The head of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has hired Maine’s top infectious disease official to serve as her principal deputy director, the latest move in a broader reorganization of the agency.
(Bloomberg) — Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, who railed against elite outside money being pumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, is speaking at the toniest economic conference in the world next week: Davos.
The European Union and the UK are preparing to enter an intense phase of negotiations starting next week aimed at overcoming the dispute over the post-Brexit trading relationship well ahead of the anniversary of Northern Ireland’s peace agreement in April, according to people familiar with the matter.
Prolific criminal hackers were behind a cyberattack on the UK’s Royal Mail that has shut down its ability to send international letters and parcels, according to two people familiar with the matter.
The US tax filing season will begin Jan. 23 and run through through April 18 with, perhaps, less frustration for both taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service than in recent years.
Crypto lenders have repossessed so many Bitcoin mining rigs they’re resorting to plugging them in and extracting tokens themselves.
(Bloomberg) — New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said residents can expect “significant tax cuts” even after the state passed a $2 billion property tax rebate program last year.
Canada’s banking industry regulator will consider limiting how much firms are able to lend to riskier homebuyers as part of a review intended to safeguard the financial system from a housing slump.
Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed a special counsel to oversee an investigation into the handling of documents associated with President Joe Biden from his time as vice president.
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President James Bullard said the US central bank should raise interest rates above 5% expeditiously to ensure price pressures are subdued.
