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An army soldier distributes a pamphlet about the Aedes aegypti mosquito that spreads the Zika virus on the edge of the Copacabana beach, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016.

President Barack Obama said Tuesday that senators should be doing their job and consider a forthcoming nomination to the Supreme Court following Saturday’s death of justice Antonin Scalia.

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren said turmoil in financial markets and weak global growth could slow progress toward the Fed’s policy goals and may delay the need for additional interest-rate increases.

If you receive an unanticipated call from a person claiming to be from the IRS, this could be a scam.

The company – which now employs around 5,000 in Belfast, added that another 500 jobs may go in 2017. Bombardier has a deal to sell Air Canada 45 CSeries jets, with an option to buy up to 30 more.

The study reveals that Flint households weren’t just forced to drink less-safe water than Detroiters – they also paid three and a half times more for the privilege.

Representatives of Russia, Qatar, Venezuela and Saudi Arabia have agreed to freeze oil production at the level of January 11 at a meeting in Doha, if other manufacturers join the initiative.

The No. 3 US wireless provider said on Wednesday that net income jumped to $297 million, or 34 cents per share, in the quarter from $101 million, or 12 cents per share, a year earlier.

Flint’s water became contaminated with lead in April 2014, while the city was under the control of a state-appointed emergency manager, after it temporarily switched its source of drinking water from Lake Huron water treated by the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department to...

It won approval from the Senate almost two weeks ago. Businesses would be eligible for credit of 20% of the water portion of their bills.

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Chipotle Mexican Grill closed all of its US restaurants during prime lunchtime hours on Monday to hold staff meetings on food safety guidelines, sparking offers from rivals eager to poach customers of the burrito chain as it recovers from several food-borne outbreaks. “We...

“As with any early-stage, highly-complex technology that demonstrates the ability to change the way we live our lives and conduct business, blockchain demands a cross-industry, open source collaboration to advance the technology for all”, writes Jim Zemlin, executive...

Tesla still hasn’t turned a profit. At $35,000, it’s about half the price of its first two models, and the Model 3 could be Tesla’s key to the mass market.

But wage growth rose only slightly, edging up to 2 per cent on average in the three months to December, from 1.9 per cent during the previous three months.