WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released a report on Tuesday detailing recommendations to boost competition in its defense industrial base because rapid consolidation has created a national security risk. The…
CAIRO – Apache aims to raise its oil and gas output in Egypt by 10% to 15% within five years, CEO and President John Christmann told Sky News Arabia on…
By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON – Democratic and Republican U.S. senators who have been negotiating for weeks on a bipartisan bill to punish Russia for its troop build up near Ukraine…
By Nathan Layne – When Idaho nurse Joan West received a fundraising mailer from U.S. Representative Liz Cheney, she saw a way to address her regret for having voted for…
By Christoph Steitz and Tom Käckenhoff FRANKFURT – Thyssenkrupp said on Thursday that operating profit rose nearly fivefold in its first quarter, as its two biggest divisions – steel and…
Let’s face it. Democrats in New Jersey are reeling from major defeats across the state in 2021, but now they are pushing hard to turn the tide that is rising…
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia – Rio Tinto’s decision to go public with a self-damning report into its workplace culture should be a watershed moment for a wider mining industry…
By Muyu Xu and Karolos Grohmann BEIJING – China will increase the supply of merchandise featuring “Bing Dwen Dwen”, the panda mascot of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, the organising…
TOKYO – Japan’s top steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp is seeking more merger and acquisition (M&A) opportunities to boost its global output capacity to 100 million tonnes, an executive said on…
– French vaccine developer Valneva targets increasing its revenues year-on-year by up to 70% thanks to a boost from its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, it said on Thursday. The company sees…
– Publicis Groupe, the world’s third-biggest advertising agency, on Thursday forecast organic sales growth of 4% to 5% this year, after its 2021 earnings exceeded their pre-pandemic levels to reach…
By Saqib Iqbal Ahmed NEW YORK – The dollar’s choppy start to the year has not dissuaded some investors from betting the U.S. currency will soon resume its march higher,…
By David Ljunggren OTTAWA – Canadian Conservative lawmakers on Wednesday ousted Erin O’Toole as leader, angry over the main opposition party’s third straight loss to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberals…
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON – After an earlier nominee for a top U.S. banking regulation post was torpedoed, White House officials are determined not to let it happen again and…
By Manojna Maddipatla – McKesson Corp is expected to report strong earnings on Wednesday as an Omicron-driven surge in demand for COVID-19 vaccines and tests is likely to insulate the…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS – EU policymakers need to do more to attract investments in the telecoms sector if the bloc wants its economy to become more independent from…
By Brian Ellsworth MIAMI – The United States should increase financing and aid to the Caribbean to help the region recover from the pandemic and cope with the growing impact…
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY – The Vatican’s landmark fraud and embezzlement trial resumes after a long break on Tuesday with the beleaguered prosecution buoyed by two favourable decisions in…
By David Brunnstrom, Kiyoshi Takenaka and Michael Martina WASHINGTON/TOKYO -U.S. President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed in a virtual meeting on Friday to boost cooperation on…
In light of the CDC and multiple health agencies claiming that cloth, non-surgical face masks and neck gaiters do not prevent the spread of the COVID-19 virus, Vermont Senator Bernie…
Jonathan Culbreath on January 7, 2022 The latest Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey (JOLTS) revealed that a startling 4.5 million workers resigned from their jobs during the month of…
Global crude oil production is forecasted to outpace demand beginning in December and into 2022, a key monthly industry report said. The oil supply is expected to receive a boost…
A group of top House Republicans introduced a bill Thursday that would force President Joe Biden to increase domestic oil and gas production when he taps the nation’s emergency stockpile.…
The Chinese government credited recent energy “policy measures,” including increased coal production, for the increased manufacturing activity boosting its economy. “In November, power shortages eased and prices of some raw…
The National Institutes of Health justified allowing EcoHealth Alliance to create boosted lab-made viruses with the Wuhan Institute of Virology with up to one log — or 10 times —…