Month: March 2022

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended modestly lower on Wall Street Monday after giving up an early gain and bouncing around for much of the day. The indecisive trading came after the market posted its best week since November 2020 and as the chair of the Federal Reserve said

The fight for Ukraine’s cities is thundering across its suburbs. The Ukrainian military says that after a fierce battle, Ukrainian troops regained control of the Kyiv suburb of Makariv on Tuesday, allowing them to retake a key highway to the west and block Russian troops. But Russian forces took partial control of three northwest suburbs.

MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court has banned Facebook and Instagram for what it deemed extremist activity in a case against their parent company, Meta. The court on Monday fulfilled a request from prosecutors to outlaw Meta Platforms Inc. and ban Facebook and Instagram for what they called “extremist activities.” Prosecutors have accused the social

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say three factory workers have been killed in a powerful explosion at a commercial dynamite factory in northern Greece, while one worker was hospitalized. The company that owns the factory said Monday that the three workers, who had been declared missing for hours, were dead. The blast occurred outside

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Companies would be required to disclose the greenhouse gas emissions they produce and how climate risk affects their business, under new rules proposed by the Securities and Exchange Commission as part of a drive across the government to address climate change. Under the proposals, public companies