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December 13, 2019

Anonymous donations pay off $70K in layaway purchases

Walmart shoppers in Alabama got a happy holiday surprise when donations paid off $70,000 in layaway purchases at two stores, ...

December 13, 2019

Strike over troubled Alitalia grounds flights in Italy

Hundreds of international and domestic flights in Italy were cancelled Friday as air transport workers held a nationwide ...

December 13, 2019

US labor board rules for McDonald's in unionization case

The National Labor Relations Board has ruled in McDonald's favor in a long-running case filed by 20 workers who were fired ...

December 12, 2019

Warren slams moderate rivals, laying bare ideological divide

Elizabeth Warren lashed out Thursday at her moderate Democratic rivals seeking the White House, accusing them of naively ...

December 12, 2019

French union warns pension reform strike could hit Christmas

French President Emmanuel Macron suggested Thursday that he was ready to make changes to his plans to overhaul the pension ...

December 12, 2019

Sold to China as a bride, she came home on brink of death

Sold by her family as a bride to a Chinese man, Samiya David spent only two months in China. When she returned to Pakistan, ...

December 12, 2019

New European Central Bank chief holds her first rate meeting

Newly appointed European Central Bank head Christine Lagarde makes her first official assessment Thursday of the mixed bag ...

December 11, 2019

French government raises retirement age as strikes grind on

France's prime minister said Wednesday that the full retirement age will be increased for the country's youngest, but offered ...

December 11, 2019

House leaders racing the clock on government spending bill

The Senate's top Republican issued a downbeat assessment of talks on a government spending bill Wednesday, warning that it ...

December 11, 2019

US Federal Reserve could signal no rate hike through 2020

The Federal Reserve is set to leave its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and will likely signal that it expects ...

December 10, 2019

Hungary OKs 'muzzle law,' boosts lawmaker fines, sanctions

Hungary's right-wing governing parties on Tuesday approved legislation greatly increasing fines and sanctions on lawmakers ...

December 10, 2019

Parisians dodge strikes by logging on to share rides, bikes

Adrien Lachevre and Nailat Msoili live a few kilometers (miles) apart in Paris' northwest suburbs, but their paths had never ...

December 10, 2019

Justices seem to favor insurers' Obamacare claims for $12B

The Supreme Court appeared likely Tuesday to rule that insurance companies can collect $12 billion from the federal ...

December 10, 2019

Millennial Money: How procrastinators can win at gift-giving

Check the calendar. No, this isn’t a dream. It really is December, and Christmas Day is staring you straight in the face.

December 10, 2019

Japanese regulators recommend $22 million fine on Nissan

Japanese securities regulators are recommending that automaker Nissan be fined 2.4 billion yen ($22 million) for ...

December 09, 2019

Saudi Arabia's deficit widens to $49B ahead of Aramco sale

Saudi Arabia will reduce spending in 2020 as the budget deficit widens to $49 billion amid sluggish oil prices and deeper ...

December 09, 2019

Ex-Fed Chair Volcker dies, tamed inflation with recession

Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a ...

December 08, 2019

Female minister, 34, tapped to become Finland's youngest PM

A 34-year-old transport minister and lawmaker has been tapped to become Finland's youngest prime minister ever and its third ...

December 08, 2019

Students keep driving protests demanding change in Chile

Nearly two months ago, Catalina Santana jumped a turnstile in the Santiago metro and helped launch a movement that changed ...