Tag: Business

Senate eyes vote before midnight on government funding after House approves bill to prevent shutdown

WASHINGTON -- Approaching a midnight government shutdown deadline, the Senate set up votes toward final passage late Friday of a new plan that...

Crowds in Mayotte vent frustration with cyclone response as Macron tours devastation

MIRERENI, Mayotte -- Crowds in Mayotte vented their frustration at French President Emmanuel Macron, with some booing, as he toured destruction wrought by...

Government funding difficulties create gloom for federal workers before Christmas

ANNAPOLIS, Md. -- Johnny Zuagar says he’s tried to hide his worries about a potential government shutdown from his three boys as he...

NTSB trying to determine why tractor-trailer stopped on train tracks before deadly West Texas crash

PECOS, Texas -- Federal officials investigating the deadly West Texas collision between at Union Pacific train and a tractor-trailer hauling a wind turbine...

VW wage deal for 120,000 German workers avoids layoffs, plant closures

FRANKFURT, Germany -- Volkswagen and its employee representatives said Friday they have reached a wage deal for 120,000 German workers that avoids plant...

Big Lots conducts going-out-of-business sales after sale of company falls through

NEW YORK -- Discount chain Big Lots is conducting going--out-of-business sales at its remaining locations after a sale of the company didn't materialize.The...