Category: PMN Business

Apr 15

Man arrested outside UnitedHealthcare is now charged with firearms counts and threatening violence

The 26-year-old was charged Tuesday in Hennepin County District Court with two felony firearms counts and two felony counts of threating violence. He already had a felony conviction for threats of violence, and was therefore prohibited from possessing a gun and ammunition, as well as two separate pending cases for violating restraining orders.
Apr 13

Coup Leader Wins Gabon Election With Pledge to End Oil Reliance

Brice Oligui Nguema, who campaigned on a pledge to end youth unemployment by diversifying the oil-dependent OPEC nation, garnered 90.4% of ballots in the April 12 vote, according to preliminary results announced by the Minister of Interior and Security Hermann Immongault on Sunday. Alain Claude Bilie-By-Nze, a former prime minister and Nguema’s main challenger, got […]
Apr 12

Trump administration says it will exclude some electronics from reciprocal tariffs

The turmoil battered the stocks of tech’s “Magnificent Seven” — Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, Tesla, Google parent Alphabet and Facebook parent Meta Platforms. At one point earlier this week, the combined Magnificent Seven’s combined market value had plunged by $2.1 trillion, or 14%, from April 2 when Trump unveiled sweeping tariffs on a wide range […]
Apr 12

Blaze Triggers Alarm Over Rapid Growth of Big Batteries

Robinson did not leave her home following the fires, staying put with her husband, daughter and birds, including two cockatoos. Since then, she’s been plagued by anxiety and headaches, and her husband’s asthma has worsened. She worries their property has been contaminated by chemicals falling out of the smoke. Volunteers took surface swipe samples from places beneath the fire’s […]