Natasha Frost

How could this happen in New Zealand?

Here we go again.

How much does Boeing Group, the US’s largest exporter, a top defense contractor, and key component of America’s most popular stock index, influence the federal government’s decision-making?

UK politicians voted tonight (March 13) against leaving the EU without a deal outlining the terms of its separation from the bloc. The final tally was 321 votes in favor of taking a “no-deal” Brexit off the table, 278 votes against, with a number of Tory rebels flouting their leader and voting for the amended motion.

Dozens of nations have grounded the Boeing 737 Max. Thus far, the US has not.That’s despite reports of US-based pilots formally complaining about the aircraft, further stoking concerns. Passengers are reportedly refusing to board scheduled flights on the single-aisle aircraft. US politicians across the political spectrum have called for the Federal Aviation Authority to pull the planes out of service, with senators Elizabeth Warren and Mitt Romney among those publicly in favor of grounding the plane.

More than 50 nations have taken steps to ground the Boeing 737 Max, with restrictions ranging from banning the models from their airspace or airports to grounding any models in the fleets of airlines based in the country.

In a world of cryptocurrencies and contactless payment systems, it’s easy to dismiss cash as boringly retrograde—illustrated scraps of cotton-linen “paper”, to be crammed into pockets or slapped onto bars. But there’s a lot more to US banknotes than initially meets the eye. Greenbacks hide a host of high-tech security features that most people will never notice, despite handling them every day.

With only two weeks to go until the UK’s scheduled departure from the EU, the country’s parliament today once again rejected prime minister Theresa May’s proposed Brexit deal, this time by 149 votes.

The skies over Europe will be free from Boeing 737 Max jets, after the European Union Aviation Safety Agency today (March 12) announced it is suspending “all flight operations of all Boeing Model 737-8 MAX and 737-9 MAX aeroplanes in Europe.”

The UK, Germany, and Ireland today (March 12) joined Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, and Oman in banning all Boeing 737 Max 8 planes from their airspace, two days after one of the planes crashed on a journey from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, to Nairobi, Kenya, killing all 157 people on board. It was the second fatal crash involving the Boeing 737 Max in less than five months, prompting questions and concerns about its safety.

The world’s largest manufacturer of jet planes has a jumbo-sized effect on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Which airline has the most Boeing 737 Max 8 jets in its fleet? According to the airplane manufacturer, the answer is Southwest Airlines, which has taken delivery of 31 planes as of January this year. It is waiting on orders of a further 249 of the single-aisle aircraft.

CEOs are worried.

When nearly 27 million Americans tuned into the women’s soccer World Cup final in July 2015, they had no idea how many records were about to be broken. Over the next 90 minutes, the US women’s team would go on to play the most watched soccer game in US history, become the first team in the world to win three separate women’s soccer World Cup titles, and participate in a game with the most goals of any men’s or women’s World Cup final.

For investors with cash to spare, it pays to put liquid assets into a liquid asset. That’s provided the liquid is a rare single malt Scotch whisky, the asset of choice for moneyed buyers with a taste for the smoky stuff.

The Federal Reserve is planning a rollback of financial regulations designed to limit the impact of a recession, just as the world is bracing for the next one.

Longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek has been diagnosed with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

It is a truth universally acknowledged: When businesses’ costs rise, they will pass off what they can to the customer.

Just as firefighters and postal workers have uniforms, bankers seem to have a go-to outfit, often involving suits and ties. But within the walls of America’s fifth-largest bank, this prescriptive dress code may no longer be the norm.

Money launderers, numismatists, and European doomsday preppers rejoice: Even as the rest of the world marches relentlessly toward a cashless future, the Swiss 1,000-franc note is here to stay. In fact, according to a press release issued by the Swiss National Bank today (March 5), it’s about to get a fresh new look, effective next week.

Most companies have bugbears that keep their investors up at night—financial question marks, hefty insurance bills, rogue management; the list goes on. Ride-hail company Lyft, which on Friday (March 1) filed paperwork to go public, has its own list of fears, many of them unique to the wide new world of transportation as a service (TaaS). 

Until 2008, a cash-strapped customer in Ohio seeking a quick, two-week loan from a payday lender might find themselves paying a hefty fee. These unsecured short-term loans—often secured with a post-dated check and seldom exceeding $500 at a go—carried annual percentage rates (APR) of up to almost 400%, more than ten times the normal limit permitted by usury laws.

Kim Jong-un knew nothing about the death of American student Otto Warmbier, who spent 17 months in detention in North Korea.

The NS Concept is a colossal red-and-yellow oil tanker with an international background almost as colorful as its paintwork. It sails under the flag of Liberia; was built in South Korea by Hyundai, and is owned and commercially managed by Russia’s Sovcomflot. But of late it’s been mostly nowhere in particularly, drifting in international waters, with US sanctions sending it wildly off-course.