CBO projects 4.6% growth in Biden's first year, jobs lagThe Congressional Budget Office expects the U.S. economy will grow at a robust 4.6% annual rate this year, but that employment won't return to pre-pandemic levels until 2024 By JOSH BOAK Associated...

A month on, post-Brexit 'teething problems' hit UK-EU tradeOne month after Britain made a New Year split from the European Union’s economic embrace, businesses that once traded freely are getting used to frustrating checks, delays and red tape By JILL...

The Latest: Germany looks ahead, eyes vaccine doses for 2022Germany’s health minister wants to press ahead with securing coronavirus vaccine supplies for 2022, preferably at the European Union level but if necessary nationally By The Associated Press...

India budget to boost health care spending,India’s government plans to increase spending on health care in a budget that promises extra help for weathering the coronavirus pandemic By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press February 1, 2021, 9:21 AM • 4 min...

Australian media companies admit breaching Pell gag orderAustralian media companies have admitted they breached a gag order in publishing references to Cardinal George Pell’s since-overturned convictions in 2018 for child sexual abuse By ROD McGUIRK A...

Biden to meet with GOP lawmakers to discuss virus reliefPresident Joe Biden is set to meet Monday afternoon with a group of 10 Republican senators who have proposed spending about one-third of what he is seeking in coronavirus aid By AAMER MADHANI Assoc...

Buoyed by Keystone XL, pipeline opponents want Biden to actAfter President Joe Biden revoked Keystone XL’s presidential permit, opponents of other pipelines are hoping the projects they’ve been fighting will be next By AMY FORLITI Associated Press J...

For GameStop day traders, the moment they've dreamed aboutNearly a decade after the Occupy protest movement left Wall Street more or less unscathed, the citadel of financial might faces a new assault By PAUL WISEMAN and JOSEPH PISANI AP Business Writers...

GOP lawmakers urge Biden to meet with them on virus reliefTen Republican senators are proposing spending about one-third of what President Joe Biden is seeking in coronavirus aid and they're urging him to negotiate rather than try to ram through his $1....

EU: AstraZeneca to supply 9 million more vaccine dosesThe European Union says vaccine maker AstraZeneca has agreed to supply 9 million additional doses to the 27-nation bloc during the first quarter By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press January 31, 2021, 10...