Tag: Government business and finance
Powell’s high-stakes bet: More jobs but only mild inflation
WASHINGTON — With employers hiring, consumers spending and companies raising some prices, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is embarking on a high-stakes gamble.
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Kentucky judge orders purge of suits from disgraced attorney
<p>PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has ordered court officials to purge hundreds of lawsuits filed against clients by a disgraced disability attorney who...
Kentucky judge orders purge of suits from disgraced attorney
PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A Kentucky judge has ordered court officials to purge hundreds of lawsuits filed against clients by a disgraced disability attorney who...
Beijing warns fintech firms against anti-monopoly behavior
HONG KONG — Chinese financial regulators have summoned 13 companies engaged in online finance services, including Tencent and Bytedance, and told them to strengthen...
Greece keeps lid on Orthodox Easter events, readies tourism
<p>ATHENS, Greece — Worshippers lined up at churches across Greece on Orthodox Good Friday as the government kept pandemic restrictions in place through the...
UN report says Myanmar poverty could double from coup chaos
BANGKOK — Political turmoil and disruptions following the coup in Myanmar could undo years of progress and double the number of its people living...
Biden’s corporate tax plan takes aim at income inequality
<p>WASHINGTON — From John Kennedy to Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump, American presidents have taken aim at corporate America's tax-avoidance schemes before — and...
Carper urges tough US rules barring gas-powered cars by 2035
WASHINGTON — A top Senate Democrat is urging U.S. anti-pollution standards that would follow a deal brokered by California with five automakers and then...
GM spending on Mexico electric vehicle plant angers US union
<p>DETROIT — An announcement by General Motors that it would invest more than $1 billion at a Mexican factory that will build electric vehicles...
Officials in Switzerland push back at Biden ‘tax haven’ barb
GENEVA — Swiss authorities are taking issue with U.S. President Joe Biden's comment that many companies use Switzerland, and two other territories, as tax...