Books feed the mind, but not the body. Amazon is closing its physical bookstores in the U.S. and UK, focusing instead on its grocery chain … Russia might be heading for its first international debt default … And Neil Diamond does bring flowers to Universal Music Group.
Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe's biggest nuclear power plant on Friday in an assault that caused alarm around the world and that Washington said had risked catastrophe, although officials said later that the facility was now safe.
- European MarketsAnalysis: Global banks face costly, arduous process to exit Russia
Global banks face an arduous and costly process if they decide to close businesses in Russia, banking sources and experts say, complicating decisions over whether they should withdraw.
- BusinessWall Street falls as Ukraine fears eclipse solid jobs data, article with image
Wall Street fell at the end of a volatile week on Friday as the war in Ukraine overshadowed an acceleration in U.S. jobs growth last month that pointed to strength in the economy.
- Macro MattersU.S. job growth surge underscores economy's strength as headwinds rise
Job growth in February pushed the unemployment rate to a two-year low of 3.8% and raised optimism that the economy could withstand geopolitical tensions, inflation and tighter monetary policy.
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- HealthU.S. reports highly lethal bird flu at commercial chicken farm in Missouri
The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported an outbreak of a highly lethal type of bird flu in a commercial flock of chickens being raised for meat in Stoddard County, Missouri, on Friday.