BERLIN – German rescue experts were working to free a cargo ship that ran aground on a North Sea sandbank during a weekend storm, while the country’s railway pressed Monday to reopen several train lines. Continue Reading Below High winds lashed Central Europe on Sunday as Storm Herwart passed through, […]
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Russian journalist thanks supporters after stabbing attack
MOSCOW – A Russian journalist who was put into a coma after a stabbing attack by a man who targeted her thanked supporters Monday in her first statement from the hospital. Continue Reading Below Tatyana Felgenhauer, a top host and deputy editor-in-chief at Ekho Moskvy, Russia’s only independent news radio […]
Railroad sues over millions of rail ties it calls defective
ATLANTA – One of the nation’s largest railroads says it must replace millions of defective wooden railroad ties under its tracks because they’re degrading faster than expected. Continue Reading Below In a federal lawsuit, Norfolk Southern Railway blames an Alabama company of failing to use proper protective coating on more […]
US consumer spending surges 1 percent in September, strongest gain in 8 years
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Spanish prosecutors seeking charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement against ousted Catalan Cabinet officials
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Strayer to acquire Capella Education in $1.9B deal
HERNDON, Va. – Strayer Education is tying up with Capella Education in a deal worth about $1.9 billion under an administration that looks much more favorably at non-profit schools that had come under a harsher spotlight in recent years. Continue Reading Below The two schools, however, stood out from others […]
Lennar buys CalAtlantic for $5.7B with housing sales red hot
NEW YORK – Lennar is buying CalAtlantic Group in a $5.7 billion deal that will create the nation’s largest homebuilder as sales of new homes reach levels not seen in a decade. Continue Reading Below The acquisition, which also includes $3.6 billion in debt, creates a company with a footprint […]
Lennar to buy CalAtlantic Group in about $9.3b deal
Lennar said on Monday it would buy smaller rival CalAtlantic Group in a stock-and-cash deal valued at about $9.3 billion, including debt, to create the largest homebuilder in the United States. Continue Reading Below CalAtlantic’s shares were up 8.8 percent at $44 in premarket trading, while Lennar’s shares were untraded. […]
AP sources: Education Dept. could scale back help on loans
WASHINGTON – The Education Department is considering only partially forgiving federal loans for students defrauded by for-profit colleges, according to department officials, abandoning the Obama administration’s policy of erasing that debt. Continue Reading Below Under President Barack Obama, tens of thousands of students deceived by now-defunct for-profit schools had over […]
Health law sign-ups start, and some see a ‘hostile takeover’
WASHINGTON – It’s sign-up season for the Affordable Care Act, but the Trump administration isn’t making it easy — cutting the enrollment period in half, slashing advertising and dialing back on counselors who help consumers get through the process. Continue Reading Below Many people already faced fewer choices and higher […]