AP National Business

By JACQUELYN MARTIN, ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and TERRY TANG Associated Press COLUMBIA, Md. (AP) — Capri Isidoro broke down in tears in the office of a…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Airlines and tourist destinations are expecting monster crowds this summer as travel restrictions…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Nakagin Capsule Tower, a building tucked away in a corner of downtown Tokyo that is made up of boxes…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China’s foreign minister on Friday arrived on the remote Pacific nation of…

DETROIT (AP) — The Senate has confirmed former California pollution regulator Steven Cliff to run the National Highway Traffic Safety…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — More than 1,250 Thai workers who sewed bras for brands Victoria’s Secret, Lane Bryant…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The Biden administration is advancing plans for offshore wind projects that would…

DALTON, Ga. (AP) — A Korean solar panel maker will expand its presence in Georgia by building a new $171 million plant next to an existing factory.…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Opponents of a proposed launchpad for commercial rockets on the Georgia coast want a federal…

In a story published May 25, 2022, about Starbucks and unionization, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of stores and workers that…

The Associated Press Stocks are ending higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors cheered a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawfully sowing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Macy’s, Dollar Tree rise; Nutanix, Medtronic…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose $3.76 to $114.09 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for July delivery rose $3.37 to…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — This summer is a crucial one for Atlantic City as it tries to recover lost business…

By STEFANIE DAZIO, CHRISTOPHER WEBER and TERRY TANG Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — To drive, or not to drive? This Memorial Day weekend, with…

BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel.…

By NICHOLAS PAPHITIS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A Greek official says the crude oil cargo of an Iranian-flagged tanker that was stopped…

By ROB GILLIES and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Government officials say Western allies are considering whether to allow Russian…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week for the second week in a row, though interest rates on the key 30-year home…

NEW YORK (AP) — Airline stocks are soaring, with Southwest and JetBlue saying revenue this summer will be even stronger than they were expecting.…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Stagflation. It was the dreaded “S word” of the 1970s. For Americans of a certain age, it…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump must answer questions under oath in the New York attorney…

By HARUKA NUGA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has asked for urgent international help as his country suffers…

TOKYO (AP) — Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha says a new U.S.-backed economic pact is further proof of how important and relevant Asia is…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shoppers’ return to occasion dressing helped to power Macy’s fiscal first-quarter…

MADRID (AP) — Police in Spain say an explosion at a biodiesel plant has left two people dead and forced 250 children to be evacuated from the area.…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its…

BEIRUT (AP) — Dozens of doctors, nurses and medical personnel have rallied outside the Central Bank in the Lebanese capital of Beirut after…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan will open its borders to foreign tourists in June for the first time since imposing tight…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year even though consumers and…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fastest inflation in 40 years squeezed retailers during the first quarter, alarming…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week as the number of Americans collecting…

By MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered…

MADRID (AP) — The Spanish government will tighten judicial control over the country’s intelligence agency. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez made the…

The Associated Press For its annual analysis of CEO pay, The Associated Press used data provided by Equilar, an executive data firm. Equilar examined…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fifth month running despite an annual inflation rate of nearly…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Within the eight- and even nine-figure sums trumpeted for CEOs each year, just a small portion is…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Troubled Japanese technology giant Toshiba has announced some additions to its proposed leadership…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company…

By JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government unveiled a 15 billion pound ($19 billion)…

LISBON, Portugal (AP) — The Portuguese government has given its authorization for the sale of Chelsea by Roman Abramovich. The Russian oligarch is…

By RICARDO MAZALAN and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Moscow pressed the West on Thursday to lift sanctions against Russia…

By LLAZAR SEMINI Associated Press TIRANA, Albania (AP) — The office of Albania’s prime minister says the country has offered to NATO a naval…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — An international rights group says that Bulgarian authorities are attacking Afghan and other asylum-seekers, using police…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed hopes for global cooperation on climate…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s energy and climate minister says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is in Bosnia’s capital to reaffirm the U.K.’s commitment to the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares gained Friday as investors cheered a strong set of earnings from retailers that has…

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and ANITA SNOW Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Many hotels across the United States have done away with daily…

By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press Ko Im always thought she would live in New York forever. She knew every corner of Manhattan and had worked hard to…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — China wants 10 small Pacific nations to endorse a sweeping agreement covering…

By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Literary ‘superagent’ Mort Janklow, whose clients included Ronald Reagan and Barbara…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A civil rights advocate says he and two Dollar General store workers were denied…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Boeing’s crew taxi returned to Earth from the International Space Station on…

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Could technology companies have monitored ominous messages made by a gunman who Texas…

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — About $33 million of the $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure plan recently signed into…

The Associated Press Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting indicate the central…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Nordstrom, Caleres rise; Mr. Cooper, Raymond James…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery rose 56 cents to $110.33 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for July delivery rose 47…

By The Associated Press The Biden administration is siding against the airline industry in a case that involves whether California-based flight crews…

By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indianapolis 500 will be presented by Gainbridge for the next several years under a…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Congressional Budget Office says that high inflation will persist into next year. This…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they may have…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at…

Associated Press Amazon shareholders have voted against a proposal calling for an independent audit of working conditions at the company’s…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writers SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk on Wednesday revised the financing plan for his…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Esther George, the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, will retire…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The president of the Ford Foundation, Darren Walker, has received France’s highest cultural…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Attorneys for the state of West Virginia and two remaining pharmaceutical manufacturers have…

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing restrictions that would block plans…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission is proposing to confiscate the frozen assets of oligarchs who try to violate the bloc’s sanctions…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — European Union efforts to impose an embargo on Russian oil are facing more roadblocks.…

By SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Many airlines, including Southwest Airlines and Delta Air Lines, have resumed full beverage, alcohol and in-flight meal…

PARIS (AP) — Several hundred climate protesters have disrupted a TotalEnergies shareholders meeting in Paris. They blocked the entrance to the…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds Jeep has resurrected its Grand Wagoneer nameplate as a new three-row luxury SUV. It’s the brand’s most expensive SUV and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — An investigative report released Wednesday blamed British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The risks to the global economy are leading to an increasingly gloomy view of the…

BERLIN (AP) — Commodities firm Glencore says it has reached deals with authorities in the United States, Britain and Brazil to resolve corruption…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press BAKHMUT, Ukraine (AP) — Chunks of thick, twisted metal and wood splinters lie among the swings and slides in…

By ELENA BECATOROS and YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Piano music wafted from an apartment block on a recent spring…

By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer LONDON (AP) — Roman Abramovich’s 19-year ownership of Chelsea is ending after the British government…

By SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A senior Turkish official insisted after talks with Swedish and Finnish officials Wednesday…

ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India is restricting its sugar exports to 10 million tons in the current season to help maintain…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after notes from the Federal Reserve’s latest…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration faced bipartisan fury from House lawmakers…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — After a reprieve of months, confirmed cases of COVID-19 are surging in the…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The Japanese yen has weakened, trading recently at 20-year lows of 130 yen to the U.S. dollar,…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — CBS pulled the season finale of “FBI” after a deadly elementary school shooting in Texas. The network said Tuesday that it…