AP National Business

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — A member of a new generation of Ford family members is taking on another leadership role at the automaker. Alexandra Ford…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said Monday that he will retire on…

By MALLIKA SEN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Many of the 38 members recognized by the United Nations as small island developing states are known…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Instagram is putting a hold on the development of Instagram kids, geared towards children under 13, so it can…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will on Tuesday finally meet with members of the COVID-19 Bereaved…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Reporter The non-profit that operates Wikipedia, one of the world’s most popular websites, has a new CEO, Maryana…

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Millions of U.S. workers have changed jobs or are looking, often in pursuit of flexible hours, remote work and other…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry says two Canadians detained in late 2019 who were allowed to…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government has put dozens of soldiers on standby to help easy fuel supply problems…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Voters in Berlin have backed a proposal for the Berlin city government to take over about…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s voters have delivered their verdict. Now it’s up to party leaders to thrash out who…

By JOE McDONALD and ZEN SOO AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Global shoppers face possible shortages of smartphones and other goods ahead of…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower as concerns about China chip away at investor optimism after a mixed…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google is heading to a top European Union court to appeal a record EU antitrust penalty imposed for…

The Associated Press The National Association of Realtors issues its August tally of pending U.S. home sales Wednesday. Used car dealership CarMax…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s business economists now expect slower economic growth this year due to the widespread delta…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian share are mostly higher, but skepticism about the regional economic outlook tempered the…

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — A hospital spokeswoman says six people who were wounded in a mass shooting at a Tennessee supermarket are no longer in…

Associated Press CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline went up by a penny over the past two weeks, to $3.25 per…

HELSINKI (AP) — Police in Norway have reported dozens of disturbances and violent clashes including mass brawls in the Nordic country’s big…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — What will it cost to enact President Joe Biden’s massive expansion of social programs? Congress…

By EGILL BJARNASON Associated Press REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Iceland briefly celebrated electing a female-majority parliament Sunday — before a…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s president has said he would consider buying a second Russian missile system in defiance of strong objections by the…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Conservative government is hoping a combination of relatively high vaccination rates…

By JOSH FUNK Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska billionaire Walter Scott has died at the age of 90. The Suzanne and Walter Scott…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Gucci has launched an e-commerce site featuring refurbished vintage Gucci pieces alongside capsule…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Billions more in profits are at stake for some vaccine makers as the U.S. moves toward dispensing COVID-19 booster…

By KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Hiring and retaining people capable of helping fend off a constant stream of cyberattacks and…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a U-turn, Britain says it will issue thousands of emergency visas to foreign truck drivers to…

SHENZHEN, China (AP) — An executive of Chinese global communications giant Huawei Technologies has returned from Canada following a legal…

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…

By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Dozens of far-right extremists use Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Twitter to promote their…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer If you’ve been on social media, or texted with GIF-loving friends, Drew Scanlon’s face has likely appeared…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Carnival Corp. is still losing money, but it sees a glimmer of hope in stronger bookings for next year. The cruise…

The Associated Press Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street Friday as the market cooled off following a two-day rally. The…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Vail Resorts, Progress Software rise; Nike, Nvidia…

By TRAVIS LOLLER, JONATHAN MATTISE and MARK HUMPHREY Associated Press COLLIERVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Residents have gathered in a Tennessee town to…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Restaurant and hotel owners struggling to fill jobs. Supply-chain disruptions forcing…

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

WASHINGTON (AP) — United Airlines has been fined $1.9 million over 25 delayed flights in which passengers were stuck on the ground for at least…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A group of Dutch students has reimagined van life and is hitting the road to…

By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. Department of Defense is taking input on its plan to build an advanced mobile nuclear…

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Officials from companies with fleets of trucks are urging governors across the country to embrace a…

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Pacific Gas & Electric has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and other…

Mercedes-Benz is teaming up with Stellantis and TotalEnergies in a European electric vehicle battery joint venture. The partners in Automotive Cells…

By ERIC TUCKER, JIM MUSTIAN and ROB GILLIES Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Two Canadians detained in China have been released from prison.…

By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is in the throes of its worst drought in 91 years, which has returned the specter of…

