Tag: Business
Microsoft: SolarWinds hackers target 150 orgs with phishing
BOSTON — The state-backed Russian cyber spies behind the SolarWinds hacking campaign launched a targeted spear-phishing assault on U.S. and foreign government agencies and...
Hungary donates COVID-19 jabs amid slowing vaccination drive
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister on Friday urged Hungarians to register for their COVID-19 jabs, following a sharp drop in what was until...
Court rules against using race, sex to allocate federal aid
A federal appeals court ruled in favor of a conservative legal group that sought to stop President Joe Biden’s administration from giving priority status...
Tanker’s impossible voyage signals new sanction evasion ploy
MIAMI — The Cyprus-flagged oil tanker Berlina was drifting near the Caribbean island of Dominica earlier this year when tracking technology showed it stopping...
EU challenges TikTok over consumer rights breaches claim
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said on Friday it has given one month to the Chinese-owned video app TikTok to answer complaints from an...
Ex-Southwest Airlines pilot sentenced for lewd act on flight
COLLEGE PARK, Md. — A retired Southwest Airlines pilot was sentenced to probation Friday after pleading guilty to exposing his genitals to a female...
Social spending, business tax hike drive $6T Biden budget
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's $6 trillion budget proposal for next year would run a $1.8 trillion federal government deficit despite a raft of...
Croatia to buy 12 French Rafale fighters for $1.2 billion
ZAGREB, Croatia — Croatia announced Friday that it will purchase 12 used Rafale fighter jets from France for nearly 1 billion euros ($1.2 billion),...
NTSB: Pilot error caused fatal helicopter crash in Bahamas
MIAMI — Pilot error caused the helicopter crash that killed coal billionaire Chris Cline and six others in the Bahamas in 2019, federal officials...
Biden to GOP: ‘Don’t get in the way’ of infrastructure plan
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is warning naysayers in Congress not to “get in the way” of his big infrastructure plans as the White...