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Argentina will get next installment of bailout as IMF …

5/13/2024
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The International Monetary Fund, Argentina's biggest creditor, agreed Monday to release the next tranche of loans due under a bailout program, endorsing government …

US airlines are suing the Biden administration over a …

5/13/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. airlines are suing to block the Biden administration from requiring greater transparency over fees that the carriers charge their passengers, saying that a new rule would …

Melinda French Gates resigns as Gates Foundation …

5/13/2024
Melinda French Gates announced Monday that she will step down as co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. She helped found the foundation more than 20 years ago with her ex-husband Bill …

Hedge fund operators go on trial after …

5/13/2024
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal fraud trial began Monday for the owner and chief financial officer of a hedge fund that collapsed when it defaulted on margin calls, costing leading global investment …

Greece's prime minister in Turkey for talks as the …

5/13/2024
ISTANBUL (AP) — Greece's leader arrived in Turkey's capital on Monday for talks with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan as both countries pursue a normalization program and seek to put aside …

Microsoft pledges $4.3 billion investment at …

5/13/2024
PARIS (AP) — Microsoft announced its most substantial commitment yet to France, pledging on Monday to invest 4 billion euros ($4.3 billion) this year to bolster the country’s burgeoning …

Roaring Kitty is back and so are meme stocks, GameStop …

5/13/2024
The man at the center of the pandemic meme stock craze returned to the social platform X for the first time in three years and sent prices of some of those stocks surging overnight. Keith Gill, …

Are US interest rates high enough to beat inflation? …

5/13/2024
WASHINGTON (AP) — The sharp interest rate hikes of the past two years will likely take longer than previously expected to bring down inflation, several Federal Reserve officials have said in recent …

US company Booking Holdings added to European Union's …

5/13/2024
LONDON (AP) — Booking Holdings, the U.S. company that owns Booking.com and a number of other travel websites, has been added to the European Union's list of companies now under heightened digital …

Australian judge lifts court ban on X showing video of …

5/13/2024
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge Monday lifted a ban on the social media platform X showing Australians a video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church. The temporary ban …

Hotel union workers end strike against Virgin Hotels …

5/12/2024
The largest labor union in Nevada has ended a planned 48-hour strike meant to pressure Virgin Hotels Las Vegas to agree to a five-year contract on wages and benefits. It's hoping talks set to resume …

Apple Store employees in Maryland vote to authorize a …

5/12/2024
TOWSON, Md. (AP) — Workers at the first Apple Store to unionize have now also authorized a first strike against the tech giant’s retail operations. Apple Store workers in Towson, Maryland, …