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By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Kellogg’s workers have overwhelmingly rejected a new contract that would have given them 3% raises, so the strike…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden says Saule Omarova’s nomination to lead the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency will be…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department is proposing a new disclosure rule as part of efforts to combat corruption and terrorism. The…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Thousands of Airbnb hosts have agreed to house refugees as part of the online lodging marketplace’s…

By JAMES BROOKS Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Workshops where non-professionals with a bug for fixing things can share equipment and…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit narrowed to $67.1 billion in October, the lowest in six months,…

LONDON (AP) — Instagram has launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s health ministry has given the go-ahead for children between ages 5 and 11 to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The decision…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator has given its backing to mixing different types of vaccines in initial vaccination…

BY KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Rohingya refugees are suing Facebook parent Meta Platforms for more than $150 billion over what…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization’s office for Europe says that children in the 5 to 14 age group now…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — American Airlines CEO Doug Parker will retire next March and be replaced by the airline’s…

The Associated Press A Canadian drugmaker says its plant-based COVID-19 vaccine showed strong protection against the coronavirus. Medicago said…

By COURTNEY JESPERSEN of NerdWallet It’s December, and we’re weeks away from Christmas. But the 2021 holiday shopping season may feel anything…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Ukrainian and Western officials are worried about a Russian military buildup near Ukraine.…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers tries…

By ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates says that it is changing its official workweek to…

MILAN (AP) — Carmaker Stellantis has announced a strategy to embed AI-enabled software in 34 million vehicles across its 14 brands. It hopes the…

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press The list of 2021’s most mispronounced words is out, and they’re a mouthful. The U.S. Captioning…

By LEE KEATH and MSTYSLAV CHERNOV Associated Press HERAT, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghans are streaming across the border into Iran in accelerating…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks have advanced in Asia after another broad rally on Wall Street as investors wagered…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Former Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes spent another five hours on the witness stand…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China has reported its exports rose by double digits in November but growth declined, while…

ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — The bustling, cosmopolitan business hub of Hong Kong may be losing its shine among foreign companies…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The former head of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power has agreed to plead guilty to taking bribes in a corruption…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Fired CNN anchor Chris Cuomo says he’s dropping his SiriusXM radio show. The decision announced on Twitter follows a sexual…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Extreme heat is expensive. That’s the conclusion of a study presented Monday by The Nature…

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors have filed charges against a 29-year-old man in last week’s fatal shooting of philanthropist…

By JILL COLVIN, MARY CLARE JALONICK and MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — California Republican Rep. Devin Nunes is leaving the…

FLINT, Mich. (AP) — A $50 million lawsuit has been filed against a utility over an explosion that killed two people and damaged several homes in…

By ASTRID GALVAN Associated Press Congressional Democrats are raising concerns that the proposed merger of Discovery and AT&T’s WarnerMedia, a…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is pledging his social agenda legislation will deliver tangible…

The Associated Press Stocks closed solidly higher on Wall Street Monday, aided by a broad rally that included travel-related companies that stand to…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Delta, Kohl’s rise; Moderna, AST SpaceMobile…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Exxon Mobil says it has a plan for cutting greenhouse gas…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The owners of a San Francisco restaurant have apologized for denying service to three police officers over the weekend because…

BERLIN (AP) — Scientific organizations in Germany have accused the country’s biggest-selling newspaper of contributing to public hostility…

By DREW LINDSAY of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy For a decade ending last December, ArtPlace America sprinkled $150 million…

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

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific railroad plans to expand its use of renewable fuels and explore using battery-powered locomotives in the coming…

By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Manhattan district attorney says billionaire hedge fund manager Michael Steinhardt has…

By AUDREY McAVOY Associated Press JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM, Hawaii (AP) — The U.S. Navy is suspending use of World War II-era fuel storage…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — In a story published December 5, 2021, about the latest gas prices survey, The Associated Press erroneously reported the…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Wright, a computer scientist who claims to be the inventor of Bitcoin, prevailed in a civil…

By CARLEY PETESCH Associated Press DIAMNIADIO, Senegal (AP) — South Africa’s president says travel restrictions imposed on South Africa and…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s prime minister is urging people to “remain prudent” about COVID-19 over the holidays as Christmas festivities at one…

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (AP) — Tyson Foods said Monday that it plans to spend roughly $50 million on year-end bonuses for over 80,000 hourly workers at…

By JOSEF FEDERMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s Defense Ministry says it is tightening supervision over cyber exports — a move…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Among the fastest-growing forms of cryptocurrency are stablecoins, which use…

By YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has announced retaliatory restrictions on airlines from the European Union and…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An activist investor is pushing department store chain Kohl’s to either sell the…

By MATT OTT Associated Press SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Shares in the electric vehicle startup Lucid Group are tumbling after saying that it had…

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The elite Russian state hackers behind last year’s massive SolarWinds…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union’s drugs agency has recommended approving the use of an anti-inflammatory medicine to treat…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — A Nigerian official has criticized a travel ban imposed on the West African nation by the…

BERLIN (AP) — Karl Nehammer has been sworn in as Austria’s third chancellor in two months. Monday’s ceremony capped a round of upheaval…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starting Monday, DoorDash is offering grocery delivery in 15 minutes or less in the Chelsea neighborhood in New…

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. health agency says the global response to the longtime threat of malaria has taken a hit as…

By JILL LAWLESS and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Winners of the 2021 Nobel Prizes are receiving their awards in scaled-down local…

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and TOM KRISHER Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Toyota says it plans to build a $1.3 billion electric vehicle battery…

By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is looking to expand reporting requirements on all-cash real estate…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet A personalized financial blueprint from a qualified planner should offer smart ways to manage your money both now and in…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — One of the scientists behind the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is warning that the next…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian health authorities on Monday said they have confirmed the first two cases of the omicron variant of coronavirus in travelers…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank expanded the supply of money for lending Monday as Beijing tried to…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asia stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as anxiety about the coronavirus’s latest…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Central Bank says it plans to redesign its euro banknotes, with a final decision on the new look expected in 2024. The…

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Senior officials from the Slovak Republic are in Taiwan for talks on deepening ties with the island in the highest-level…

BERLIN (AP) — Official statistics show that German factory orders dropped steeply in October, pushed down by much lower demand from countries…

By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italy is making life more uncomfortable for unvaccinated people as the holidays draw near. It is…

By ZEN SOO AP Business Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China’s largest e-commerce group Alibaba said Monday it is appointing a new chief financial…

BANGKOK (AP) — Japanese beverage giant Kirin Holdings is seeking commercial arbitration in a dispute over unwinding its joint venture brewery in…

The Associated Press The Federal Reserve issues its October snapshot of U.S. consumer borrowing Tuesday. The Labor Department delivers its monthly…

By ASHOK SHARMA and SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation’s business economists have sharply raised their forecasts for inflation,…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia after troubled Chinese property developer Evergrande warned  late…

By DAVID BAUDER and JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Writers NEW YORK (AP) — A woman who lodged a sexual harassment allegation against former CNN…

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has voiced hope for a quick approval of the country’s…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline fell 3 cents over past two weeks, to $3.46 per gallon. Industry analyst…

BERLIN (AP) — German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle says it is suspending cooperation with a Jordanian partner, Roya TV, because of…

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Insurance companies operating in Louisiana will be charged at least $100 million to pay claims of two failed property…

BRUSSELS (AP) — Belgian police used water cannon and tear gas to disperse some rowdy protesters in Brussels after most marched peacefully through…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Officials say 10 people aboard a Norwegian Cruise Line ship approaching New Orleans have tested positive for COVID-19. The…

By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the Pentagon intends to work better with private…

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) — The Seminole Tribe of Florida has shut down its online sports betting app after being dealt its latest legal defeat in a…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s government has tightened travel restrictions amid concerns about the spread of the omicron coronavirus variant. It said…

PALM BEACH, Florida (AP) — Donald Trump’s new social media company and its special purpose acquisition company partner say the partner has…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer A rush of vaccine-seeking customers and staff shortages are squeezing drugstores around the country. That has led to…

By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Thousands of protesters have gathered in Belgrade and other Serbian towns and villages…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President…

By COLLEEN SLEVIN Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A man charged with killing 10 people at a Colorado supermarket earlier this year has been ruled…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats are hoping that Congress is nearing the finish line in its seven-month trek on President…

SEATTLE (AP) — A completed report on Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan’s missing text messages from a period during last year’s racial justice…

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Nevada’s Supreme Court ruled gun manufacturers cannot be held responsible for the deaths in the 2017 mass shooting…

The Associated Press Wall Street closed out a bumpy week with more losses on Friday following a mixed reading on the U.S. jobs market that investors…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: DocuSign, Olli’s fall; Marvell Technology, Smartsheet…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Prosecutors and retailers are pushing back on assertions by California’s governor and…

BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts congresswoman Ayanna Pressley is upset that her beloved Mariah Carey Christmas album has gone missing. But she was…