Eslela Parra sits behind her sewing machine with a heavy heart just thinking about the people of Ukraine. “It’s very sad because it’s hard to see how everything is going,” Parra said. “But for me, this is something I can do for them.” Parra is one of several employees at WGN Flag & Decorating Company...Read More

World Business Chicago will suspend its relationship with Moscow, Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Tuesday, in light of events escalating surrounding the Russia-Ukraine crisis. Chicago “needs to go further in its definitive actions against Russia,” Lightfoot said in a statement released Tuesday afternoon. “While this is not a decision I enter into lightly, we must send...Read More

During [recent] years, I got to know several senior technocrats in the policy world, primarily from the central bank and finance ministry, and leading economic influencers, and I was often struck by how widely the belief was about Putin’s excellence as a strategist. I had for some years been expecting some great era of big...Read More

Bud Hamilton has joined the board of directors at Christus St. Vincent Regional Medical Center. Hamilton is a retired executive from Proctor & Gamble, where he worked for 37 years in sales, marketing and general management. He is a former board chairman of the Cancer Foundation for New Mexico, a board he has served on...Read More

Eric and Teri Matzdorf, owners of Silver Gallery, prepare their booth for the 2022 Rodeo on Feb. 25, 2022. Cindy Henley remembers the exact moment when the 2020 Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo was officially canceled. She was helping some kids at her store, Cadillac Style, pick out new jackets with the official Houston Rodeo...Read More

Feb 28 (Reuters) – Global auto and truck makers, including Sweden’s Volvo Cars (VOLCARb.ST) and Germany’s Daimler Truck (DTGGe.DE), on Monday suspended some business in Russia following that country’s invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces invaded Ukraine last week, marking the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. Many firms...Read More

Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. The Russian rouble has crashed more than 40% to a new record low against the dollar, oil prices have jumped as much as $7 a barrel and gold prices have gained 1%, as financial markets opened...Read More

The abrupt divorce is another sign of the uncertainty Russia’s invasion has created in the energy industry, which experienced wild swings in oil and gas prices last week as the attack began. BP’s 19.75 percent stake in Rosneft accounted for a third of the British company’s oil and gas production and more than half of...Read More

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT) – The Better Business Bureau (BBB) is bringing attention to a phone scam targeting the parents of high schoolers preparing for the SAT. These scammers are eager to take advantage of those who are willing to pay the price for SAT tutors and test prep materials. Those affected say they have gotten...Read More

Eatery to open at Canyon Ferry Mini Basket For those of you who already miss having Las Cozadoras at the Canyon Ferry Mini Basket, I have good news! The family that owns Big Bull Bar and Grill at Winston will be opening a second restaurant called Raghorn Grill and Tavern at this location. It will...Read More