AP National Business

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press LACEY TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — For the second time in as many months, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission has fined…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A California lawyer says Michael Avenatti jumped at the chance to represent porn star Stormy…

The Associated Press An early market rally gave way to a broad slide for stocks and a surge in bond yields Wednesday after the Federal Reserve…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla Inc. has posted record fourth-quarter and full-year earnings as deliveries of its electric…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Microsoft, Corning rise; Navient, F5…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Relatives of passengers who died in one of the fatal crashes of Boeing 737 Max jets are asking the U.S. attorney…

SEATTLE (AP) — Amazon will end its “Sold by Amazon” program after an investigation by Washington state’s attorney general found it was…

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

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Will mortgage rates go up? How about car loans? Credit cards? How about those nearly…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is getting support from several business leaders on his economic agenda that…

BERLIN (AP) — A top German security official says his agency has created a task force to investigate individuals suspected of using Telegram to…

WESTLAKE, La. (AP) — An explosion at a southwest Louisiana chemical plant has left at least six people with minor injuries. Westlake Chemical South…

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it wants to add more than 8,000 technical workers this year. The Detroit automaker is looking for software,…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Colorado-based aviation company has chosen North Carolina as the location for a new…

GENEVA (AP) — A World Trade Organization arbitrator has decided that China can impose retaliatory tariffs on imports from the United States…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The financial technology startup that Walmart is backing will buy two financial…

By DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The Los Angeles City Council has approved a measure to ban new oil and gas wells and phase out existing ones. The…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s central bank has declined to raise its benchmark interest rate but says rates will likely…

BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man who was left a quadriplegic when his Uber vehicle crashed last year is seeking $63 million in damages in a…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Sales of new single family homes in December rose to their highest level in 10 months as…

ZAGREB, Croatia (AP) — Croatia has reached an agreement with the United States to buy 89 Bradley fighting vehicles as part of cooperation with…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation announced Wednesday it will add four new members to its board of…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern railroad delivered 13% higher profit in the fourth quarter even though the…

By LEANNE ITALIE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some coveted wedding venues are still backed up because of rescheduling caused by the pandemic.…

By The Associated Press Anthem is starting 2022 with lower expectations than Wall Street for how the year will play out. The Blue Cross-Blue Shield…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The U.S. says it has made no concessions to the main Russian demands over Ukraine and NATO…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Denmark’s government says it will scrap most pandemic restrictions next week, even as…

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 793,000 small SUVs in the U.S. and Canada because water can get into wiring and in rare cases could…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greek army and municipal crews have removed hundreds of vehicles stranded in snow for three days along a highway linking…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing has reported a fourth-quarter loss of $4.16 billion after taking a big charge against earnings to cover…

By SABRINA PARYS of NerdWallet Alternative finance has captured the attention of investors across the U.S. As the 2022 tax season approaches, traders…

LONDON (AP) — Chipmaker Intel has scored a decisive legal victory in a long-running battle against European Union competition watchdogs. The win…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds The Honda Pilot has long been a favorite for three-row SUV shoppers, offering multi-passenger safety, comfort, cargo and…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has cut its growth forecast for this year. But it says that Europe’s biggest economy remains “robust” and…

LONDON (AP) — Luxury automaker Bentley says it is pouring billions into upgrading manufacturing to accelerate its electric vehicle development…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a series of enforcement actions to address air…

By SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon has signed deals to purchase electricity from Jordan via Syria to help the small…

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s navy is working to clean up a spill of as much as 128 tons (160,000 liters) of crude oil that leaked from a…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Pablo, meet Crypto. Heirs of Pablo Picasso, the famed 20th-century Spanish artist, are vaulting into…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The death toll from a fire at a major oil refinery in Kuwait has been raised to four after two critically…

BEIRUT (AP) — Human Rights Watch says one of its senior staff members was targeted last year with spyware designed by the Israeli hacker-for hire…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson is bracing for the conclusions of an investigation into allegations of…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s parliament is holding its first debate on a possible wide-ranging coronavirus vaccine…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A growing number of people in Germany have joined grassroots initiatives and demonstrations to…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have tumbled by unusually wide margins after the Federal Reserve indicated it…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press COMACHUEN, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s remittances — the money migrants send home to their relatives — have…

