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By Gergely Szakacs and Alan Charlish BUDAPEST/WARSAW -Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is putting pressure on central banks along the European Union’s eastern flank to prop up their weakening currencies, forcing …

TRENTON, NJ – For two years, Governor Phil Murphy has held regularly scheduled COVID-19 press briefings to defend his actions during the pandemic. Those actions included prolonged business lockdowns, school …

ZURICH – Switzerland will waive anti-trust rules to allow gas companies to coordinate to find new supply and storage capacity to help the country cope with uncertainties caused by Russian …

COPENHAGEN – Danish brewer Carlsberg said on Friday it would halt new investments into Russia and suspend exports of beer and other beverages to the country as a result of …

By Amal S – Canada’s main stock index inched higher on Friday, and was on track to gain for a second consecutive week as commodity-linked shares advanced, although an escalating …

MOSCOW – The operator of the operational Nord Stream 1 undersea gas pipeline from Russia to Germany said on Friday that transportation of natural gas to Europe was continuing normally. …

MILAN – French luxury group Chanel has again increased prices on some of its products, after three price hikes in 2021, meaning some of its signature handbags now cost up …

– Microsoft Corp said on Friday it was suspending new sales of its products and services in Russia, becoming the latest Western company to distance itself from Moscow after the …

By Ann Saphir – Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago President Charles Evans on Friday said the U.S. central bank is on track to raising rates this year, though it may …

By John Geddie and Joe Brock NAIROBI – When the United Nations agreed a landmark deal to create the world’s first ever global plastic pollution treaty this week, every party …

TORONTO – The Canadian dollar fell against its U.S. counterpart on Friday and was on track for a weekly decline as the intensifying war in Ukraine triggered a flight to …

– The New York Stock Exchange Arca halted trading in three Russia-focused exchange traded funds (ETFs) on Friday, following tightening of economic sanctions by Western governments against Russia after its …

NEW YORK – U.S. employers hired far more workers than expected in February, pushing the labor market closer to maximum employment, but rising headwinds from geopolitical tensions could hurt business …

MOSCOW – S7, Russia’s biggest private airline and second largest overall, said on Friday it was ceasing all international flights as of Saturday after the Russian aviation sector was hit …

GREAT FALLS — A Great Falls woman who admitted to a fraudulent check scheme in which she used fake identifications and stolen checks to buy merchandise in the community was …

A federal court in the Southern District of New York today unsealed the first-ever criminal indictment charging a violation of U.S. sanctions arising from the 2014 Russian undermining of democratic …

PHILADELPHIA – The shipment may have been manifested as chicken vegetable soup, but Philadelphia U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers soon realized that the brothy bouillon before them was …

– U.S. investors were rushing to invest in money market funds as the conflict between Russia and Ukraine intensified, fuelling worries about inflation and economic growth. U.S. money market funds …

By Josh Horwitz and Brenda Goh SHANGHAI – Chinese firms are staying put in Russia for the moment despite a growing exodus of Western companies – albeit bracing for growing …

NEW YORK – Citigroup Inc will search for a new compliance chief as its general counsel takes on oversight of compliance functions in keeping with a 2020 order from U.S. …

TOKYO – Japan’s Panasonic Corp is looking to purchase land in the United States for a mega-factory to make a new type of electric vehicle (EV) battery for Tesla Inc, …

By Joan Faus and Supantha Mukherjee BARCELONA – Geopolitics and technology intertwined at the Mobile World Congress this week as more than 61,000 people gathered in the Spanish city of …

LONDON – British supermarket group Sainsbury’s has removed from sale all products that are 100% sourced from Russia in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it said on Friday. It …

By Seher Dareen – A rally that has driven oil prices to their highest in almost a decade shows no signs of abating, as supplies from top exporter Russia are …