With three years left in his term, Chilean President Gabriel Boric is already facing doubts on whether he’ll be able to advance on any key reforms after receiving a crushing blow near his first anniversary as the world’s youngest leader.
President Joe Biden is proposing a series of new tax increases on billionaires, rich investors and corporations in his latest proposal for how Congress should prioritize taxes and spending.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. is suing Jes Staley to hold the former executive responsible for any damages stemming from lawsuits accusing the bank of facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking.
Two conservative activists violated federal and state civil rights laws with a robocalling scheme designed to suppress Black voter turnout in 2020, a judge ruled Wednesday in a lawsuit brought by a coalition of Black civic groups and the New York Attorney General’s office.
The Democratic-led Senate overwhelmingly voted to overturn a District of Columbia law that pares back penalties for some violent crimes, the latest sign of the party’s defensive position on crime and a blow to Washington statehood and home rule advocates.
Day three of CERAWeek by S&P Global in Houston was heavy on discussions of electricity and natural gas. US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm struck a friendly tone during her keynote address, seeking to mend ties between the fossil-fuel industry and the Biden administration.
Graduate traders are earning salaries of as much as $400,000 straight out of school.
The UK is set to miss its goal for a net zero emissions power system because the government’s lack of urgency will make it struggle to compete with other countries to lure investors.
Forget about interest-rate cuts. The bond market is now pricing in a steeper path for monetary tightening by central banks around the world, raising the danger of recessions as policymakers struggle to bring inflation under control.
The tiny island of Mauritius spent years trying to clean up its image as a base for murky money launderers and shell firms. The short-seller allegations against billionaire Gautam Adani are once again reviving questions about the country’s role as a tax haven for India’s tycoons.
