AP National Business

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are higher after U.S. stocks recovered toward the end of a wild trading day, as the…

By EVA VERGARA Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — A drought has gripped Chile for 13 years and the flowers that feed honeybees in central…

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The more than $6 billion sale of Venetian properties on the Las Vegas Strip has been completed. The new and old owners of the…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Some human rights advocates are urging governments to impose sanctions against supplying…

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City police say a former Amazon employee leading a push to unionize one of the online retailer’s warehouses has been…

By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A musical revolution in Jamaica has a connection with a rhythm pattern that came off a portable…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The husband of a cinematographer shot and killed on the set of the film “Rust” says…

By ALICE FUNG and DAVID RISING Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong residents are becoming increasingly annoyed with the administration’s…

PHOENIX (AP) — The Arizona House has approved a bill that penalizes businesses that refuse to do business with firearms companies by barring them…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Men wearing Haiti police uniforms have fired into a group of people and killed a…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — Cyberattacks against Ukrainian government websites and affiliated organizations added to the…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Newsom administration officials say they are in no rush to make changes to one of…

MIDLAND, Texas (AP) — A West Texas man has pleaded guilty to hate-crime charges relating to an attack on an Asian family at a warehouse store. In a…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A federal judge has extended an order preventing the two largest unions at BNSF from going on…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Television Writer NEW YORK (AP) — NBC will be happy to put the Beijing Winter Olympics in the rear-view mirror, as the event had…

The Associated Press Wall Street’s losses mounted Wednesday as world leaders waited to see if Russian President Vladimir Putin orders troops deeper…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The CEO of Ford Motor Co. says the automaker has no plans to spin off its electric vehicle or internal…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Lowe’s Tenneco rise; CoStar Group, TJX…

By EUGENE GARCIA Associated Press ADELANTO, Calif. (AP) — A convoy of truckers demanding an end to coronavirus mandates has begun a cross-country…

By TERRY SPENCER Associated Press BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Officials from South Florida’s higher-speed railroad, other train lines and local…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The federal government says it won’t deliver any water to California farmers because…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By ALEX SANZ Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — The former head of the National Space Council tells The Associated Press that tensions over eastern…

PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has agreed to further ease coronavirus restrictions as the wave of infections caused by the highly transmissible…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lawyers for Donald Trump’s longtime finance chief, Allen Weisselberg, are asking a judge to…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — The Italian fashion world has opened a Milan Fashion Week that brought the return of Russian buyers…

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press The U.S. Postal Service says it has cleared the final regulatory hurdle to placing orders for next-generation mail…

By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press HARDIN, Mont. (AP) — Economists say the costs of climate change are growing as global warming happens more…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has agreed to slap sanctions on Russia’s defense minister and a top…

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Several hundred people opposing COVID-19 mandates have staged a protest rally in Bulgaria’s capital. They waved national…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain promised to hit Russia with “powerful” sanctions over its military confrontation with…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Lowe’s Cos., the nation’s second-largest home improvement chain, offered an…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new report predicts that banning smoking in Atlantic City’s casinos could cost 2,500…

By NICK YEKIKIAN Edmunds It isn’t hard to see that the writing is on the wall for the V8-powered performance coupe. Tightening fuel economy and…

Automotive parts maker Tenneco is being taken private by funds managed by affiliates of private equity firm Apollo in an all-cash deal valued at…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand will ease some entry requirements for foreign visitors as it balances a…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Cabinet has approved a plan to lift the country’s minimum wage to 12 euros ($13.60) per hour in October. The increase…

By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet As the income tax filing deadline approaches, taxpayers will be facing unexpected tax situations brought about by the…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Driving a rugged Subaru through snowy weather is a rite of passage for some New Englanders, whose region…

By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The leader of Spain’s main opposition party is set to meet fellow conservative…

PARIS (AP) — The International Energy Agency says emissions of planet-warming methane from oil, gas and coal production are significantly higher…

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Clogged U.S. ports are being given access to nearly $450 million in federal money from President Joe…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — Prosecutors say an armed man who held a hostage for hours in the Apple Store in Amsterdam before he was run over by police as he…

By LAETITIA BEZAIN Associated Press ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) — Cyclone Emnati has crashed into the southeastern coast of Madagascar and ripped…

By DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer Phil Mickelson is apologizing for comments he made about the Saudis and the financing of a rival league. Mickelson…

