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By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JEFF McMILLAN Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — “If I hadn’t been a girl, I’d have been a drag queen.” Dolly Parton has uttered those words famously and often. But if she really were a drag queen, one of Tennessee’s most famous daughters would likely be out of a job under

DALTON, Ga. — Dixie Group: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

PHOENIX — Sprouts Farmers: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary is further delaying a vote on ratifying Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession bids. The postponement announced Thursday is the latest in a series that have frustrated Western allies as the Nordic countries seek membership in the military alliance. The delay pushes the vote back by

HOUSTON — Independent Contract Drilling: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has poured cold water on current premier Rishi Sunak’s new Brexit deal with the European Union, saying he would “find it hard” to vote for it in Parliament. The government has been bracing for a response from Johnson, a strong Brexit

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Dream Finders Homes: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

DURHAM, N.C. — Chimerix: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — COVID-19 has shot back into the headlines in Britain through the leak of more than 100,000 private messages sent or received by the health minister as the government scrambled to respond to the new respiratory virus. The words of former U.K. Health Secretary Matt Hancock in 2020

WATERTOWN, Mass. — EyePoint Pharmaceuticals: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The number of people applying for unemployment benefits in the U.S. fell for third straight week. That’s good news for American workers, but potentially bad news in the fight against inflation by the Federal Reserve, which has been ratcheting up its benchmark interest rate for a year in an

NEWARK, N.Y. — Ultralife: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By CASSANDRA ALLWOOD, JAMES BROOKS and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The father of the cellphone, China’s Huawei and tens of thousands of visitors went to tout and take in the latest tech advances at the MWC industry expo. The metaverse got a lot of attention at this week’s show, also known

TORONTO — Toronto-Dominion: Fiscal Q1 Earnings Snapshot

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The cost of renting an apartment is easing after skyrocketing in recent years, though it remains painfully high for many Americans. The U.S. median rent rose 2.4% in January from a year earlier to $1,942, the lowest annual increase since June 2021, according to data

MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Intercept: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA, Switzerland (AP) — A senior Russian diplomat has warned that Western support for Ukraine could trigger an open conflict between nuclear powers. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was speaking at the United Nations’ conference on disarmament on Thursday. He criticized the U.S. and its allies for openly declaring

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and MICHELLE CHAPMAN NEW YORK (AP) — The latest earnings reports from Macy’s and Best Buy show that consumers are still cutting back their spending on clothing and gadgets as inflationary pressures on everything from food to gas are straining household budgets. Macy’s profit and sales for the holiday quarter slid with

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Big Lots: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By ANDY ROSEN of NerdWallet Unlike a deduction, which decreases the income on which you’ll be taxed, a tax credit reduces your overall tax due. The result can mean hundreds of dollars knocked off your bill — or added to your refund. Some tax credits apply to a huge swath of the population, while others

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Sotherly Hotels: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

CALGARY, Alberta — Crescent Point: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

WALTHAM, Mass. — Great Elm Capital: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Verve Therapeutics: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Kremlin on Thursday accused Ukrainian saboteurs of crossing into western Russia and firing on villagers. Ukraine denied the claim and warned that Moscow could use the allegations to justify stepping up its own attacks in the ongoing war. The exact circumstances of the reported attack

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — A summit on how to protect the world’s largest forests underway in Gabon is set to be dominated by the issue of who pays for the protection and reforesting of lands that are home to some of the world’s most diverse species and contribute to limiting

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — The Norwegian government has apologized to reindeer herders after activists spent a week protesting a wind farm that they say hinders the rights of the Indigenous Sami people in Norway. The country’s oil and energy minister made the apology on Thursday after meeting with the

BRIDGEWATER, N.J. — Amneal: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

ARLINGTON, Texas — Six Flags: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called on China to refrain from sending weapons to Russia and instead use its influence to press Moscow for the withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukraine. Scholz said in a speech to German parliament on Thursday that “my message to Beijing is clear: use your influence in

By ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An ambitious new White House cybersecurity strategy calls for bolstering protections of critical sectors and making software companies legally liable when their products don’t meet basic standards. The 35-page document released Thursday promises to use “all instruments of national power” to pre-empt cyberattacks. It

SHANGHAI — Bilibili: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press President Joe Biden’s administration is starting a push to get Congress to fund measures to help prosecute fraud in government coronavirus pandemic relief programs. The plans include measures to prevent future identity theft and help victims. The request is for $1.6 billion. A chunk of the money would go to

By MAE ANDERSON and TED SHAFFREY The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On a recent winter weekday at Penn Station Shoe Repair and Shoe Shine, men hop onto shoeshine chairs and pull out newspapers and phones to read while shoeshiners get to work applying polish and elbow grease to loafers, boots and other leather

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation has eased only slightly in the 20 countries that use the euro currency as the pain from higher costs for food and fuel persists. That’s giving the European Central Bank no reason to slow interest rate increases aimed at getting prices back under control.

