AP National Business

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates made their biggest one-week jump in 35 years, one day after…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is preparing its recommendation on Ukraine’s request to join the EU. The European…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Soaring gasoline prices have left many consumers with no choice but to cut spending on…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cryptocurrency company Circle says it will start issuing its first euro-denominated…

PARIS (AP) — McDonald’s France and related companies have agreed to pay over 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) to the French state to settle a…

BY MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week as the U.S. job market remains strong…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Qatar Airways, one of the Mideast’s largest carriers known for on-board…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Revlon, a cosmetics maker that broke racial barriers and dictated beauty trends for…

By IRINA TITOVA and JIM HEINTZ Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — The head of the Russian Central Bank is warning that the country’s…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Finance ministers from the 19 countries that share the euro currency could decide Thursday on a successor to lead Europe’s…

By FRANCESCA EBEL and BOUAZZA BEN BOUAZZA Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A nationwide public sector strike in Tunisia is poised to paralyze…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer BRESCIA, Italy (AP) — Small Italian fashion producers are still allowed to export to Russia despite sanctions,…

By HAVEN DALEY Associated Press SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric Co. is working on an ambitious project to bury thousands of…

By MATTHEW BROWN and BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — This gateway town to Yellowstone National Park has become a dead end, a…

By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — A minister in Pakistan’s newly elected government is facing criticism following his plea to the…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell has pledged to do whatever it takes to curb inflation,…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government on Thursday formally committed to a more ambitious…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s Bitcoin-boosting president may be having second thoughts about the crypto-currency, whose…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mo’Nique and Netflix reportedly have settled her lawsuit that accused the streaming service of racial and sexual…

RUNNEMEDE, N.J. (AP) — LeBron James might be on the cusp of setting another record. And someone will have to pay a lot of money to make it happen.…

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has produced only about half the sugar it had projected this season and authorities acknowledge that while they will cover…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Record low-interest mortgages are long gone. Credit card rates will likely rise.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Nucor, Hertz Global rise; Methode, iQIYI…

The Associated Press Stocks rallied in a roller-coaster day of trading on Wall Street Wednesday after the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by the…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is proposing to require that future airplanes produce lower levels of greenhouse gas emissions before…

By KAREL JANICEK By Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and what Europe must do to counter the consequences of it…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell $3.62 to $115.31 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for August delivery fell $2.66…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Florida’s largest electricity provider has announced plans to eliminate all of its…

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (AP) — Global toy manufacturer the LEGO Group plans to invest more than $1 billion to build a factory in suburban Richmond,…

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish toy company Lego said Wednesday it plans to invest more than $1 billion over 10 years to build a new factory in…

BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s state-run news agency says the country’s caretaker energy minister has extended the licensing deadline for oil…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president is on a big push to rebrand the nation and its assets but he has changed his mind about what the…

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Authorities are investigating what caused a cargo ship to become grounded in the shipping channel to Georgia’s busiest…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Independent booksellers are growing in number and becoming more diverse. Membership in the…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian Prime Minister Kiril Petkov’s centrist coalition government will face a no-confidence vote brought by the main…

DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling over 2.9 million vehicles to fix a transmission problem that can increase the risk of inadvertent rollaway…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has announced a reduction in natural gas flows through a key European pipeline…

LONDON (AP) — Budget airline Ryanair says it has scrapped its controversial Afrikaans language test for South African travelers aimed at weeding…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans trimmed their spending unexpectedly in May compared with the month before,…

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Ikea says it’s seeking new owners for its four factories in Russia and to liquidate its product inventory there because of…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government on Wednesday approved the deployment of up to 50 soldiers to join a European Union military mission in Bosnia.…

MADRID (AP) — A Spanish foundation has recognized four scientists for their pioneering work in artificial intelligence. The four were named…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Atlantic City casino workers have authorized their leaders to call a strike against the…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet With record-high gas prices, travelers can save money on summer road trips by considering alternatives. They can plan a…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds The 2022 Audi A3 has been completely redesigned with new tech, updated styling and improved fuel efficiency. But can it…

By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo has announced a Cabinet reshuffle, replacing key…

By JIM HEINTZ Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s showpiece investment gathering begins Wednesday, and organizers are telling foreign…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt, Israel and the European Union have signed a deal to increase liquified natural gas sales to EU…

By The Associated Press The European Central Bank has vowed to come up with a new, unspecified market backstop that could be used to buffer some…

GENEVA (AP) — Switzerland has reopened its airspace after a brief closure for safety reasons because of an unspecified “technical malfunction.”…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Thursday after the Federal Reserve raised its key interest rate by…

NEW DELHI (AP) — U.S. media giant Walt Disney and India’s Reliance Industries have won the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League for…

By RICHARD JACOBSEN Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Internet Explorer is finally headed out to pasture. As of Wednesday, Microsoft will no…

By MATTHEW BROWN and LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press RED LODGE, Mont. (AP) — More than 10,000 visitors were ordered out of Yellowstone as…

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a measure suspending taxes on gasoline and diesel for 45 days amid the worldwide…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC took home the crown as television’s top-rated network last week behind two games of the…

By JULIE WALKER and TED SHAFFREY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — UPS has unveiled a battery-powered, four-wheeled cycle to more efficiently haul…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Gun-maker Sig Sauer is facing fresh accusations that its P320 pistol model is prone to going off without the…

The Associated Press Wall Street closed mostly lower on Tuesday, a day after tumbling into a bear market on worries that high inflation will push…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Newmont, Booking Holdings fall; FedEx, Oracle…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve intensified its fight against high inflation on Wednesday, raising…

Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s highest court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s last-ditch effort to avoid testifying in…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell $2 to $118.93 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for August delivery fell $1.10 to…

DEERFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Construction equipment manufacturer Caterpillar says it’s packing up its headquarters from its longtime home state of…

ALMUDENA CALATRAVA Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine law enforcement officers have searched the hotel where the Venezuelan…

SEATTLE (AP) — Redfin, the Seattle-based real estate brokerage, says it will lay off 8% of its employees as the housing market cools off. The…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fisher-Price and U.S. product safety regulators are telling parents not to let their infants fall…

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Airfares are rising as we head into summer, and that could be leading to a slight slowdown in ticket sales. Research firm…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The government plans soon to release data on collisions involving vehicles with autonomous or…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is at a 40-year high. Stock prices are sinking. The Federal Reserve is…

By DARLENE SUPERVILLE and JOSH BOAK Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden told the largest federation of labor unions on Tuesday…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has banned dozens of British media and defense figures from entering the country. The Russian foreign ministry on Tuesday…

By The Associated Press Russian state-controlled energy giant Gazprom says gas deliveries through a key pipeline to Europe will drop by around 40%…

NEW YORK (AP) — Spirit Airlines, the target of a budget airline bidding war, said Tuesday that it been in talks with JetBlue about last week’s…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A program offering cash incentives for out-of-state workers to move to West Virginia has…