Category: AP

Oct 18

Down, but not out: Two Argentine political veterans seek to thwart upstart firebrand

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Daniel Politi Published Oct 18, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Economy Minister Sergio Massa and former Security Minister Patricia Bullrich adapted shrewdly over their combined seven decades in Argentine politics. It remains to […]
Oct 18

China’s Xi promises more market openness and new investments for Belt and Road projects

Article content BEIJING (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping promised greater access to China’s market for international firms and new financing exceeding $100 billion for other developing economies as he opened a forum Wednesday on his signature Belt and Road infrastructure policy. The initiative has built power plants, roads, railroads and ports around the world […]
Oct 17

Electrical grids aren’t keeping up with the green energy push. That could risk climate goals

Article content FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Stalled spending on electrical grids worldwide is slowing the rollout of renewable energy and could put efforts to limit climate change at risk if millions of miles of power lines are not added or refurbished in the next few years, the International Energy Agency said. The Paris-based organization said […]
Oct 17

Donald Trump is returning to his civil fraud trial, but star witness Michael Cohen won’t be there

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Michael R. Sisak Published Oct 17, 2023  •  3 minute read Join the conversation FILE – Former President Donald Trump, center, sits in the courtroom with his legal team before the continuation of his civil business fraud trial at New York Supreme Court, […]
Oct 16

Used clothing from the West is a big seller in East Africa. Uganda’s leader wants a ban

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Rodney Muhumuza Published Oct 16, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Jostling for space, people jam the crowded footpaths crisscrossing a massive open market in Uganda’s capital. They are mostly looking for secondhand clothing, sifting […]
Oct 16

Daniel Noboa, political neophyte and heir to fortune, wins presidency in violence-wracked Ecuador

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Published Oct 16, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president. And he […]
Oct 14

Executive who had business ties to Playgirl magazine pleads guilty to $250M fraud in lending company

Article content MIAMI (AP) — A Florida executive whose family business once owned Playgirl magazine has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud for misleading investors in another of his companies — one that made high-interest loans to small businesses. Carl R. Ruderman, 82, was chairman and chief executive officer of 1 Global Capital […]
Oct 13

Japan’s government asks a court to revoke the legal religious status of the Unification Church

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press Mari Yamaguchi Published Oct 12, 2023  •  Last updated 1 hour ago  •  3 minute read Join the conversation Article content TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government asked a court Friday to revoke the legal status of the Unification Church after an Education Ministry investigation […]
Oct 12

More Americans support striking auto workers than car companies, AP-NORC poll shows

Breadcrumb Trail Links PMN Business Author of the article: The Associated Press David Koenig Published Oct 12, 2023  •  4 minute read Join the conversation Article content A majority of Americans support higher pay for auto workers who are on strike against Detroit’s big three carmakers, although approval of the workers’ other demands is more […]