February 9, 2021

Stocks open lower on Wall Street, pulling below record highs

Stocks were slightly lower in early trading on Tuesday, after the major stock market indexes hit record highs the day before. Investors continue to keep […]
February 9, 2021

Surge in demand for recreational boating amid pandemic has Minnesota builders busy

Major leisure boat manufacturers in Minnesota are scrambling to expand their payrolls in response to surging demand from customers hungry for ways to recreate while […]
February 9, 2021

Lilly exec resigns after relationship that violated policy

Eli Lilly has replaced its chief financial officer who resigned following an investigation into a personal relationship that violated company policy. Josh Smiley stepped down […]
February 9, 2021

In Florida city, a hacker tried to poison the drinking water

A hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a Florida city of 15,000 and tried to taint the water supply […]
February 9, 2021

Huawei founder sees no end to US sanctions

BEIJING — The founder of Huawei said Tuesday he doubts President Joe Biden will remove U.S. sanctions that battered the telecom equipment giant’s smartphone sales […]
February 9, 2021

Central Europe presidents mark 30 years of Visegrad Group

WARSAW, Poland — The presidents of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia gathered in northern Poland on Tuesday for two days of debates to […]
February 9, 2021

UN experts: North Korea using cyber attacks to update nukes

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions, using cyberattacks to help finance its programs […]
February 9, 2021

Corps wants delay on hearing to shut down Dakota Access line

FARGO, N.D. — The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday asked a federal judge to delay a hearing on a temporary shutdown of the […]
February 9, 2021

UN experts say North Korea still modernizing nuclear arsenal

UNITED NATIONS — North Korea has modernized its nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles by flaunting United Nations sanctions and continues to seek material and technology […]
February 9, 2021

A Tesla for a bitcoin: Musk drives up cryptocurrency price with $1.5 bln purchase

The announcements, buried deep in Tesla’s 2020 annual report, drove a roughly 20% surge in the world’s most widely held cryptocurrency to over $47,000. At […]