SANTIAGO CHILE, Chile — SQM: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

LEUVEN, Belgium — Anheuser-Busch Inbev: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — When European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen visited Britain last week, some joked on social media: Can you please bring us some tomatoes? People in the U.K. have had to ration salad staples like tomatoes and cucumbers for the past two weeks amid a shortage of

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Communities around the world emitted more carbon dioxide in 2022 than in any other year on records dating to 1900, a result of air travel rebounding from the pandemic and more cities turning to coal as a low-cost source of power. Emissions of the climate-warming

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up its anti-inflation fight as much as feared. Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices retreated. Wall Street rose Wednesday for the

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A federal labor judge has ordered Starbucks to reinstate seven fired workers after finding that the company violated labor laws “hundreds of times” during a unionization campaign in Buffalo, New York. The decision was issued late Wednesday by Administrative Law Judge Michael Rosas of the National Labor Relations Board.

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. has approved a round of arms sales to Taiwan consisting of $619 million worth of munitions for F-16 fighter jets. It’s likely to be yet another point of friction between the U.S. and China, which claims the island as its own territory. The U.S.

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s agenda for this month’s meeting of the ceremonial national legislature: Revive the economy by encouraging consumers to spend more now that severe anti-virus controls have ended. Install a government of Xi loyalists to strengthen the ruling Communist Party’s control over the economy

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Three workers have been injured in a collapse at an underground coal mine in southern Montana with a history of safety violations. Musselshell County officials said Wednesday that the miners were about a mile inside Signal Peak Energy’s Bull Mountain mine when the area where they were working collapsed for unknown

CALGARY ALBERTA, Alberta — Enerflex: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — A Duke Energy Corp. subsidiary for North Carolina electric customers has asked state regulators to let it raise residential rates by 16.6% in the coming months largely to recover their fuel costs, particularly natural gas. Duke Energy Carolinas serves customers in western and central North Carolina, including Charlotte, Durham and the

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla says it will cut the cost of its next generation of vehicles in half, largely by using innovative manufacturing techniques and smaller factories. CEO Elon Musk and other executives outlined the goals during a 3 1/2-hour investor day presentation at Tesla’s Austin, Texas, headquarters Wednesday

ATLANTA — Repay Holdings: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. — Heritage-Crystal Clean: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

NOVI, Mich. — Stoneridge: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

NEWTON, Mass. — Diversified Healthcare: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

REDWOOD CITY, Calif. — Zuora: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — SunOpta: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SAN DIMAS, Calif. — American States Water: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

MAYFIELD VILLAGE, Ohio — Preformed Line: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

CEDARHURST, N.Y. — Postal Realty Trust: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

ERIE, Pa. — Erie Indemnity: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing the possibility that the Supreme Court will reject President Joe Biden’s plan for student loan forgiveness, the White House is aiming to turn the political heat toward Republicans while deflecting criticism from disappointed borrowers. At stake is the loyalty of young, college-educated voters

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DUBLIN — Jazz: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SAN FRANCISCO — Okta: Fiscal Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter on Wednesday unveiled a new policy prohibiting “violent speech” on its platform, though the rules appear very similar to guidelines against violent threats that the company had on its books before Elon Musk took it over. Among the updates, Twitter expanded its policy to

VANCOUVER, Wash. — Barrett: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

EATONTOWN, N.J. — Climb Global: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

BILLERICA, Mass. — ConforMIS: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Cytokinetics: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

WEST HENRIETTA, N.Y. — Vuzix: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

SAN DIEGO — Inseego: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — After sweeping through battles in statehouses across the country, the war against ESG investing is heating up in Congress. The Senate voted Wednesday to overturn a Labor Department rule allowing retirement plans to consider environmental, social and governance factors when making investment decisions, following a

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — A federal appeals court has cleared the way for the highly-contested construction in Nevada of the largest lithium mine in the U.S. The court is allowing construction while it considers whether the government illegally approved the mine in a rush to produce raw materials for electric

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for April delivery rose 64 cents to $77.69 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for May delivery rose 86 cents to $84.31 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for April delivery rose 3 cents to $2.67 a gallon. April heating oil rose 6 cents to $2.87 a gallon. April natural gas

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The newly elected president of Nigeria is the first person chosen to lead the country with less than 50% of the vote. And his rivals have yet to signal that they accept the legitimacy of the election. Suffice to say, the glass is not looking half

