US vote counting unaffected by cyberattacks, officials say
By NOMAAN MERCHANT and EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — No instances of digital interference are known to have affected the…
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Shock for visitors hoping for new Argentine exchange rate
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Visitors to Argentina are still not receiving the more favorable exchange rate for…
Continue ReadingMore big donors supporting – and discussing – mental health
By MARIA DI MENTO of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Wealthy donors publicly gave more to mental health last year than in any…
Continue ReadingDefying inflation worries, US casinos have best quarter
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Inflation? High gas prices? American gamblers are shrugging them off — and losing…
Continue ReadingPotential railroad strike delayed until early December
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The possibility of an economically devastating railroad strike has been pushed back into early…
Continue ReadingDutch, UK fentanyl sellers hit with Treasury sanctions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Two Dutch nationals, an Englishman and nine companies have been targeted for sanctions by the…
Continue ReadingUS plan to tap businesses for green finance meets resistance
By KELVIN CHAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry unveiled a plan at the COP27…
Continue ReadingUK delays N Ireland election call to buy time for talks
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has delayed calling a fresh election in Northern Ireland, hoping to buy time…
Continue ReadingQatar unveils 6,000 cabin World Cup fan village near airport
By LUJAIN JO Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) — Qatar has unveiled a 6,000-cabin fan village in an isolated lot near its airports, an offering for…
Continue ReadingRedfin to cut another 13% of workforce, shutter RedfinNow
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Online real estate broker Redfin is cutting 862 employees and shutting down its instant-cash-offer…
Continue ReadingGerman economy to shrink in 2023, government advisers expect
BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers is forecasting that Europe’s biggest economy will shrink by 0.2%…
Continue ReadingEU proposes more forgiving debt plans a decade after crisis
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is considering more lenient economic recovery proposals that veer away from the…
Continue ReadingCryptocurrencies plunge as Binance scraps deal for rival FTX
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Cryptocurrency prices plunged for a second-straight day after crypto exchange Binance said it was…
Continue ReadingEU eyes cheap loan plan for ‘stable’ Ukraine funding in 2023
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is planning to provide Ukraine with around 18 billion euros in financial aid next…
Continue ReadingCarmaker SEAT to build Spain’s 1st electric battery plant
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish carmaker SEAT says it plans to build Spain’s first electric car battery plant as part of a 10-billion-euro…
Continue ReadingSwedish reactor unexpectedly shuts down after turbine fault
STOCKHOLM (AP) — A reactor at a nuclear plant in southern Sweden has unexpectedly shut down after suffering a fault in its turbine. A plant…
Continue Reading5 mistakes you’re making with Medicare open enrollment
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Millions of retirees are in the thick of Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, but many find the…
Continue ReadingHungary’s government sets price cap on eggs, potatoes.
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Grocers in Hungary will be ordered to sell eggs and potatoes at prices no higher than…
Continue ReadingFacebook parent Meta cuts 11,000 jobs, 13% of workforce
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering…
Continue ReadingIMF, Bangladesh reach preliminary deal for $4.5B in loans
DHAKA,Bangladesh (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has reached a preliminary agreement with Bangladesh to provide $4.5 billion to help the…
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