Tag: Business
Germany to let citizens store ID cards on smartphone
<p>BERLIN — Germany says its citizens will be able to use smartphones to store their government-issued ID cards and prove their identity online.</p>
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EU urges Ukraine to speed justice reform, battle corruption
<p>BRUSSELS — The European Union on Thursday appealed to Ukraine to make good on long-promised justice and economic reforms and to step up the...
UK boss of KPMG quits after slamming staff COVID complaints
<p>LONDON — The chairman of accountancy firm KPMG in the U.K. has resigned after reportedly telling staff to stop complaining about the impact of...
ECB’s Lagarde: Pandemic continues to threaten economy
FRANKFURT, Germany — The head of the European Central Bank says the winter surge in COVID-19 cases and the emergence of mutated variants of...
Online grocery shopping drives up sales at Ocado
LONDON — Ocado, one of the biggest internet-only grocery retailers, said Tuesday that sales rose 35% during the last fiscal year as the COVID-19...
Lockdowns weigh on German beer sales, hurt small brewers
COLOGNE, Germany — Bars have been closed for more than three months, Carnival celebrations are canceled, and it's not clear when things will get...
Suspect, 95, charged with murder in assisted living shooting
A 95-year-old resident of an assisted living facility accused of shooting and killing a maintenance worker has been charged with first-degree murder.
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Report faults landing of Southwest jet that overshot runway
A federal investigator says Southwest Airlines pilots on a flight into Burbank, California, overshot the ideal touchdown point and should have aborted the landing...
EXPLAINER: Why impeachment evidence tested TV’s standards
NEW YORK — All the words abounded — the ones that you're not supposed to hear on broadcast television or, for that matter, in...
Online retailer Boohoo buys 3 fashion brands from Arcadia
<p>LONDON — British online fashion retailer Boohoo has bought three clothing brands owned by the collapsed Arcadia retail group for 25.2 million pounds ($34.5...