro fell against major currencies and the U.S. dollar rallied on Friday as worries increased over the impact of the escalating Ukraine-Russia conflict, …

PARIS – French luxury group LVMH will “temporarily” close its 124 stores in Russia from Sunday, a group spokesperson told Reuters on Friday. The group, which has its headquarters in …

By Jonnelle Marte – In the two years since the COVID-19 pandemic upended the U.S. economy, the labor market has rebounded far faster than most had predicted after roughly 22 …

By Dasha Afanasieva, Ted Hesson and Kristina Cooke – A growing number of Russians and Ukrainians are traveling to Mexico, buying throwaway cars and driving across the border into the …

– Retailer Canadian Tire Corp Ltd said on Friday it will temporarily pause the Helly Hansen brand’s operations in Russia, joining a horde of Western companies that have suspended their …

By Carolyn Cohn and Lawrence White LONDON -Russia’s global financial isolation intensified on Friday as the London Stock Exchange (LSE) suspended trading in its last Russian securities and some insurers …

By Matt Scuffham and Megan Davies NEW YORK – Global banks face an arduous and costly process if they decide to close businesses in Russia, banking sources and experts say, …

– Home rental firm Airbnb Inc and online travel agency Booking Holdings Inc became the latest big global companies to suspend operations in Russia as Western sanctions build against Moscow …

By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON – U.S. job growth accelerated in February, pushing the unemployment rate to a two-year low of 3.8% and raising optimism that the economy could withstand mounting …

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – An Indian national who sought asylum in the United States and then played a critical role in ensuring that an international tech-support scheme succeeded in defrauding Americans, …

By David Shepardson WASHINGTON -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Friday it denied a General Motors Co request that would have allowed the automaker to avoid fixing …

Congress Demands Answers From CCP-Friendly HSBC Bank Philip Lenczycki on March 4, 2022 Following the 2019-2020 Hong Kong protests, former CEO of HSBC Asia, Peter Tung-shun Wong, supported the National …

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agriculture specialist found an unwanted pest inside the passenger cabin of an aircraft arriving from Senegal to the Luis …