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad will testify in Congress next week about last month’s fiery Ohio derailment and the precautions the railroad takes to prevent similar crashes. The railroad said Wednesday that Alan Shaw will appear before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court seems ready to allow New Jersey to withdraw from a commission the state created decades ago with New York to combat mob influence at their joint port. During oral arguments both liberal and conservative justices suggested that the Garden State doesn’t need New York’s

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has dismissed claims against directors of McDonald’s in a shareholder lawsuit challenging their handling of sexual harassment by former CEO Steve Easterbrook and the company’s former top human resources executive. The judge ruled Wednesday that the lawsuit does not support an inference

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — The TV provider Dish Network continues to recover from a ransomware attack it said disrupted operations, internet sites and call centers. It says unspecified data was stolen and it is investigating if that includes the personal information of customers. In a notice to customers on its

By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge says NFL Coach Brian Flores can let a jury decide the merits of his discrimination claims against the league, the Denver Broncos, the New York Giants and the Houston Texans, but he must pursue his claims against the Miami Dolphins through arbitration. Judge

By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy, France and other nations in western Europe are grappling with a second year of too little rain and snow. In Italy’s case, the upcoming growing season is expected to be the first time in more than 30 years that the country has faced back-to-back years of

By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Medical licensing officials in multiple states are scrambling to stop nurses with fraudulent academic credentials from caring for patients, after three Florida schools were accused of selling thousands of bogus diplomas. New York regulators told 903 nurses in recent weeks to either surrender their licenses or

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Shipping companies have agreed to pay nearly $97 million to settle a lawsuit with a pipeline operator over a 2021 oil spill off the coast of Southern California. Amplify Energy, the Houston-based company that operates the pipeline, said Wednesday that companies associated with the M/V Danit and M/V Beijing had

MINNEAPOLIS — Winmark: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

COSTA MESA, Calif. — MeridianLink: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

ATLANTA (AP) — Pilots at Delta Air Lines have a new contract with hefty pay increases. The Air Line Pilots Association said Wednesday that 78% of Delta pilots who voted supported the contract. The union says the deal will raise pay by more than 30% over four years. Delta has about 15,000 pilots. With a

By JULIE CARR SMYTH and JOSH FUNK Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has proposed legislation that would make railroads, like the one involved in last month’s fiery crash and toxic chemical release in Ohio, subject to a series of new federal safety regulations and financial consequences. Regulators also

By YURAS KARMANAU, LIUDAS DAPKUS and VANESSA GERA Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Burnt-out Russian tanks seized by Ukrainian forces last year have gone on display in recent days in the capitals of the three Baltics states. Estonians, Latvians and Lithuanians are turning out to view them and snap photos in sympathy with the

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Sen. Bernie Sanders is raising the stakes in his effort to get Starbucks’ interim CEO Howard Schultz to testify at a Senate hearing about the company’s compliance with federal labor laws. Sanders, a Vermont Independent and chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, says the committee will vote March 8

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has added three executives to its new local media department as it prepares for a possible takeover of broadcasts for 17 teams amid the financial deterioration of the Bally and AT&T SportsNet regional sports networks. Doug Johnson was hired as senior vice president and executive producer of local

By The Associated Press A head-on collision between a passenger train and a freight train in Greece has killed dozens of people and injured scores more. Rail travel in Europe is a common and relatively affordable and convenient way for many Europeans to travel. It also has a good safety record overall, growing safer in

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Federal Aviation Administration is finally getting a chance to make the case for his stalled nomination. Phillip Washington testified Wednesday before a Senate committee that will eventually vote on his nomination. Senators are divided along party lines, with Republicans saying he doesn’t

By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — An ongoing row between the European Union and coastal Indian Ocean nations over sustainable tuna fishing continues to simmer after a resolution in early February temporarily banned the use of destructive driftnets. Civil society organizations sent a petition Wednesday to the EU’s oceans and environment commissioner,

By SEUNG MIN KIM and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says his labor secretary nominee, Julie Su, is a “real leader” who has supported unions, enforced worker safety and protected the victims of human trafficking. Su would replace the departing incumbent, former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. In remarks Wednesday at

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigerian President-elect Bola Tinubu has thanked his supporters and appealed to his rivals in remarks after he was declared the winner of last weekend’s presidential election. The announcement on Wednesday by election officials was likely to lead to a court challenge by the No. 2 and

By The Associated Press General Motors is making some performance-related job cuts among some of its salaried employees and executives. The Detroit automaker did not specify how many jobs would be eliminated, but did say it would impact a relatively small number of workers. GM has 81,000 salaried employees worldwide. In January GM Chair and

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s Parliament has given final approval for the Nordic country’s historic bid to join NATO. Lawmakers in the 200-seat legislature voted 184-7 to allow for Finland’s accession to the Western military alliance. Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin’s center-left government initiated the vote, seeking to secure the approval

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