By RONALD BLUM AP Baseball Writer JUPITER, Fla. (AP) — Sometime soon, lockout costs become real: Max Scherzer would forfeit $232,975 for each…

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — World leaders are backing up their condemnation of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine with action,…

By LORI HINNANT Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The threat of war has shredded Ukraine’s economy, and many Ukrainians are asking why…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Authorities in Sri Lanka are imposing rolling power cuts across the island…

By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press LOD, Israel (AP) — As the airline industry struggles, Israel’s state-owned aerospace company is flying…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have plunged and oil prices surged to near $100 per barrel after President…

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Olympics have said goodbye to Asia after a star-crossed run, and it’s unclear when they’ll…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s foreign ministry says it has sent off tons of wheat to Afghanistan to help relieve desperate food shortages, after…

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — President Joe Biden highlighted his efforts to counter China’s dominance of the…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tonga’s main internet connection to the rest of the world has finally been restored…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The hedge fund trying to buy newspaper publisher Lee Enterprises has returned to court. It is…

JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden finds himself in a split-screen presidency as Russia starts to invade Ukraine. He’s juggling a…

By The Associated Press A federal judge has approved a settlement under which a synthetic rubber plant will pay $3.3 million in fines and $650,000…

By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press New Hampshire has reached a $25 million settlement with Monsanto over what the state says has been widespread PCB…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The worries rocking Wall Street about interest rates, inflation and now Ukraine have sent the…

The Associated Press Stocks are closing lower on Wall Street Tuesday after Russia sent forces into Ukraine’s eastern regions, escalating tensions.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Tempur-Sealy, TransUnion fall; Tegna, Meritor…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is delaying decisions on new federal oil and gas drilling and other…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say efforts to locate 10 people missing for five days after an Italy-bound ferry caught fire at sea have…

By PETER DEJONG Associated Press AMSTERDAM (AP) — An hours-long hostage standoff at the Apple Store in Amsterdam has ended with police in a car…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk and his lawyers are escalating their fight with U.S. securities regulators. A Musk lawyer…

By MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Foreign ministers from Indo-Pacific nations have attended a Paris conference aimed at bringing…

NEW YORK (AP) — Fox News’ Neil Cavuto has returned to work after more than a month following what he described as a near-deadly battle with…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer MacKenzie Scott’s $50 million gift to the National 4-H Council, which the youth-focused nonprofit called…

GELSENKIRCHEN, Germany (AP) — German soccer club Schalke has expressed “great concern” over Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine amid scrutiny of…

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court has refused to consider an appeal of a lawsuit over the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tuesday’s…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is leaving in place a decision throwing out a lawsuit filed by a woman who…

By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration has launched the first of what could be an…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new clash involving religion and the rights of LGBT…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined modestly this month but remains high, even as prices for…

By The Associated Press Humana is adding two more independent directors to its board under an agreement with activist hedge fund Starboard Value. The…

Standard General is taking television station owner Tegna private in an all-cash deal valued at about $5.4 billion. An affiliate of Standard General…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany has suspended the approval process for Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas…

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union member countries agree they should further facilitate tourist travel into the 27-nation bloc for people who are…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Macy’s is reporting strong fourth-quarter sales and profits that exceeded Wall…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has signed a $624 million deal to purchase 32 Black Hawk helicopters from a Polish aircraft…

By RAF CASERT, AAMER MADHANI and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The U.S. and all 27 European Union member nations are ordering…

By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Because of the pandemic, many two-income couples became one-income couples thanks to caregiving obligations or…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot saw its sales remain strong in its fourth quarter as it continues to benefit from a sizzling…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says Germany has taken steps to halt the process of certifying the Nord…

By ARITZ PARRA and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Surging energy prices and the Russia-Ukraine conflict are making European leaders…

BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has picked up for the second month in…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU, AAMER MADHANI and ERIC TUCKER Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The East-West faceoff over Ukraine has…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s main airport has retained its top place as the world’s busiest for…

HONG KONG (AP) — HSBC PLC says 2021 profit more than tripled to $12.6 billion as the bank sold its retail business in France and expanded wealth…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have rebounded after Wall Street slid amid anxiety over President Vladimir…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN, RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, HOPE YEN and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Vacant high-ranking positions across the…

By DAISY NGUYEN Associated Press WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — As almond trees start to bloom in California, so do beehive thefts that have become so…