The US sanctions Mexican Sinaloa cartel members and firms over fentanyl trafficking
The Treasury Department has imposed sanctions on 13 members of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel and four Mexico-based firms accused of trafficking fentanyl into the United States
2023-11-08 00:19
Former Meta engineering leader to testify before Congress on Instagram's harms to teens
On the same day whistleblower Frances Haugen was testifying before Congress about the harms of Facebook and Instagram to children in the fall of 2021, Arturo Bejar, then a contractor at the social media giant, sent an email to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg about the same topic
2023-11-07 22:51
Portuguese prime minister resigns after being caught up in corruption probe
Portuguese Prime Minister António Costa says he is resigning after being involved in a widespread corruption probe
2023-11-07 22:50
Bangladesh raises monthly minimum wage for garment workers to $113 following weeks of protests
Authorities in Bangladesh have announced a new minimum wage for garment factory workers after weeks of violent protests
2023-11-07 22:19
UBS reports pre-tax loss in 3Q but says benefits of Credit Suisse merger gather steam
UBS has reported a $255 million pre-tax loss, shed some 4,000 jobs globally, cut costs faster than expected, and reaped billions in asset inflows in the third quarter
2023-11-07 21:59
Australia's leader calls for free and unimpeded trade to resume with China after ties deteriorated
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has called for the “full resumption of free and unimpeded trade" with China in a meeting with Chinese Premier Li Qiang
2023-11-07 21:53
Stock market today: Wall Street edges lower early Tuesday with little economic data on the horizon
Wall Street inched lower early as more corporate earnings trickled in but a lack of economic data gave markets little to work with coming off their best week of the year
2023-11-07 21:29
The Air Force asks Congress to protect its nuclear launch sites from encroaching wind turbines
The Air Force is asking Congress to restrict further construction of the towering wind turbines that have edged closer to its nuclear missile sites in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Nebraska and Colorado
2023-11-07 21:18
Millennial Money: 5 ways to get kids excited about investing
If you’ve sat your kids down to discuss Roth IRAs and compound interest, you might have been going about things the wrong way
2023-11-07 21:16
Israel Reserves Drop by $7 Billion as It Defends War-Hit Shekel
Israel’s foreign reserves fell by more than $7 billion in October as the central bank sought to defend
2023-11-07 20:27
PayPal Rival Fintech Adyen Faces Investor Confidence Test
For years, Dutch payments fintech Adyen NV’s founders and management ran things their own way, thanks to some
2023-11-07 19:59
WeWork seeks bankruptcy protection, a stunning fall for a firm once valued at close to $50 billion
WeWork has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, marking a stunning fall for the office sharing company once seen as a Wall Street darling that promised to upend the way people went to work around the world
2023-11-07 19:57