UK signs post-Brexit free trade deal with Singapore
LONDON — The U.K. has signed a free trade deal with Singapore covering trade worth 17.6 billion pounds ($23.4 billion,) the latest in a series…
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Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog
PARIS — France’s data privacy watchdog said today it has fined Google 100 millions euros ($121 million) and Amazon 35 million euros ($42 million) for…
November consumer prices up 0.2% as energy costs rise
WASHINGTON — U.S. consumer prices edged up 0.2% in November as a rise in energy costs and variety of other items offset a drop in…
US jobless claims jump to 853,000 amid resurgence of virus
WASHINGTON — The number of people applying for unemployment aid jumped last week to 853,000, the most since September, evidence that companies are cutting more…
Europe gets new blast of stimulus to counter virus surge
FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank unleashed another half-trillion euro ($600 billion) wave of stimulus as a winter surge in COVID-19 infections shuts down…
Christopher & Banks: Fiscal 3rd quarter earnings snapshot
PLYMOUTH, Minn. — Christopher & Banks Corp. today reported a fiscal third-quarter loss of $10.8 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a…
US Oct. job openings blip up to 6.7 million but hiring slows
WASHINGTON — U.S. employers advertised slightly more job openings in October, but hiring slipped as a resurgence of COVID-19 threatens the economic recovery. And the…
Google and FB risk big fines under draft Australian news law
CANBERRA, Australia — Google and Facebook would risk multimillion-dollar fines if they failed to comply with proposed legislation introduced into the Australian Parliament today that…
UK investigates possible allergic reactions to COVID-19 shot
LONDON — U.K. regulators said today that people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine while they investigate…
UK starts virus campaign with a shot watched round the world
LONDON (AP) — A nurse rolled up 90-year-old Margaret Keenan’s sleeve and administered a shot watched round the world -– the first jab in the…