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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inequality can prevent the U.S. economy from…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said inequality can prevent the U.S. economy from…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A lot of that human-pet bonding during the pandemic is slowly coming to an end as more…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW BROWN and GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say political appointees in President Donald…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level rose 8.6% last month from a year earlier, matching…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In this world, there’s a book for everybody. Take advantage of that sentiment during the…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A British newspaper publisher has begun its court appeal against a judge’s ruling that it invaded…
Continue ReadingBy LEANNE ITALIE AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — TikTok was a hit for millions during quarantine times. And the hashtag TikTokMadeMeBuyIt…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German pharmaceutical company BioNTech says its earnings grew again in the third quarter. The company partnered with Pfizer to…
Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Big cannabis companies are backing a new, celebrity-infused campaign to enlist marijuana users…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The chairman of Dubai-based real estate developer Union Properties has been dismissed from his position on the…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer General Electric will divide itself into three public companies focused on aviation, health care and energy.…
Continue ReadingBy KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Highly targeted advertising on social media sites like Instagram and Facebook makes it easier than ever for brands to…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese electronics maker Sony and TSMC of Taiwan say they are jointly building a computer chip…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is warning that the virtual reality world at…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nissan has reported a $479 million profit for the last quarter, a reversal from the loss it racked…
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The bulldozers have come for one of the last bastions of “old” Dubai, an…
Continue ReadingBy EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. humanitarian chief is urging Myanmar’s military leaders to provide…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID R. MARTIN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An attraction opening Tuesday gives thrill-seekers a unique perspective on New York City from…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Asian shares have tracked Wall Street’s retreat, with Chinese benchmarks leading the decline after the…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping will have a rare…
Continue ReadingBy HOPE YEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress has created a new requirement for automakers: Find a high-tech way to keep…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s judicial authorities have reportedly banned a newspaper for publishing a front-page graphic that…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced plans to encourage people to buy…
Continue ReadingGLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Unlike some of her European colleagues, Leonore Gewessler arrived at the U.N. climate conference with a clean conscience.…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A metallurgist in Washington state has pleaded guilty to fraud after she spent decades faking the…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer In the hours following the pandemonium at the Astroworld Festival that left eight people dead and dozens injured,…
Continue ReadingLOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper and fashion mogul Ye’s high-end clothing company Yeezy has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit over slow…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Popular investing app Robinhood said Monday that it suffered a security breach last week where hackers accessed…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve says that the risks to the U.S. financial system have eased significantly…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, ViaSat fall; Trade Desk, Coty…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks notched some modest gains on Wall Street Monday, enough to mark more record highs for major U.S. indexes. The S&P 500…
Continue ReadingBy JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Consumer advocates are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to reopen one of…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require…
Continue ReadingBy JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is expressing confidence that the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space…
Continue ReadingCATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leading scientific agencies say even if the world manages to stop producing harmful emissions,…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Randal Quarles announced Monday that he will resign from the Federal Reserve’s Board…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European lawmakers have pioneered efforts to rein in big technology companies and are working to…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern that the pandemic recession has…
Continue ReadingBy DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A criminal fraud trial in Kentucky aims to determine whether four officials of the…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected Ukrainian hacker has been arrested and charged in the United States…
Continue ReadingBy DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians have gone back to work after a nine-day break that was ordered by authorities to tame a…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Tesla shares closed Monday down nearly 5% after CEO Elon Musk said he would sell 10% of…
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Some people can’t wait to retire. Others are pushed into retirement due to illness, job loss or other factors beyond…
Continue ReadingBy ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.’s…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group says it sank into red ink for the July-September period, hit by losses on its…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Labor Department delivers its October barometer of U.S. wholesale prices Tuesday. Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose to a record for an eighth day. Tokyo and…
Continue ReadingBy NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The lockdown of New Zealand’s largest city is likely to end later this month, with…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — A new mandate in the city of Los Angeles now requires people visiting…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mostly lower after Wall Street hit a new high and China reported a…
Continue ReadingCAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped by 5 cents over the past two weeks, to $3.49 per gallon. The price…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER WEBER and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Starting Monday, anyone going to a shopping mall, theater, gym or nail…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers Mark Zuckerberg promises that the virtual-reality “metaverse” he’s planning to…
Continue ReadingBy TALI ARBEL Associated Press More than a year and a half after the U.S. to closed its borders to international travelers, restrictions are shifting…
Continue ReadingBy SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Glasgow, Scotland (AP) — The overarching phrase that dominates Glasgow climate talks is simply a number: 1.5.…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The United States is about to reopen to fully vaccinated foreign travelers. And citizens…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — John Kerry is everywhere and on the move at a fateful U.N. climate summit. Kerry is…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s exports remained strong in October, a positive sign for an economy trying to weather power shortages and COVID-19…
Continue ReadingWINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The leader of the largest Native American reservation in the U.S. signed legislation Saturday to ban smoking in many…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk is asking on Twitter whether he should sell 10% of his stock in the electric-vehicle company…
Continue ReadingGREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin health care company has ended a nine-year partnership with Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers. A…
Continue ReadingBy STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The crowd deaths at a Houston music festival have added to the long list of people who have been…
Continue ReadingNEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal appeals court has temporarily halted the Biden administration’s vaccine requirement for businesses with 100 or more…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — As this year’s U.N. climate talks go into their second week, negotiations on key…
Continue ReadingBy CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY and KRISTA LARSON Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Authorities say at least 98 people are dead and 30 others…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER, SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Tens of thousands of climate activists are…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company reported a third-quarter profit that was roughly one-third the amount…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been…
Continue ReadingBy ROBERT JABLON Associated Press DIAMOND BAR, Calif. (AP) — Southern California air regulators have approved new restrictions on area oil…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Current and former Boeing directors have settled a shareholder lawsuit that accuses the directors of poor oversight before two of…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The company that runs a for-profit immigration jail in Washington state has suspended its detainee…
Continue ReadingPORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti’s fuel crisis is deepening, with the country’s Professional Association of Banks announcing that a shortage…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press U.S. stocks pushed further into record heights on Friday following an encouraging report on hiring across the country. The…
Continue ReadingStocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Expedia, Pfizer rise; Peloton, Emergent BioSolutions…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy was supposed to help President Joe Biden and Democrats, but as of late it’s been…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingBROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) — Aaron Feuerstein has died at age 95 after a life in which he gained fame for continuing to pay workers at his Massachusetts…
Continue ReadingBy DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Angela Williams has taken the helm of the nation’s largest charity with a…
Continue ReadingATLANTA (AP) — The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Peloton has suffering its worst day as a publicly traded company. The sell-off came after…
Continue ReadingLISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved new labor laws on working from home. The regulations introduce additional protection…
Continue ReadingKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has filed charges of espionage and attempted state overthrow against five people who were allegedly part of a hackers…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Kingdom has rejected European Union proposals to streamline the trade of goods in…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed…
Continue ReadingBy NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seized four plots of land owned by the youngest son of…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…
Continue ReadingBy NICO GARRIGA and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French fisherman Hermann Outrequin gave up his fishing company job and…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has criticized a press freedom survey from the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club that…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has handed Russia at least a temporary victory in its appeal…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda has lowered its profit and vehicle sales forecasts for the fiscal year,…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pushed further into record heights on Friday following an…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers The sweeping Biden administration’s new COVID-19 mandate will apply to 84 million workers…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The president of Japanese video game maker Nintendo says the shortage in computer chips needed to…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east,…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers boosted their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs,…
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