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Digital lender OakNorth to be parent of US bank CUB | Money News
OakNorth, the British-based digital bank, will this week unveil a milestone US deal that will pave the way for it to launch a significant expansion […]
China Outlines Plan to Bolster Consumption in Face of Trump Tariffs
The Chinese government and the Communist Party jointly issued a lengthy list of planned initiatives on Sunday to get people to spend more, in yet […]
How Some Investors Are Protecting Their Money Amid Stock Market Woes
After the dot-com bubble burst in the early 2000s, Lars Staack decided to play it safe and invest his retirement savings in S&P 500 index […]
President Trump Is Making Foreign Stocks Great Again
President Trump has promised to create an age of American exceptionalism with policies that put the United States first, and ahead of other nations. But […]
Junior Bridgeman, N.B.A. Player Turned Mogul, Dies at 71
Junior Bridgeman, who followed a strong N.B.A. career with a remarkable run as an entrepreneur, acquiring hundreds of fast-food restaurants, a Coca-Cola bottling business and […]
Trump signs a bill funding the government for 6 months, avoiding a shutdown
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump has signed into law legislation funding the government through the end of September, ending the threat of a partial government […]
Fear of Trump’s Tariffs Ripples Through France’s Champagne Region
French Champagne producers do nearly a billion dollars’ worth of business with the United States every year. But on Friday in Épernay, the world capital […]
Russian captain of a cargo vessel involved in North Sea collision appears in UK court
LONDON — The Russian captain of a cargo ship that collided with a U.S. tanker earlier this week appeared in a U.K. court Saturday where […]
With $921 Seats, Denzel Washington’s ‘Othello’ Breaks a Box Office Record
The hottest play on Broadway was written more than 400 years ago. Demand to see Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal face off in Shakespeare’s “Othello” […]