ATLANTA (AP) — Southern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust are combining in an all-stock deal to create a new bank valued at about $66 billion. The banks said Thursday that the combined company will be the sixth-largest U.S....
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission spokesman: Juncker tells UK leader that EU won’t reopen Brexit agreement during ‘robust’ talks.
Read MoreZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatian police say two South Korean citizens have been arrested after trying to smuggle about 252,000 live eels out of the country. The two, whose ages are 38 and 47, were caught with the young fish...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats including Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York are calling for a Green New Deal intended to transform the U.S. economy to combat climate change and create thousands of jobs in renewable energy....
Read MoreNEW DELHI (AP) — Hundreds of jobless young people marched Thursday through the streets of the Indian capital demanding Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government tackle what they called a rising unemployment crisis. The...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Southern regional banks BB&T and SunTrust join in $66 billion, all-stock deal.
Read MoreROME (AP) — Gucci has apologized for a wool sweater that resembled a “blackface” and said the item had been pulled from its online and physical stores, the latest case of an Italian fashion house having to apologize...
Read MoreTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Thousands of students are skipping classes to join a march in support of more ambitious climate policies in the Netherlands. The demonstration Thursday by Dutch students follows similar marches in...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — European Union officials have slashed their growth forecast for the 19 countries that use the euro, saying even the reduced estimate was vulnerable to “large uncertainty” from slowing growth in China...
Read MoreBRUSSELS (AP) — EU Commission slashes forecast for eurozone economic growth this year to 1.3 percent from 1.9 percent previously.
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