Category: AP

Dec 16

Brazil approves a major tax reform overhaul that Lula says will ‘facilitate investment’

Article content RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s lower house has approved a major reform of the nation’s notoriously complicated tax system in a major victory for leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who threw his weight behind the proposal. The long-awaited tax reform aims to simplify the system, widely considered overly burdensome for […]
Dec 16

A cardinal and 9 others will learn their fate in a Vatican financial trial after 2 years of hearings

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Nicole Winfield Published Dec 16, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content VATICAN CITY (AP) — A once-powerful cardinal and nine other people are to learn their fate Saturday when a Vatican tribunal hands down verdicts in a complicated financial […]
Dec 16

Federal Reserve on cusp of what some thought impossible: Defeating inflation without steep recession

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Christopher Rugaber Published Dec 16, 2023  •  5 minute read Join the conversation Article content WASHINGTON (AP) — It was the most painful inflation Americans had experienced since 1981, when “The Dukes of Hazzard” and “The Jeffersons” were topping the TV charts. Yet […]
Dec 9

Polish truck drivers are blocking the border with Ukraine. It’s hurting on the battlefield

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Hanna Arhirova, Karl Ritter And Monika Scislowska Published Dec 09, 2023  •  5 minute read Join the conversation Article content KORCZOWA, Poland (AP) — Pickup trucks and tourniquets bound for Ukraine’s battlefield are stuck in a mileslong line at the border with Poland. […]