UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian agency said it is cutting its 2,600 staff who operate in more than 60 countries by 20% because of "brutal cuts" in funding that have left it with a nearly $60 million shortfall. U.N. humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher said in a letter obtained Friday ...
NEW YORK (AP) — New York Helicopter has plied the skies around New York City landmarks for decades. But the company had some difficulties before one of its sightseeing choppers plummeted into the Hudson River this week, killing all six people aboard. There was a close call in 2013, when ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumer sentiment plunged in April, the fourth consecutive month of declines, in a seemingly sharp rebuke of President Donald Trump's trade wars that have fueled anxiety over possible job losses and rising inflation. The preliminary reading of the University of ...
NEW YORK (AP) — The upheaval in stocks has been grabbing all the headlines, but there is a bigger problem looming in another corner of the financial markets that rarely gets headlines: Investors are dumping U.S. government bonds. Normally, investors rush into Treasurys at a whiff of ...
ROME (AP) — The Prada Group announced a deal Thursday to buy crosstown Milan fashion rival Versace from the U.S. luxury group Capri Holdings under terms that values one of the most recognizable names in Italian fashion at 1.25 billion euros ($1.4 billion). The deal will put Versace, known ...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks after ordering all Food and Drug Administration employees back into the office, the agency is reversing course, allowing some of its most prized staffers to work remotely amid worries that recent layoffs and resignations could jeopardize basic functions, like approving ...
