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By MARK PRATT and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — More than 2 feet of snow has fallen in some areas of the northeastern U.S. amid a…
Continue ReadingBy MARK PRATT and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — More than 2 feet of snow has fallen in some areas of the northeastern U.S. amid a…
Continue ReadingLAS VEGAS (AP) — Some shuffling among owners has some Las Vegas Strip properties destined in coming months for rebranding, demolition,…
Continue ReadingBy CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says that El Salvador should dissolve the $150 million trust…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press A turbulent week for markets ended with a late burst of buying Friday, breaking a three-week losing streak and giving major…
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Visa, Atlassian rise; Mondelez, Western Digital…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Montana wildlife commissioners are shutting down gray wolf hunting and trapping in areas…
Continue ReadingHONOLULU (AP) — Federal officials say a yearling humpback whale off Maui has been freed from a life-threatening entanglement in mooring gear and a…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s price tag for landing Intel’s new computer chipmaking…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has an opportunity for a reset on climate policy after a federal judge…
Continue ReadingBy KARL RITTER Associated Press STOCKHOLM (AP) — Finland’s government says the mobile devices of Finnish diplomats working abroad have been…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A federal appeals court has upheld California’s net neutrality law, rejecting an attempt by telecom…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Government officials and diplomats from the world’s most climate-polluting nations are grappling…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — An Italian lawyer for Venezuela’s former oil czar says Italy’s highest court has confirmed he can’t be extradited to face…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Hoping to buy a home that fits your needs and budget in the next few weeks? You might want to…
Continue ReadingFLORENCE, Ala. (AP) — Some residents think a northern Alabama city’s new logo might be sending the wrong message. When Florence unveiled its new…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Concern about new high-speed wireless service interfering with airplanes appears to be easing. Federal safety…
Continue ReadingLONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Southern California officials say they’re getting ready to start critical repairs to the Queen Mary historic ship…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB and CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press State and local governments reported more than $117 billion of revenue losses in the first year…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL HILL Associated Press SCHUYLERVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state is looking at lowering the farm worker overtime threshold from 60 hours…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 410,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the air bags from inflating in a crash. The…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Vatican has signed a contract to sell a luxury London building that is at the heart of a fraud…
Continue ReadingMILAN (AP) — UniCredit CEO Andrea Orcel says the Italian bank has decided not to pursue a possible takeover bid for Russian bank Otkritie due to…
Continue ReadingBUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina says it has reached an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to refinance more than $40 billion…
Continue ReadingVIENNA (AP) — Austria will subsidize household energy costs with a $1.9-billion relief package to offset rising prices. Chancellor Karl Nehammer…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A measure of prices that is closely tracked by the Federal Reserve rose 5.8% last…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Tech giant Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won a multibillion-dollar lawsuit against a British businessmen it accused of fraud after…
Continue ReadingMANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has signed a $378 million contract with India to acquire his country’s first shore-based anti-ship…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — Moves by carmaker Stellantis to consolidate its position in fast-growing China seem to be off to a…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — High-stakes diplomacy continues to try to avert a war in Eastern Europe. The urgent efforts…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Caterpillar’s sales surged in the final quarter of the year despite ongoing disruptions in the global supply…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Hong Kong’s economy grew by 6.4% last year after activity weakened as anti-coronavirus controls were tightened. Government data…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that the German economy shrank by 0.7% in last year’s fourth quarter amid a resurgence in coronavirus…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The International Labor Organization says about 1.6 million jobs were lost in Myanmar in…
Continue ReadingSTOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB says its net sales in local currencies have increased by 8% in the fourth…
Continue ReadingKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s AirAsia Group has changed the name of its listed holding company to Capital A to reflect the diversity…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German exports to the U.K. dropped another 2.5% last year, the first full year of Brexit, following a huge…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Marcelo Claure, who joined SoftBank Group after turning around one of its key investments,…
Continue ReadingNEW DELHI (AP) — Google plans to invest up to $1 billion in partnership with India’s Airtel for providing affordable access to smartphones to…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea plans to add hundreds of small neighborhood hospitals and clinics to treat…
Continue ReadingBy SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press IRBIL, Iraq (AP) — A Chinese language school in northern Iraq is attracting students who hope to land jobs with a…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal judge won’t rein in the roundup and capture of wild horses in eastern Nevada —…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A turbulent week for markets ended with a late burst of buying, breaking a three-week losing…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — The Beijing Winter Olympics is tapping into and encouraging growing interest among Chinese in skiing, skating, hockey and other…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota says it’s working with Japan’s space agency on a vehicle to explore the lunar…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court has rejected a plan to lease millions of acres in the Gulf of Mexico for…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Alden Global Capital hedge fund is sending its own appeal to shareholders of newspaper…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The Home Depot has named a veteran executive as its new CEO. Edward “Ted” Decker will become president and…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Visa’s fiscal first-quarter profits rose 27%, as improving economies worldwide as well as more…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Apple shook off supply shortages that have curtailed production of iPhones and…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Growth keeps slowing for Robinhood Markets, the upstart company that upended the brokerage…
