EU to slap new sanctions on Belarus, target its economy
BRUSSELS — European Union foreign ministers will approve today a fresh set of sanctions against scores of officials in Belarus and prepare a series of…
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Chinese banks promise to step up cryptocurrency ban
BEIJING — China’s biggest banks promised today to refuse to help customers trade Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies after the central bank said executives were told…
Stocks mixed as investors digest Fed outlook for economy
Stocks were mixed to mostly lower today as investors continued to interpret the new guidance from the Federal Reserve which is now looking at potentially…
High court dismisses challenge to Obama health law
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Obama era health care law, preserving insurance coverage for millions of Americans. The justices,…
Scotch whisky makers welcome suspension of costly U.S. tariffs
LONDON — Scotch whisky makers breathed a sigh of relief today after the United States agreed to suspend tariffs on one of Scotland’s main exports…
CureVac: Vaccine data are ‘sobering,’ full results in weeks
BERLIN — The chief executive of CureVac said today that interim results from late-stage testing of its coronavirus shot are “sobering,” but the German company…
Ford says outlook for 2nd quarter is improving
Ford’s outlook for the second quarter is improving, as the automaker is seeing strong customer reservations for four of its new vehicles. Ford Motor Co….
U.S. jobless claims tick up to 412,000 from a pandemic low
WASHINGTON — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week for the first time since April despite widespread evidence that the economy…
Internet outages briefly disrupt access to websites, apps
A wave of brief internet outages hit the websites and apps of dozens of financial institutions, airlines and other companies across the globe today. The…
Fed sees faster time frame for rate hikes as inflation rises
WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve signaled today that it may act sooner than previously planned to start dialing back the low-interest rate policies that have…