By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and attract employees, raising its minimum wage to $18 an hour while also giving higher-paid workers a bump in pay. The bank said Monday that the wage
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By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s struggling would-be heir on Monday hit back at suggestions that a center-left rival is better qualified for the job after a televised debate four weeks ahead of Germany’s election failed to give him a clear breakthrough. Armin Laschet, the chancellor candidate from Merkel’s center-right
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN) — El presidente Joe Biden se enfrenta a una confluencia extraordinaria de crisis cada vez más intensas que están llevando al límite a una Casa Blanca que ya está sumida en desafíos extremos. Washington está al borde de las tensas horas finales de una retirada caótica y marcada por la tragedia de
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After surging in the spring, the prices of goods like lumber, corn and soybeans have come back down to Earth. Coffee is headed in the opposite direction. What’s happening: Futures for robusta coffee, which is often used to make espresso, recently jumped as high as $2,024 per tonne, their highest
Continue Reading By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before starting advocacy group the Student Borrower Protection Center, Seth Frotman was the Student Loan Ombudsman at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The position is effectively the federal government’s point person for student loan issues. Frotman held that position until 2018, when he resigned to
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting. Alar Karis, director of the Estonian National Museum, received support from 63 lawmakers with 16 blank votes and the rest
Continue Reading By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country after lawmakers rejected the only candidate in the first round of voting. Alar Karis, director of the Estonian National Museum, received support from 63 lawmakers with 16 blank votes and the rest
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By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The trial has opened of an influential Olympic official accused of forgery in an alleged plot that implicated political rivals in Kuwait in a coup attempt. Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been publicly sidelined as an IOC member and president of the global group of national
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — As concerts and live theatre begin to return, a new study says that safety measures such as time limits, social distancing and putting a mask over wind instruments can go a long way in reducing airborne transmission of
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Video games are made for entertainment, of course, but they give parents opportunities to talk about saving and spending. Some financial literacy experts actually use video games to teach kids about money. Video game currency costs real money, and you can give your kids real chores to earn it. And
Continue Reading By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Video games are made for entertainment, of course, but they give parents opportunities to talk about saving and spending. Some financial literacy experts actually use video games to teach kids about money. Video game currency costs real money, and you can give your kids real chores to earn it. And
Continue ReadingBy Tom Yun, CTVNews.ca Writer Click here for updates on this story TORONTO, Ontario (CTV Network) — How secure is your Wi-Fi router? When it comes to home cybersecurity, experts tell CTVNews.ca that too many Canadians are overlooking their Wi-Fi routers, leaving their networks vulnerable to cyber-attacks. “The word ‘router’ for most casual users of
Continue ReadingMariana Toro (CNN Español) — El 39,7% de la población mundial ha recibido al menos una dosis de la vacuna contra el covid-19. La tasa aumenta en el continente americano: el 53,90% de la población sudamericana y el 53,36% de la población norteamericana están por lo menos parcialmente vacunados, según Our World In Data. Así va
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CNN Editorial Research Here is a look at the life of former activist and seven-time Emmy Award winning actor Ed Asner. Personal Birth date: November 15, 1929 Death date: August 29, 2021 Birth place: Kansas City, Missouri Birth name: Etye Asner Father: Morris David Asner, scrap metal dealer Mother: Lizzie (Seliger) Asner Marriages: Cindy Gilmore
Continue ReadingJuan Pablo Elverdin Ciudad de México (CNN) — Cuando a principios de su mandato, el presidente de México, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, pidió a Estados Unidos que frenara el flujo de armas traficadas a través de la frontera, fue solo el último de una sucesión de líderes mexicanos en hacerlo. Según las autoridades mexicanas, alrededor
Continue Reading By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Two Egyptian lawyers say that authorities released an online comedian, a journalist and a political activist after they spent months in pre-trail detention. It’s the latest in a series of releases in recent months amid concerns by the U.S. and other international rights groups over the arrests
Continue ReadingCNN CNN Staff If you’re planning to travel to one of the Disney Parks & Resorts around the world, here’s what you’ll need to know and expect if you want to visit during the Covid-19 pandemic. The basics Disneyland Resort in California reopened on April 30 with limited capacity at Disneyland park and Disney California
Continue Reading By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Human rights lawyers representing hundreds of victims of Yemen’s civil war are calling on the International Criminal Court to open an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by the Saudi-led coalition during the devastating conflict. British lawyer Toby Cadman filed the
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific. Less than a week after Apple said it would allow App Store developers to promote alternative payment methods to their users, South Korea is poised to end restrictions that critics say
Continue ReadingCNN, HLN By Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific. Less than a week after Apple said it would allow App Store developers to promote alternative payment methods to their users, South Korea is poised to end restrictions that
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