SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico's governor is demanding action from U.S. Congress after announcing that the Treasury Department has cut a nearly $5 billion disaster relief loan by more than half.Ricardo Rossello said Tuesday... Source: NZ Herald Business News
ATLANTA (AP) — A Republican lawmaker says Georgia officials are working behind the scenes to resolve a dispute pitting some GOP leaders against Delta Air Lines over the company's decision to cut ties with the National Rifle Association.Republican... Source: NZ Herald Business News
NEW YORK (AP) — It's not the alcohol playing tricks on your eyes: The striding figure on some bottles of Johnnie Walker scotch will be Jane Walker.Liquor maker Diageo says it plans to roll out bottles next month for a limited run.... Source: NZ Herald Business News
A German court ruled Tuesday that cities can ban diesel cars and trucks to combat air pollution, a decision with wide-ranging and costly implications that marks a turning point for diesel vehicles in Germany.While environmentalists... Source: NZ Herald Business News
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — SeaWorld's CEO Joel Manby is stepping down from his post as the theme park operator posted a fourth-quarter loss and continues to work on transforming its business.The company said Tuesday that John Reilly,... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Google has hinted that the company's much-maligned Google Glass headset could one day make a comeback as "augmented reality" technology improves.Rick Osterloh, the head of Google's hardware division, said hi-tech glasses were "very... Source: NZ Herald Business News
The early decades of China's economic expansion and opening-up fostered a comforting feeling in Western circles that the world's most populous nation would "become more like us" as it bred a middle class which would espouse democratic... Source: NZ Herald Business News
SINGAPORE (AP) — Two men pleaded guilty Tuesday to using platforms including Airbnb to rent out condominium units for less than six months in Singapore, where short-term rentals are illegal.Terence Tan En Wei and Yao Songliang pleaded... Source: NZ Herald Business News
Australian property prices could crash by up to 50 per cent in a looming global crisis tipped to be worse than the GFC and possibly even the Great Depression, according to a well known doomsayer.Harry Dent, a US demographer and... Source: NZ Herald Business News
NEW YORK (AP) — Nearly two dozen times, Francesca Rossi called law enforcement to complain that an ex-boyfriend was harassing her online, posting nude images of her, sending notes to her bosses that she had a sexually transmitted... Source: NZ Herald Business News