Tag: Business
Former Maui Pineapple workers receive $4.8M after abuse case
<p>HONOLULU — The U.S. government has collected more than half of a $8.1 million court judgement awarded six years ago to 54 Thai farmworkers...
ECB sees elevated risks to financial stability in Europe
<p>FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank says risks to the stability of companies, banks and financial markets remain “elevated” due to the uneven...
Medicare for 60-year-olds not guaranteed to be a better deal
<p>WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and progressive Democrats have proposed to lower Medicare’s eligibility age to 60, to help older adults get affordable coverage....
After 3-month delay, Mexico to start shipping vaccine
<p>MEXICO CITY — Mexico said Wednesday it expects to finally start shipping AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from a private fill-and-finish plant by the end of...
‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic
NEW YORK — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be...
Belarus: Staff of popular news site in detention after raids
KYIV, Ukraine — Ten employees of a popular news site in Belarus that was raided and blocked by authorities this week remain in detention,...
Report: Colonial confirms it paid $4.4M to pipeline hackers
The operator of the nation's largest fuel pipeline confirmed it paid $4.4 million to a gang of hackers who broke into its computer systems,...
UN urges more vaccines for Africa, with only 2 percent now
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Security Council called for accelerated availability of coronavirus vaccines for Africa on Wednesday, expressing concern that the continent has...
NY attorney general says Trump Org probe is now criminal
<p>NEW YORK — The New York attorney general's office said Tuesday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump's business...
Green governor sets bold climate goals for rich German state
<p>BERLIN — Germany’s only state governor from the rising Green party on Wednesday announced ambitious new climate targets that includes boosting new technologies so...