Tag: Business
Latvian woman charged in US with role in cybercrime group
WASHINGTON — A Latvian woman has been charged with developing malicious software used by a cybercrime digital network that infected computers worldwide and looted...
Ex-San Francisco official’s ‘robbery’ was just bad joke
SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco’s former public works director, who resigned after being charged in a City Hall corruption case, won't face criminal charges...
Judge: US can’t delay challenge to public land coal sales
BILLINGS, Mont. — A U.S. judge has rejected the Biden administration's attempt to delay a lawsuit from several states and environmentalists who are seeking...
West Virginia gov: Bank deceived family for loan guarantee
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — In a new court filing, West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice blamed a bankrupt U.K. bank for fraudulently inducing him into personally...
UN urges Yemen’s Houthis to allow examination of oil tanker
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called on Yemen’s Houthi rebels to quickly allow U.N. experts to examine an oil tanker moored off...
Donations strengthen California police accountability work
Roger Brown, 33, a Black Fresno rapper and mentor, was driving home from a candlelight vigil in March when he noticed a police car...
NRA drops countersuit, will fight New York AG in state court
NEW YORK — The National Rifle Association has dropped a lawsuit accusing New York's attorney general of suing the gun rights group last year...
12 Australian media companies fined for breaking Pell order
CANBERRA, Australia — A judge on Friday ordered a dozen Australian media companies to pay fines from 1,000 Australian dollars ($766) to AU$450,000 ($345,000)...
Appeals court upholds guilty verdicts in NCAA bribes case
NEW YORK — The convictions of a sports business manager and an amateur basketball coach in a conspiracy to bribe top college coaches to...
Jobs data to show whether worker shortages still slow hiring
WASHINGTON — With U.S. businesses scrambling to fill millions of jobs as the economy reopens much faster than many had expected, Friday's jobs report...