Category: AP

Dec 4

Mexico’s Senate votes to charge cruise ship passengers $42 per head for port calls

Article content MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Senate has voted to charge cruise ship passengers $42 per head for port calls, drawing sharp criticism from the tourism industry. Article content Mexican business chambers say the immigration charge — from which cruise passengers used to be exempt — may hurt the country’s half-billion-dollar-per-year cruise industry. The […]
Dec 3

FBI tells telecom firms to boost security following wide-ranging Chinese hacking campaign

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press David Klepper Published Dec 03, 2024  •  3 minute read Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal authorities on Tuesday urged telecommunication companies to boost network security following a sprawling Chinese hacking campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private texts and […]
Dec 2

Unions score a major win in Wisconsin with a court ruling restoring collective bargaining rights

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Scott Bauer Published Dec 02, 2024  •  4 minute read Article content MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin public worker and teachers unions scored a major legal victory Monday with a ruling that restores collective bargaining rights they lost under a 2011 state […]
Nov 30

Trump threatens 100% tariff on the BRIC bloc of nations if they act to undermine US dollar

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Fatima Hussein Published Nov 30, 2024  •  Last updated 11 minutes ago  •  2 minute read FILE – President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. Photo by Allison Robbert /THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Article […]
Nov 29

Mexico raids stores selling counterfeit or contraband Asian goods, pledges a nationwide crackdown

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Published Nov 29, 2024  •  2 minute read Article content MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities raided a massive complex of stores selling counterfeit Chinese and other Asian goods in downtown Mexico City, and vowed Friday to take the crackdown nationwide. Article […]