Economy

Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov AOP.Press | Corbis | Getty Images Russia on Tuesday issued words of caution to France over its detainment of Pavel Durov, the founder and CEO of messaging app Telegram, suggesting the move may be politically motivated. On Saturday, the Paris Public Prosecutor’s Officeissued a warrant for Durov’s arrest over […]

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Ukrainian soldiers prepare a vehicle adapted to fire helicopter shells on Aug. 19, 2024. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images Waves of Russian drones and missiles assailed Ukraine on Tuesday and killed at least five people, Ukrainian authorities said, in the second day of Moscow’s bolstered aerial attacks against its war-torn neighbor. Ukraine’s air force […]

“Buy-now, pay-later” firm Klarna aims to return to profit by summer 2023. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images Klarna said it posted a profit in the first half of the year, swinging into the black from a loss last year as the buy now, pay later pioneer edges closer toward its hotly anticipated stock […]

Writer E. Jean Carroll leaves a Manhattan court house after a jury found former President Donald Trump liable for sexually abusing her in a Manhattan department store in the 1990’s, New York City, May 9, 2023.Spencer Platt | Getty ImagesThe Department of Justice on Tuesday dropped its argument that Donald Trump was acting within the… […]

For five days a week, Abhishek works as a software developer for an IT company in Bangalore, India.After clocking 8 hours at the office, he returns home to work for another four to five hours. But he’s not working overtime — he’s moonlighting, or taking on multiple jobs apart from his full-time employment. The 30-year-old spends… […]

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said July 12 that he has instructed the country’s transport minister S. Iswaran to go on leave after he was implicated in an anti-graft agency investigation.Roslan Rahman | Afp | Getty ImagesSINGAPORE — Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has asked the country’s transport minister to go on leave,… […]

A federal judge in San Francisco has denied the Federal Trade Commission’s motion for a preliminary injunction to stop Microsoft from completing its acquisition of video game publisher Activision Blizzard.The deal isn’t completely in the clear, though. The FTC can now bring the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, and… […]

Signs stating everything is on sale at a Buy Buy Baby store in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Feb. 6, 2023.Stephanie Keith | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBuy Buy Baby’s stores are set to disappear after a last ditch effort to save the chain and keep the business alive fell apart, CNBC has learned. Brand management… […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A block away from the neon-lit buzz of Lower Broadway, where honky-tonk pours onto the city’s main drag at all hours, stands the Music City Center, a venue that’s hosted everything from craft beer conferences to a performance by the legendary Dolly Parton. In late July, the complex filled up for something […]