Continue ReadingTORONTO (AP) — Crowds cheered, waved flags and hoisted signs in Ontario as parts of a convoy of truckers headed for Ottawa to protest the Canadian…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks gave up an early rally and closed lower on Wall Street Thursday as a streak of market volatility continued. Markets are…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: ServiceNow, Levi Strauss rise; Tesla, Intel…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF MARTIN Associated Press KENNESAW, Ga. (AP) — Family members of women in a sober living group home who were killed and injured in a fiery…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy ERICA HUNZINGER AP Sports Writer It is a man’s world six months after the NCAA cleared the way for college athletes to earn money on their…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer A new study has found that gas stoves are worse for the climate than previously thought. The study by California…
Continue ReadingNEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) — A Florida sheriff’s office has turned off public comments on its social media posts because too many people are…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The name Kim Jones dominated Paris fashion for a second week running as the indefatigable Briton…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Federal labor officials say Amazon workers have lined up enough support to vote on whether to…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Lowe’s is betting its customers want cans of dog food as well as cans of paint. The home improvement company…
Continue ReadingBy DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Pay raises for teachers, firefighters, corrections officers and other employees have…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has denied a news media coalition’s request for public access to records…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stephanie Ruhle is replacing Brian Williams on the weeknight MSNBC broadcast ‘The 11th Hour,’ and the show ‘Morning Joe’…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and five central Asian countries have decided to set up a joint working group for providing…
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended that Pfizer’s coronavirus antiviral drug be authorized for use in the 27-nation…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates were flat for a third straight week after rising about a…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Altria said Thursday that its heat-not-burn cigarette, iQOS, probably won’t be back in U.S.…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Lawmakers and regional representatives have failed again to find consensus on a new Italian president. That’s even after the…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — European Union regulators have approved Facebook parent Meta’s purchase of customer service startup Kustomer, after the social…
Continue ReadingBy MARK STEVENSON Associated Press CHERAN, Mexico (AP) — Regular citizens have taken the fight against illegal logging into their own hands in the…
Continue ReadingBy TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press BENSON, Minn. (AP) — The headline in the little newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of…
Continue ReadingBy TIM SULLIVAN Associated Press BENSON, Minn. (AP) — The headline in the little newspaper said COVID-19 numbers were spiking in the farm towns of…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week following three straight increases…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew last year at the fastest pace since Ronald Reagan’s presidency,…
Continue ReadingBy CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Nearly 1,500 people died of malnutrition in just part of Ethiopia’s blockaded Tigray region…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says 14.5 million Americans got private health insurance for this…
Continue ReadingBy VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The United States and NATO have made no concessions to the main Russian demands to resolve…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer McDonald’s ended 2021 on a high note, with U.S. customers spending more and fewer restaurant closures in…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Thanks to strong passenger traffic over the winter holidays, Southwest Airlines is reporting a $68…
Continue ReadingBy BEV O’SHEA of NerdWallet Getting and maintaining good credit can feel like a long, hard journey. It’s not always easy to understand why…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Tata Sons, India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, has regained ownership of the country’s…
Continue ReadingBy MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says the European Union has earmarked 657 million euros…
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is pledging to tackle a rising U.S. epidemic of car…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The French-Japanese auto alliance of Renault and Nissan plans to invest 23 billion euros ($26…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Deutsche Bank says it reaped its best annual profit in 10 years last year.…
Continue ReadingBy GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The finance model for the Winter Olympics calls for the host country to spend several billion…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Australia’s Woodside Petroleum says it is withdrawing from projects in strife-torn…
Continue ReadingBy AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A regulatory body in Dubai is seeking to fine the Pakistani-born founder of…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Six people who were children living in Fukushima at the time of the 2011 nuclear disaster and have…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says it’s launched action against China at world trade’s…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as traders look ahead to data on U.S. employment costs that might…
Continue ReadingTOKYO (AP) — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the Japan Atomic Energy Agency have signed an agreement to participate in a next-generation nuclear…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. says its operating profit for the last quarter rose by more than 53% from the same period last…
Continue ReadingSAN DIEGO (AP) — A U.S. Navy commander admitted in federal court in San Diego to sending a Malaysian defense contractor classified ship schedules…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Most coronavirus restrictions, including mandatory face masks, have been lifted in England after…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general wants to put a stop to former President Donald Trump’s…
Continue ReadingSAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s Senate says it was the target of a cyberattack that disabled its internet provider, phone system and…
Continue ReadingCAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) — Moderna has begun testing an omicron-specific version of its COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults. Moderna announced the…
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