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The United States has barred all imports of products made by a Malaysian glove company, officials said because of the company’s culture of forced labor in the Southeast Asian nation....Read More

The world’s top oil-producing nations and their allies resisted pressure from the United States on Thursday by announcing that they will not ramp up production, even in the face of the rising costs of crude and...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite each hit record highs on Thursday as markets responded to continued fallout from the Federal Reserve’s plans to taper its bond-buying program and a new pandemic low in unemployment....Read More

Britain’s central bank on Thursday decided to leave key interest rates alone, partly to see how the job market reacts after the end of an emergency program that subsidized wages....Read More

Global supply chain shortages are affecting U.S. healthcare in often unexpected ways, as doctors and hospitals find themselves scrounging for medical supplies and pharmaceuticals that are in short supply....Read More

In a bid to improve its environmental impact, Alaska Airlines announced on Wednesday that it’s doing away with plastic bottles and plastic cups on all flights — a move it says will save almost 2 million...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104 points to a record high on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve announced plans to shutter its pandemic bond buying program....Read More

Maine voters have passed a referendum crafted to stop construction of Central Maine Power’s $1 billion hydropower corridor, a proposed 53-mile transmission line through undeveloped forest in Maine’s North Woods....Read More

Digital real estate business Zillow says it’s getting out of the home-flipping business and laying off a quarter of its workforce....Read More

Facebook announced Tuesday that it’s ditching the facial recognition system it uses to recognize and automatically tag people in photos and videos on the platform....Read More