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Best balance transfer cards with 0% APR of January 2025
Discover APRs are accurate as of December 12, 2024 Credit cards have notoriously high interest rates, so carrying a balance can be costly. However, some cards offer a path to paying off debt quicker with an introductory 0% APR period. These cards offer no interest for up to 21 months, which can more than offset […]
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IT disruption causes delays at German airports, police say
Passengers stand in front of the display board in Terminal 1 at Frankfurt Airport. Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty Images German federal police are experiencing a countrywide IT systems outage at airports, a spokesperson said on Friday, forcing officers to manually process passengers arriving from outside Europe’s free-travel Schengen area. “There is currently a […]
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Ukraine’s halt of Russian gas to Europe throws breakaway Moldovan region into crisis mode
Flow regulator valves at a natural gas measuring station in Moldova. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria has been thrust into a profound energy crisis following the termination of a five-year gas transit agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Hundreds of thousands of people in the mainly Russian-speaking territory of Transnistria […]
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Stellantis Italy output falls 37% in 2024, car production hits 68-year low
Employees works on the production floor of the SUSTAINera Circular Economy Hub at Stellantis NV’s Mirafiori complex in Turin, Italy, on Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Vehicle production by car maker Stellantis in Italy fell by 37% last year, hit in particular by a steep plunge in car manufacturing, union figures […]
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Biden blocks U.S. Steel takeover by Japan’s Nippon Steel, citing national security
A water tower at the U.S. Steel Corp. Edgar Thomson Works steel mill in Braddock, Pennsylvania, on Sept. 4, 2024. Justin Merriman | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Friday officially blocked the takeover of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel, making good on his promise to keep an industrial name that is […]
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Designer Rosita Missoni, pioneer of colored knitwear, dies aged 93
FILE PHOTO: Rosita Missoni poses before the Missoni Spring/Summer 2018 show at the Milan Fashion Week in Milan, Italy September 23, 2017. Stefano Rellandini | Reuters Italian designer Rosita Missoni, co-founder of the eponymous fashion house known for its bright and patterned styles, died on Thursday at the age of 93, a company official said. […]
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European stocks pull back; Turkish inflation falls by more than expected
European markets were lower on Friday after a rocky start to 2025 for stocks around the world. The pan-European Stoxx 600 was down 0.3% by 8:33 a.m. London time, with most sectors in negative territory. Auto and mining stocks led losses, down 1.22% and 1.04% respectively, while financial services stocks added 0.32%. France’s CAC 40 […]
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South Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon after tense stand-off
Around 30 supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a sit-in protest in front of his official residence to block his arrest by the police in Seoul, South Korea, on January 2, 2025. A Seoul court issues a detention warrant for Yoon over his failed attempt to impose martial law, making him the first […]
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On the first trading day of the year, all major indexes advanced, but they started tilting down before long. The likely culprit? Rising Treasury yields. Source
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Biden decides to block Nippon Steel’s $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel: Report
A building at Nippon Steel’s East Nippon Works Kashima Area facility in Kashima, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo on Dec. 6, 2024. Richard A. Brooks | Afp | Getty Images U.S. President Joe Biden has decided to block Nippon Steel’s $14.9 billion takeover bid of U.S. Steel, The Washington Post reported on Friday, citing two […]
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