Thai retail giant Central Group is teaming up with Austrian property firm Signa to buy British luxury department store chain Selfridges, the companies said Friday. In July Canada’s Weston family put up the British department store chain for sale with a ?4.0 billion ($5.5 billion, 4.7 billion euros) asking price, according to media reports. Central …
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The State Department on April 13 denounced the assault by masked intruders on the printing facility of the Hong Kong edition of The Epoch Times and is urging officials in the city to investigate the incident. “We condemn the attack on the Epoch Times’ printing plant and urge the Hong Kong authorities to thoroughly investigate …
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The Department of Education announced on Monday it will recancel more than 41,000 student loans issued during the pandemic to disabled individuals who didn’t submit the required paperwork to track their income. “Borrowers with total and permanent disabilities should focus on their well-being, not put their health on the line to submit earnings information during the COVID-19 emergency,” Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said in …
FILE PHOTO: A Visa credit card is seen on a computer keyboard in this picture illustration taken September 6, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer/Illustration March 19, 2021 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Justice is investigating whether Visa Inc is engaging in anticompetitive practices in the debit-card market, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing people …
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WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 12: U.S. Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) spoke during a press conference in the Cannon House Office Building on March 12, 2014 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images) OAN NewsroomUPDATED 12:20 PM PT – Friday, March 19, 2021 Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) once proposed a bill to eliminate the Department …
WASHINGTON—The Senate on Monday confirmed New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, making her the first Native American to lead a Cabinet department and the first to lead the federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for nearly two centuries. Haaland was confirmed by a 51-40 vote. Democrats and tribal groups …
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WASHINGTON—The Senate voted 84-15 on Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo to head the U.S. Commerce Department, the agency that repeatedly sparred with China during the prior administration. Raimondo, a Democrat tapped by President Joe Biden, will oversee the Commerce Department and its bureaus, which have about 46,000 employees. The department includes the …
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FILE PHOTO: An Iranian protester holds the picture of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as she attends an anti U.S. demonstration, marking the 40th anniversary of the U.S. embassy takeover, near the old U.S. embassy in Tehran, Iran, November 4, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/File Photo February 24, 2021 …
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WASHINGTON—The United States on Monday imposed sanctions on two members of Burma’s military junta over the country’s Feb. 1 coup. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control said the move took aim at Lieutenant General Moe Myint Tun and General Maung Maung Kyaw. “The military must reverse its actions and urgently restore the democratically …
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The Justice Department (DOJ) announced on Tuesday that it is beginning the process of replacing top federal prosecutors who were appointed by former President Donald Trump. The practice, which the department says was commonplace for new administrations, would allow President Joe Biden to install his own nominees to lead U.S. attorney offices across the country. …
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