Economy News

December 04, 2020

Norway's deputy central bank chief resigns over China ties

The deputy governor of Norway’s central bank is stepping down with immediate effect after he was not granted a new security ...

December 04, 2020

US trade deficit rises 1.7% to $63.1 billion in October

The U.S. trade deficit widened 1.7% in October to $63.1 billion. The politically sensitive gap in the trade of goods with ...

December 04, 2020

Explosion at South Africa oil refinery, 7 hospitalized

Seven people were hospitalized after an early-morning explosion and fire at an oil refinery near the harbor in the South ...

December 04, 2020

HKong restaurant hires employees with disabilities

Located smack in the middle of Hong Kong’s bustling Mong Kok neighborhood, Dignity Kitchen offers an array of mouthwatering ...

December 04, 2020

Fatal shooting of Black teen roils liberal town in Oregon

The killing of a young Black man last month by a white man who complained that he was playing loud music has roiled Ashland, ...

December 03, 2020

Author aims to understand problem-plagued counties

Author Daniel Seddiqui, best known for trying 50 jobs in 50 states during the Great Recession, has visited and studied U.S.

December 03, 2020

Australian leader seeks conciliation in dispute with China

A diplomatic war of words between Australia and China over a graphic tweet seemed to finally cool on Thursday as Australian ...

December 03, 2020

Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai denied bail on fraud charge

Outspoken Hong Kong pro-democracy advocate and media tycoon Jimmy Lai was refused bail on Thursday on a fraud charge amid a ...

December 03, 2020

Survey finds race- and sex-based harassment 'common' at FEMA

More than a quarter of employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency said they were harassed or discriminated against ...

December 03, 2020

Waiting for passengers, American puts Boeing Max in the air

American Airlines is taking its long-grounded Boeing 737 Max jets out of storage, updating key flight-control software, and ...

December 02, 2020

AP Top Stories December 2 P

Here is the latest for Wednesday, December 2: Talks resume on a possible COVID relief bill; Mark Kelly sworn in to US Senate; ...

December 02, 2020

Today in History for December 2nd

Sen. Joseph McCarthy is censured; Scientists demonstrate the world's first artificially-created, self-sustaining nuclear ...

December 01, 2020

NTSB: Safety processes failed in crash that killed 7 bikers

Systems meant to keep motorists safe failed to prevent a pickup driver on drugs from crashing last year into an oncoming ...

December 01, 2020

Nasdaq seeks mandatory board diversity for listed companies

Nasdaq is pushing for the more than 3,000 companies listed on its U.S. stock exchange to make their boardrooms less ...

December 01, 2020

Mnuchin and Pelosi to resume COVID aid talks

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin are set to resume their talks about COVID relief.

December 01, 2020

Italian bank UniCredit shares sink on CEO departure

Shares in Italian bank UniCredit sank 7% on Tuesday after the bank unexpectedly announced that CEO Jean Pierre Mustier is ...

November 30, 2020

Data is king on Wall Street; 2 providers join in $44B deal

The value that Wall Street places on access to billions of bytes of data, rather than old-school stock picking, became ...

November 30, 2020

Today in History for November 30th

Pink Floyd releases its best-selling album "The Wall"; Winston Churchill, Mark Twain, Dick Clark born; World Trade ...

November 29, 2020

Suspected extremists kill at least 40 farmers in Nigeria

Suspected members of the Islamic militant group Boko Haram killed at least 40 rice farmers and fishermen in Nigeria as they ...