'Ho-hum holiday' spending expected as shoppers deal with economic cross-currents
US consumers, trapped in a web of conflicting signals on the health of the economy and how it impacts their ability to shop for extras, might be forced to spend less enthusiastically on a key bucket of discretionary spending -- Christmas gifts, according to early forecasts of this year's holiday sales.
2023-08-16 19:56
House Oversight GOP claims they don't need to find direct payments to Joe Biden to prove corruption in Hunter Biden business dealings memo
House Oversight Republicans laid out their intention to accuse President Joe Biden of corruption even without direct evidence that he financially benefited from Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings, a clear shift in their strategy that they said was launched to investigate the president.
2023-08-10 01:25
Many small US banks not ready to borrow from Fed in an emergency
(This Aug. 2 story has been corrected to say National Credit Union Administration, not association, in paragraph 27) By Ann
2023-08-05 01:59
Algeria wildfires: Dozens killed and thousands evacuated
Northern Algeria has been experiencing a record heatwave with temperatures reaching 48C.
2023-07-25 04:17
AMC Theaters scraps plans to charge more for good seats
AMC Theaters said Thursday it is ending its "Sightline" tiered seat-pricing pilot, which it began earlier this year, in which moviegoers who sat up by the front of the theater directly next to the screen paid less for a ticket compared to those who chose more desirable seats in the middle of the theater.
2023-07-21 03:51
Oversight Committee to hear from 2 IRS whistleblowers Wednesday
The House Oversight Committee is expected to publicly hear Wednesday from two IRS whistleblowers whose closed-door testimony alleging that the Hunter Biden criminal probe was mishandled has ignited a firestorm among House Republicans and led to calls to impeach Attorney General Merrick Garland.
2023-07-19 23:28
La Palma: Thousands evacuated as Canary Island wildfire burns
The blaze on Spain's La Palma has destroyed some 4,500 hectares of land since Saturday.
2023-07-16 13:17
The meds they bought were toxic. Now Gambian parents seek justice
By Edward McAllister DAKAR Families of 20 Gambian children who died after consuming cough syrups made in India
2023-07-14 17:28
China's security drive hits embassy activities, LGBT events, some diplomats say
By Laurie Chen, Yew Lun Tian and Brenda Goh BEIJING/SHANGHAI Some diplomats in China say they are facing
2023-07-13 11:50
Insight Partners raises $118 million fund to back underrepresented VCs
By Krystal Hu Global tech investor Insight Partners has raised $118 million in its second 20/20 Vision Capital
2023-07-06 20:16
Battling Brexit, some British firms turn to invest in Europe
By Andy Bruce MANCHESTER, England Sick of customs delays and extra bureaucracy since Britain left the European Union,
2023-07-05 18:25
Greece migrant tragedy: Survivor accounts say coastguard rope toppled boat
By Karolina Tagaris, Lefteris Papadimas MALAKASA/KALAMATA, Greece (Reuters) -Survivors of a boat disaster that likely killed hundreds of migrants near
2023-06-30 16:51