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is warning Russia against allowing hackers to attack data bases or spread…

By LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says talks over his $3.5 trillion rebuilding plan have…

French luxury house Saint Laurent will go completely fur free in its collections from next year, its parent company Kering says. In a statement…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Sales of new homes in the U.S. rose modestly in August as rising prices continue to…

LONDON (AP) — Travelers arriving at U.K. airports are facing delays after electronic passport gates have failed, forcing passengers to wait in line…

BEIJING (AP) — HNA Group, the Chinese airline operator that ran into financial trouble following a global acquisition spree beginning in 2014, says…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The U.S. launched a campaign to offer boosters of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to millions of…

By OLIVERA PERKINS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy A new effort in Northwest Arkansas offering $10,000 incentives to new…

ROME (AP) — Hundreds of Alitalia workers are blocking a highway exit outside Rome’s main airport to demonstrate their anger that most of the…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — José López proudly remembers his first…

By KHADIJA KOTHIA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is seeking a legal injunction against climate protestors who blocked the…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s central bank has declared all transactions involving Bitcoin and other virtual currencies illegal, stepping up a campaign…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Shortages of semiconductor chips and other raw materials are continuing to hit…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks ended a wobbly day with mixed results on Wall Street Friday as the market cooled off…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain doesn’t have enough truck drivers. The shortage is contributing to scarcity of…

By MICHAEL HILL, BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Some of the nation’s most aggressive COVID-19 vaccine…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Trying to dispel investor fears, some Chinese banks are disclosing what they are owed by a real…

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press ABOARD THE OCEAN WARRIOR in the eastern Pacific Ocean (AP) — It’s 3 a.m., and after five days plying through…

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A former OppenheimerFunds analyst was freed on $1.5 million bail after he was arrested on…

By ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A major U.S. port was the target last month of suspected nation-state hackers. The Port of…

By AMY FORLITI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A state agency that investigates civil rights abuses has found that the manager of a suburban…

By MARYCLAIRE DALE Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court has revived a Philadelphia newscaster’s lawsuit against Facebook…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say unruly passengers are becoming a bit less common on airline flights, but they are still causing disruptions…

The Associated Press Stocks rose broadly for a second day in a row on Wall Street Thursday, reversing the market’s losses for the week just three…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Salesforce.com, Darden rise; Steelcase, Rite Aid…

By PEDRO SERVIN Associated Press ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) — Paraguay’s crucial outlet to the sea has fallen to its lowest level since at least…

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

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Giorgio Armani has celebrated 40 years of his Emporio Armani line with a retrospective show at his…

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shaquille O’Neal, Tyra Banks and Kevin Hart are among the celebrities taking part in a live-streamed special intended to boost…

By AMY BETH HANSON Associated Press HELENA, Mont. (AP) — Medical providers and Montana residents with compromised immune systems are challenging…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates rose slightly this week continuing a months-long trend of little movement. They remain under 3%.…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Federal officials have made more than two dozen recommendations aimed at further safeguarding…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is trying to ease concerns of a fuel crisis after oil giants BP and…

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. safety investigators are asking anyone who witnessed a fiery Tesla crash near Miami that killed two people to send them…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writers The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed COVID-19 booster shots for…

General Motors is investing $300 million in China’s self-driving car company Momenta. GM said Thursday that the investment will speed up the…

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston City Council has unanimously approved an ordinance that addresses climate change by requiring all buildings larger than…

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian lawmakers have approved a law aimed at limiting the influence of oligarchs on politics. The move comes a day after…

By ANNE D’iNNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Target will hire fewer seasonal workers this year  and will instead offer more hours…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkey’s Central Bank has unexpectedly cut the main interest rate by one percentage point, bowing to President Recep Tayyip…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The spectacular run for a once-hot investment has fizzled so much that many have been relegated to…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — The European Union is unveiling plans that would require smartphone makers to adopt a single…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England kept its main interest rate at the record low of 0.1% but warned that inflation is…

BRUSSELS (AP) — A top European Union legal adviser says software installed in Volkswagen cars to alter the amount of pollutants coming out of their…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Fears that a Chinese real estate developer’s possible default on multibillion-dollar debts…