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IMF: Vaccine inequity threatens Mideast's economic recovery 04/11/2021 07:00am • DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Middle East economies are recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than anticipated, largely due to the acceleration of mass inoculation campaigns and an increase in oil prices. But the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday that an uneven vaccine distr Daryl Dike scores 8th goal in 14 league matches for Barnsley 04/10/2021 05:07pm • American forward Daryl Dike scored his eighth goal in 14 league matches during a loan to Barnsley of England's League Championship, helping his team to a 2-0 win against visiting Middlesbrough on Saturday. The 20-year-old from Edmund, Oklahoma, scored the second goal of the match in the 75th minute Startup cards can help build credit even in tough times 04/10/2021 07:54am • While major credit card issuers tightened lending standards and slashed credit limits amid COVID-19, some financial technology startups took a different tack. In 2020, young companies like Grow Credit, TomoCredit and Chime launched or expanded credit cards that are available to those with less-than- Mir nets another brace to lead Huesca out of Liga drop zone 04/09/2021 05:17pm • BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Rafa Mir scored his second consecutive brace to lead Huesca to a 3-1 win over Elche, helping to lift his side out of the Spanish league relegation zone on Friday. Huesca, which two rounds ago had been in last place, rose to 16th, while Elche fell into the bottom three spots Tech company gains help push S&P 500 to record high 04/09/2021 05:07pm • Wall Street capped another week of gains with more milestones Friday, as strength in technology and health care stocks helped push the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average to all-time highs. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% for its fourth record high this week and third straight weekly gain. The D German firms put forward proposal to rebuild Beirut port 04/09/2021 02:43pm • BEIRUT (AP) — Representatives of several German companies on Friday outlined a multi-billion-dollar plan to rebuild the port of Beirut and surrounding neighborhoods that had been devastated by a massive explosion last year. The horrific Aug. 4 explosion of nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate, a Portugal ex-PM to stand trial for money laundering, forgery 04/09/2021 01:19pm • A Lisbon judge ruled Friday to put former Portuguese Prime Minister José Sócrates on trial for alleged money-laundering and forgery but said the statute of limitations had expired on more than a dozen corruption allegations. Judge Ivo Rosa said that 1.7 million euros ($2 million), much of it in ca Ready to buy a home? The trick is finding or affording one 04/09/2021 03:23am • LOS ANGELES (AP) — Nathan Long and Lili Chin have struck out so far in their four-month search to find an affordable home in the Los Angeles area — a cold streak that threatens to mess up their anniversary plans. The housing market has been a pillar of economic strength during the pandemic, but Asian shares mostly lower on strong China price data 04/09/2021 12:39am • BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Friday in most Asian markets after China reported a stronger than expected rise in prices that could prompt authorities to act to cool inflation. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index rebounded after falling the day before. Shares declined in Hong Kong, Shanghai, Sydney Private sales emerge as obstacle to Senate action on guns 04/09/2021 12:32am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats in Congress are trying to pass the first major gun control legislation in more than two decades with the support of President Joe Biden, who said Thursday that it is “long past time” to do so. But they are confronting a potentially insurmountable question over what Swiss banker to Venezuelan kleptocrats becomes star witness 04/08/2021 04:13pm • MIAMI (AP) — Matthias Krull pulls up his pant leg and slides a gardening shear on the ankle monitor that for two years has been a constant reminder of his crimes. With a court order in hand, and a child’s voice echoing from the next room, the former Swiss banker snips the hard plastic — relea Despite pandemic, business startups are booming in Maryland 04/08/2021 04:09pm • As the COVID-19 crisis ravaged the U.S. economy, countless numbers of businesses shut down and millions of Americans lost jobs. Yet, the pandemic sparked an unexpected trend: The number of business startups is surging across the U.S., and especially here in Maryland. From April to December of Frankfurt and Wolfsburg disrupting Bundesliga's top 4 04/08/2021 10:49am • DÜSSELDORF, Germany (AP) — It's been a long road back to the European elite for Eintracht Frankfurt. Sixty-one years have passed since Frankfurt lost to Real Madrid 7-3 in an epic European Cup final in front of a crowd of 127,000 in what is still considered one of the greatest games in the compet Mortgage rates dip for first time since January 04/08/2021 10:30am • McLEAN, Va. (AP) — Mortgage rates fell for the first time in more than two months as buyers continue to be stifled by high prices and limited supply. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the benchmark 30-year loan rate dipped to 3.13% this week from 3.18% last week. At this time last Today in History 04/08/2021 12:00am • Today in History Today is Thursday, April 8, the 98th day of 2021. There are 267 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 8, 1864, the United States Senate passed, 38-6, the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery. (The House of Representatives passed it