VW reaches deal with union after grueling talks
Volkswagen announced sweeping changes to its German operations, including more than 35,000 future job cuts and capacity reductions in a last gasp deal between Europe’s top carmaker and unions on…
Renfrewshire WASPI women say they have been “betrayed”
Failure to pay compensation to WASPI women has been branded “an absolute betrayal” by Renfrewshire campaigners. The UK Government announced on Tuesday that it would not compensate women born between…
More student loans canceled in Biden’s final round of forgiveness before leaving office
While Biden never achieved sweeping student loan cancellations, his administration has forgiven $180 billion in federal student loans through existing programs. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is abandoning his effort…
Russian central bank surprises markets by holding key rate at 21%
Russia’s central bank on Friday unexpectedly left its key interest rates unchanged at 21%, citing improved monetary tightness that had created the conditions to tame sky-high inflation. “Monetary conditions tightened…
‘Tariffs all the way’: Trump says European Union must buy U.S. oil and gas in trade ultimatum
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Friday said he told the European Union it must reduce its trade gap with the U.S. through oil and gas purchases or face tariffs. “I…
Trump transfers all his DJT shares to his revocable trust, SEC filings show
President-elect Donald Trump this week transferred his entire stake of shares in Trump Media to a revocable trust of which he is the sole beneficiary, regulatory filings revealed Thursday evening.…
House Republicans say they have deal to avert government shutdown
Key House Republicans said Thursday afternoon that they had reached a short-term government funding deal designed to avert a shutdown that would have begun late Friday night. House Appropriations Committee…
FAA: Drone flights are temporarily banned over some areas of New Jersey
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday temporarily banned drone flights over 22 areas across New Jersey amid complaints of strange and often bright drones in the night sky. “At the…
Father, son plead guilty in $100 million New Jersey deli stock scheme
A father and son pleaded guilty Thursday to orchestrating a brazen stock manipulation scheme involving a small, money-losing New Jersey deli whose publicly traded parent company had an improbable market…
Luigi Mangione agrees to extradition to New York in UnitedHealthcare CEO murder case
Luigi Mangione has waived his right to contest extradition to New York, where he is charged with murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on Dec. 4. Mangione consented to be taken…