Tag: politics

Senate committee to vote to hold Steward Health Care CEO in contempt

BOSTON -- Members of a Senate committee looking into the Steward Health Care bankruptcy said they plan to adopt two resolutions next week...

The Palestinian economy is in free fall and will require billions to rebuild, the UN says

GENEVA -- The Palestinian economy is “in free fall,” the United Nations reported Thursday, with production in Gaza plunging to one-sixth of its...

Wholesale inflation mostly cooled last month in latest sign that price pressures are slowing

WASHINGTON -- U.S. wholesale price increases mostly slowed last month, the latest evidence that inflation pressures are cooling enough for the Federal Reserve...

Is There a Rightful Place for Camo Print in the Home?

Maggie Kidd, cofounder and managing director of Forsyth in St. Louis, acknowledges that the print has a “complex relationship” with fashion and design,...

Sri Lanka's opposition leader says the rich will pay more if he becomes president next week

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka’s opposition leader contesting the presidential election next week said Thursday that if he comes to power he...

Thailand's slumping economy is new leader Paetongtarn's focus in her first parliamentary speech

BANGKOK -- Thailand’s new Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra vowed Thursday in her inaugural speech to Parliament to continue many of her predecessor’s plans...