By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press COMACHUEN, Mexico (AP) — Comachuen is a Puerpecha Inidgenous community of about 10,000 inhabitants nestled high…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve signaled Wednesday that it will likely begin a series of…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Richer, more heavily armed and openly confrontational, China has undergone history-making changes…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea is enforcing new COVID-19 response measures, including reduced quarantine…

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian officials say hackers launched a cyberattack on the country’s Global Affairs Department last week. The Canadian…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. government plans to capture more wild horses on federal lands this year than ever…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia has ordered the restoration of full diplomatic ties with Thailand…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will host the ruling emir of Qatar at the White House on Monday. The visit comes as U.S. and European allies…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Online fashion retailer Fashion Nova will be required to pay $4.2 million to settle…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The NFL’s epic playoff game between the Buffalo Bills and Kansas City Chiefs was the…

By STAN CHOE and PAUL WISEMAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market is losing crucial support from the Federal Reserve. Omicron is…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Demand for Microsoft’s cloud-computing services and work software helped boost its quarterly profits by…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging to chat more with everyday Americans and followed through Tuesday…

By BEN FOX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Extremist groups in the United States appear to increasingly view attacking the power grid as a means…

The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Tuesday after another volatile day of trading. Technology companies like Microsoft were again…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Nvidia, General Electric fall; IBM, American Express…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — It’s Neil Young versus Joe Rogan for the allegiance of Spotify. Or is it? The veteran rocker…

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The International Monetary Fund wants El Salvador to drop the highly volatile cryptocurrency Bitcoin as legal…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The Biden administration has officially withdrawn a rule that would have required workers at big companies to…

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

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah is reporting record cargo volumes for 2021 thanks to a surge in trade that…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. supply of computer chips has fallen to alarmingly low levels, raising the prospect of factory shutdowns. That’s…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte has further eased his country’s coronavirus…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are suing to block a Lockheed Martin acquisition that it says would limit competition among companies that…

By LEAH WILLINGHAM Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — An employee-led effort to unionize a franchise of Tudor’s Biscuit World in West…

By JOHN RABY Associated Press CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Signaling an eagerness to diversify its energy offerings, coal-dependent West Virginia would…

By The Associated Press Rihanna is backing her belief that climate change is a social-justice issue by pledging $15 million to the movement through…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeking to streamline the sometimes chaotic travel between its member states…

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company plans to hold its annual shareholders meeting that used to routinely attract more than 40,000 people…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — The parent group of MSC Cruises is partnering with Lufthansa in a bid for a majority stake in…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence declined this month as Americans became slightly less optimistic…

By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — Huge spinning wheels, “floating” wooden blocks and suspended geometric shapes hovered over a…

General Electric Co. anticipates returning to revenue growth this year, even as it deals with supply chain challenges. The company said Tuesday that…

By DAVID EGGERT and TOM KRISHER Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — General Motors is making the largest investment in company history in its…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — The former chairman of the Israeli spyware maker NSO Group says he has left the firm. But Asher…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart says it has taken a stake in agriculture startup Plenty, becoming the first…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The International Monetary Fund is downgrading its forecast for the world economy this year.…

LONDON (AP) — Unilever, which makes Vaseline skin care products and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, says it’s laying off 1,500 staff as part of a…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — One of the seven sheikhdoms in the United Arab Emirates says it will allow…

By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press The administrators of the SAT say the exam will move from paper and pencil to a digital format. They say the…

BERLIN (AP) — Vaccine maker BioNTech, Google and rail firm Deutsche Bahn are among the companies investing in African-founded artificial…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer Credit card company American Express said Tuesday that its fourth-quarter earnings rose 20% from a year earlier, as…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer An art installation inspired by Vice President Kamala Harris, The New York Times’ “The 1619 Project” and…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Growing prescription drug and medical device sales nudged Johnson & Johnson past fourth-quarter earnings…

By COLIN BERESFORD of NerdWallet Spend enough time in the personal finance corners of social media and you’re bound to come across someone talking…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer and BioNTech have begun studying a COVID-19 vaccine tweaked to match to the omicron variant in healthy…

By MEHMET GUZEL and ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescue crews in Istanbul and Athens have dug through snow and ice to clear…

By DASHA LITVINOVA and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — The leader of Kazakhstan has trumpeted ambitious economic reforms following the…