Tag: Business

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly rise, boosted by Wall Street records as Tesla zooms

TOKYO -- Asian shares were mostly higher on Wednesday after Tesla shares zoomed up more than 10%, helping to drive U.S. benchmarks to...

Malaysian court tosses jailed ex-Prime Minister Najib's bid to serve graft sentence in house arrest

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- A Malaysian court on Wednesday dismissed a bid by imprisoned former Prime Minister Najib Razak to serve his remaining...

Cash-based Japan issues first new bills in two decades, designed against counterfeiting

TOKYO -- Japan issued its first new banknotes in two decades Wednesday, yen packed with 3-D hologram technology to fight counterfeiting.Prime Minister Fumio...

Chinese firms eye Morocco as way to cash in on US electric vehicle subsidies

TANGIERS, Morocco -- After the United States passed new subsidies designed to boost domestic electric vehicle production and cut into Beijing’s supply chain...

Italian landowner is arrested after an Indian worker bled to death in accident with farm equipment

ROME -- Italian police arrested a farm owner on Tuesday on suspicion of homicide after one of his workers, an undocumented laborer from...

Black farmers' association calls for Tractor Supply CEO's resignation after company cuts DEI efforts

NEW YORK -- The National Black Farmers Association called on Tractor Supply's president and CEO Tuesday to step down after the rural retailer...