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Long lines form and frustration grows as Cuba runs …

4/26/2024
HAVANA (AP) — Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM, but when it was almost his turn, the cash ran out. He angrily …

Oregon's Sports Bra, a pub for women's sports fans, …

4/26/2024
An Oregon sports bar focusing on and showing only women's athletics has plans to expand across the country through a franchise model. The Sports Bra opened two years ago in Portland, the state's …

Regulators close Philadelphia-based Republic First …

4/26/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators have closed Republic First Bank, a regional lender operating in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said Friday it had seized …

An emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane, …

4/26/2024
An emergency slide fell off a Delta plane that was taking off from New York, and pilots returned to the airport and landed safely. The incident happened Friday after takeoff from JFK Airport. The …

Temporary farmworkers get more protections against …

4/26/2024
Temporary farmworkers workers are getting more legal protections against employer retaliation, unsafe working conditions, illegal recruitment and other abuses. The rule announced Friday by the Biden …

Southwest Airlines is considering changes to its …

4/26/2024
DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is studying changes to its quirky boarding and seating policies as it searches for ways to raise more revenue. Airline officials say they are studying possible …

Williams-Sonoma must pay almost $3.2 million for …

4/26/2024
Home products retailer Williams-Sonoma will have to pay almost $3.2 million penalty for violating a Federal Trade Commission “Made in USA” order. Williams-Sonoma has been charged with advertising …

Berkshire Hathaway's real estate firm to pay $250 …

4/26/2024
A real estate company owned by Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has agreed to pay $250 million to settle lawsuits nationwide. The lawsuits claimed that longstanding practices by real estate …

140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS …

4/26/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS said Friday that more than 140,000 taxpayers filed their taxes through its new direct file pilot program and participants saved roughly $5.6 million in fees they would …

JPMorgan's Dimon says stagflation is possible outcome …

4/26/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stagflation could be one of a number of possible outcomes for the U.S. economy as the Federal Reserve attempts to tame stubbornly high consumer …

The protests over the Israel-Hamas war put a spotlight …

4/26/2024
One of the demands of antiwar protestors on college campuses is for their schools to divest their endowments from companies that are profiting from Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza. Endowments …

Fed's preferred inflation gauge shows price pressures …

4/26/2024
A measure of inflation closely tracked by the Federal Reserve remained uncomfortably high in March, likely reinforcing the Fed’s reluctance to cut interest rates anytime soon and underscoring a …