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SEATTLE — A Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by The Associated Press confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow Border Patrol agents on board to conduct routine checks for illegal immigrants, which is contrary to the company’s long insistence that it has no choice but to do so. When […]

Elie Kapengut, 18, a freshman at Rutgers University, said his first aid letter from the school had included student loans. He didn’t want to borrow, though, so he didn’t take the required steps to accept the loans. A revised aid letter showed that the loans had been removed, he said. But a later statement included

A top European Union official unveiled Friday his proposal for the bloc’s next long-term budget By LORNE COOK Associated Press February 14, 2020, 4:17 PM 3 min read BRUSSELS — The European Council president unveiled Friday his proposal for the EU’s next long-term budget, but the figure falls far short of the demands of Europe’s

Trying to guess how and when the tax code is going to change and plan for those changes now is an impossible task. Most prognosticators guessed correctly that President Trump was going to slash the corporate tax rate in 2017. But the doubling of the estate and gift tax exemption to more than $23 million

Facebook has decided to allow a type of paid political message that had sidestepped many of the social network’s rules governing political ads By BARBARA ORTUTAY and AMANDA SEITZ The Associated Press February 14, 2020, 2:32 PM 4 min read SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook decided Friday to allow a type of paid political message that

The majority state-owned U.K. bank RBS has announced a name change as it tries to leave behind its near-collapse during the 2008 financial crisis February 14, 2020, 10:57 AM 1 min read LONDON — The majority state-owned U.K. bank RBS announced a name change on Friday as it tries to leave behind its near-collapse during

Once you decide on your approach, you have another choice: active management, where fund managers handpick the contents of a portfolio company by company, or passive management, where they might license an index. Active funds tend to have higher fees, particularly for international funds where more expensive research may be necessary. And high fees can

Germany’s economy stagnated at the end of the year with zero growth in the fourth quarter By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer February 14, 2020, 10:21 AM 2 min read FRANKFURT, Germany — Growth ground to a halt at the end of the year in Germany, Europe’s largest economy, as manufacturing remained in a slump

NEW DELHI — Six months after India’s government stripped restive Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and enforced a total communications blackout, it is heralding the restoration of limited, slow-speed internet as a step toward normalcy. But for the Himalayan region’s 7 million people, the reality is far different. They are only allowed to access government-approved websites.

BEIJING — China cracked down on the sale of exotic species after an outbreak of a new virus in 2002 was linked to markets selling live animals. The germ turned out to be a coronavirus that caused SARS. The ban was later lifted, and the animals reappeared. Now another coronavirus is spreading through China, so