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China hands PwC a 6-month ban and fine over audit of the collapsed developer Evergrande

Sep. 13, 2024 05:55 AM EDT

HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese authorities have banned the accounting firm PwC for six months and fined it over 400 million yuan ($56.4 million) over its involvement in the audit of collapsed property developer Evergrande. The punishment is the heaviest yet for international accounting...

New Orleans is finally paying millions of dollars in decades-old legal judgments

Aug. 23, 2024 13:59 PM EDT

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Decades of unpaid money judgments owed by the city of New Orleans may finally be paid soon. New Orleans City Council on Thursday voted to make payments on a variety of legal judgments including wrecks that involved police cars and disputes over city contracts,...

As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth

Aug. 16, 2024 03:56 AM EDT

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai. The desert sheikdom’s economy is buzzing with tourism and construction as it positions itself as a safe haven in a region that's resting on a knife’s edge...