Tag: Business
US deficit for current budget year climbs to $2.24 trillion
WASHINGTON — The U.S. government's deficit for the first nine months of this budget year hit $2.24 trillion, keeping the country on track for...
NBA Finals ratings up from 2020 pandemic, down from 2019
NEW YORK — The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all, of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble.
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Russian fund: India’s top vaccine maker to produce Sputnik V
MOSCOW — Russia's sovereign fund on Tuesday announced a deal with a top Indian vaccine manufacturer to produce the Russia-designed Sputnik V vaccine.
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Residents of Kosovo villages sickened; water tests underway
PRISTINA, Kosovo — The mayor of a municipality in western Kosovo declared a state of emergency Tuesday after hundreds of residents experienced vomiting and...
Russia-based ransomware gang offline but cause not clear
WASHINGTON — The Russia-based criminal syndicate behind a devastating series of recent ransomware attacks was offline on Tuesday, but cybersecurity experts said that it...
DuPont, spinoffs to pay $50M for ‘forever chemical’ cleanup
WILMINGTON, Del. — DuPont Co. and two spinoffs will pay at least $50 million to Delaware to help clean up toxic chemicals, the Delaware...
Google fined $592 million in dispute with French publishers
PARIS — France’s competition regulator announced Tuesday that it has fined Google 500 million euros ($592 million) over a dispute with French publishers who...
Bezos’ Blue Origin gets OK to send him, 3 others to space
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Jeff Bezos’ rocket company has gotten government approval to launch people into space, himself included.
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Activists sue federal agency over voting system guidelines
The first new federal technology standards for voting equipment in 15 years should be scrapped because language that would have banned the devices from...
NBA Finals ratings up from 2020 pandemic, down from 2019
NEW YORK — The NBA Finals has gained some, but not all, of its audience back after last year's trip to the pandemic bubble.
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