WASHINGTON – U.S. business inventories increased strongly in January, though the pace slowed from prior months, which could result in inventory investment making no contribution to economic growth in the…
By Jim Bourg WASHINGTON – A convoy of trucks attempted to bring a weeks-long, cross-country protest against COVID-19 mandates into Washington, D.C., on Monday, but police blocked numerous bridges, highway…
– Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier, the EU’s statistics office said on Monday,…
By Andrew R.C. Marshall YAVORIV, Ukraine -The Ukrainian colonel’s blast-damaged car limped back from the forest where he had just treated soldiers wounded in a Russian missile attack on a…
Below Their Lines: American Corporations Cancel Russia But Remain Silent On Uyghur Genocide Philip Lenczycki on March 12, 2022 Major American companies are suspending operations in Russia following the nation’s…
– The Russian franchisee of global pizza chain Domino’s has suspended royalty payments from its restaurants in Russia and will limit further investment in the country following Moscow’s invasion of…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Like a phoenix from the ashes, the Ocean National Plaza at the intersection of Route 9 and Cox Cro Road in Toms River is nearly ready…
By Leah Douglas WASHINGTON – Farmers in the United States have adopted conservation strategies that have led to gains for climate-friendly agriculture in recent years, but the Department of Agriculture…
By Tushar Goenka BENGALURU – Indian retail inflation likely slipped marginally in February, thanks to lower food prices, according to economists in a Reuters poll who still warned that surging…
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES – A senior Netflix Inc executive said on Tuesday the company had no current plans to offer a streaming option that included advertising but declined…
By Anisha Sircar and Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK – A rate hike cycle that started last year and low valuations had already made Latin America a darling destination for investors…
Critical Race Theory Scholar Admits ‘You Can Run From The Name,’ But ’They’re After The Substance’ Kendall Tietz on March 8, 2022 Critical Race Theory (CRT) scholar Kimberlé Crenshaw said…
Legacy Media Adopts Activist Slogan To Describe Florida Legislation, But There’s A Big Problem With ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Laurel Duggan on March 8, 2022 Legacy media outlets are using a…
TOMS RIVER, NJ – Across New Jersey on Monday, children went to school with the option to not wear a face mask for the first time since the global COVID-19…
By Tom Bergin – Western sanctions banning several Russian banks from the SWIFT international payments network with the potential threat of more to come if there is no end to…
ZURICH – UBS’s direct exposure to Russia made up $634 million of the Swiss bank’s total emerging market exposure of $20.9 billion at the end of 2021, the bank said…
Western Companies Are Happy To Cut Ties With Russia, But Stay Silent On Uyghur Genocide Ailan Evans on March 5, 2022 Western businesses have exited Russia in droves since the…
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – Geopolitical worries are clouding the outlook for U.S. stocks, even as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine moderates expectations for how aggressively the Federal Reserve will…
By Shadia Nasralla, Benjamin Mallet and Michel Rose LONDON – France’s TotalEnergies cuts a lonely figure hanging onto its Russian investments during a mass exodus of western oil majors from…
By Yew Lun Tian BEIJING -Chinese Premier Li Keqiang pledged on Saturday to advance peaceful growth in relations with Taiwan and “reunification”, and said his government firmly opposes any separatist…
By Nichola Saminather TORONTO – TD Bank’s planned $13.4 billion purchase of First Horizon Corp would give it access to one of the fastest growing regions in the United States,…
BRUSSELS – NATO will defend all its allies and territory against a Russian attack, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Friday, as he arrived for a meeting of…
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – U.S. investors may be in a rush to dump Russian assets after Western allies hit Moscow with sanctions, but a few fund managers with…
By Zuzanna Szymanska and Jonathan Cable BERLIN/LONDON – Home prices in Germany’s booming property market look set to rise sharply again in 2022 and, while the pace will ease in…
BERLIN – German sportswear company Puma said on Wednesday that deliveries to Russia have been stopped but its 100 stores in the country are open. Russia and Ukraine accounted for…