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By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global investors are watching nervously as one of China’s biggest real estate developers…
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Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD and HUIZHONG WU Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s “zero tolerance” strategy of trying to isolate every case and…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A European Parliament trade official says Australia’s cancellation of a French…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ and ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India, the world’s largest vaccine producer, will resume exports and…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer A ransomware attack has forced a cooperative of Iowa corn and soy farmers to take their computer systems offline.…
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Continue ReadingThe Associated Press U.S. stocks had their biggest drop since May as traders worried about potential ripple effects if a debt-laden Chinese real…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Chevron, D.R. Horton fall; Pfizer, Brooks Automation…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — A Rome court has rejected a request by Venezuela to extradite its former oil czar to face corruption charges, citing the country’s…
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Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer General Motors says production has resumed on battery modules that are used in recalled Chevrolet Bolt electric…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Twitter said Monday it will pay $809.5 million to settle a consolidated class action…
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Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Have awards show ratings hit rock bottom? It may be too early to tell, but CBS’ telecast of the Emmys on Sunday attracted…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rising costs and shortages of building materials and labor are rippling across the homebuilding…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union’s top court has ordered Poland to pay a daily fine of 500,000 euros ($586,000) until it complies…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve is expected this week to send its clearest signal yet that it will…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Environmental protesters pressuring the British government to insulate all homes within a decade have…
Continue ReadingBy ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In a major easing of pandemic travel restrictions, the U.S. will allow foreigners to fly into the…
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Continue ReadingHENRICO, Va. (AP) — Striking union members have voted to accept a new four-year collective bargaining agreement with snack company Mondelez…
Continue ReadingBy GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The front-runner in Germany’s election has appeared before lawmakers during the final week of…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — London’s subway has opened two new stations in the network’s first expansion since the 1990s. It’s an expansion that Mayor…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving to protect workers and communities from extreme heat. The…
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Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N.’s intellectual property agency says innovation marched forward last year despite the…
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Deciding when to take Social Security benefits can make a huge difference in the amount of money you’ll have in…
Continue ReadingBy LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer says its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11. The vaccine maker said Monday it plans to…
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Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Computer-maker HP, consumer goods business Procter & Gamble and coffee capsule company Nespresso have joined a corporate pledge…
Continue ReadingBy DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s business secretary says there is no danger that people won’t be able to heat their…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING and NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities say they have found no evidence that the…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Harry Potter fans came dressed as wizards as Universal Studios opened its first theme park in China under anti-virus controls. The…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have fallen, with Tokyo down 2%, as worries about heavily indebted Chinese real…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press The Federal Reserve delivers its latest economic and interest rate policy update Wednesday. Nike reports its fiscal…
Continue ReadingBy ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer China has set new rules limiting the amount of time kids can spend playing online games. The new rules are part of a…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — French and Australian officials say France’s anger over a canceled submarine contract…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares have fallen more than 3% in Hong Kong in holiday-thinned trading in Asia, with both Tokyo and…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is travelling to the United States with senior Cabinet officials…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s government spokesman says President Emmanuel Macron will speak in the coming days…
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Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says France would have known Australia had…
Continue ReadingBy RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Officials in both the U.S. and the European Union are struggling with the same question. That is how…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — A former classmate has testified that one of the students prosecutors say was admitted to the University of Southern California with…
Continue ReadingBy SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ABIQUIU, N.M. (AP) — The Rio Chama begins at the edge of the Rocky Mountains and courses through rugged…
Continue ReadingBARAGA, Mich. (AP) — Fred Dakota has died at age 84 after creating a milestone for Native American gambling by opening a garage casino in Michigan…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — An Air France-KLM flight has returned to Beijing shortly after takeoff after smoke filled the cabin. The airline said Saturday the…
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Continue ReadingBy ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Democrats face a daunting assignment. They’re trying to complete a $3.5…
Continue ReadingBy ROD McGUIRK and ELAINE GANLEY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France’s foreign minister has denounced what he called the “duplicity, disdain…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A judge formally approved a plan Friday to turn OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma into a new company no longer owned…
Continue ReadingCORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — Federal officials say they will investigate a fiery Tesla crash that left two people dead in South Florida. The National…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — A former executive at pharmaceutical company Mylan has pleaded guilty to insider trading in the company’s securities. The Justice…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The World Bank has dropped a popular report that ranked countries by how welcoming they are…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Friday, marking a feeble ending to an up-and-down week of trading.The S&P 500 index fell…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Protagonist, Schlumberger fall; Invesco, Thermo Fisher…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France has recalled its ambassador to the United States in an unprecedented show of anger that…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingSEATTLE (AP) — A Pakistan resident has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for a conspiracy to “unlock” phones from AT&T’s network,…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s unemployment rate declined slightly in August as the state added 104,300…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has funded organizations that received the most money for racial equity in 27…
Continue ReadingBy SOPHENG CHEANG Associated Press PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Cambodia’s prime minister has boasted of barging uninvited into a video conference…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden entered the White House promising to stop the twin health and…
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Police say a host at a popular New York City restaurant was assaulted by three women from Texas…
Continue ReadingBy SARAH EL DEEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s incoming finance minister has signed a contract with a New York-based company to…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — Boston’s famous Skinny House has sold for a nice fat price. Zillow reports that the home that hit the market in August for $1.2…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations says cuts in greenhouse gas emissions so far pledged by governments…
Continue ReadingBy ELLEN KNICKMEYER and MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to hammer out the world’s next steps…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations says a new report shows the world is on a “catastrophic pathway”…
Continue ReadingST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota regulators have ordered Enbridge to pay more than $3 million for allegedly violating state environmental law by…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — During his time as Union Pacific’s CEO, Lance Fritz has had to find ways to keep the freight…
Continue ReadingTURIN, Italy (AP) — Juventus has reported a loss of 210 million euros for the 2020-21 financial year. The loss is attributed mainly to the…
Continue ReadingBy ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press LA PINE, Ore. (AP) — From dusty towns to forests in the West, illegal marijuana growers are taking water in…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE and LAURAN NEERGAARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An influential federal advisory panel has overwhelmingly rejected a plan…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Berlin’s city government says it is buying some 14,750 apartments from two large corporate landlords for 2.46 billion euros ($2.9…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government is simplifying its rules for international travel to England during the…
Continue ReadingPARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has unveiled a mock-up of the next generation of greener super high-speed trains, known in France as…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — United Airlines suffered a brief system outage and the Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop of…
Continue ReadingBy DARIA LITVINOVA and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Facing pressure from the Kremlin, Apple and Google removed an opposition-created…
Continue ReadingBy RISHI LEKHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Youth members of India’s main opposition Congress party have clashed with police during a street…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — Former officials of the World Bank are under pressure after an investigation found that they pressured staff members to alter…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Chicago-based aerospace giant Boeing Co. will invest $200 million to…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press House Democrats said Friday they planned to take action next week to suspend the cap on the government’s borrowing…
Continue ReadingBy PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Clive Sinclair, the British inventor and entrepreneur who arguably did more than anyone else to inspire…
Continue ReadingBy PHILIPP JENNE Associated Press VIENNA (AP) — A civil trial has opened in Austria over the government’s handling of a coronavirus outbreak…
Continue ReadingBy JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A bronze statue was unveiled in Hungary’s capital on Thursday which its creators say is…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — Chinese regulators have set up a platform that allows the public to report on gaming companies they believe are violating…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Friday, marking a feeble ending to an up-and-down week of…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China has applied to join an 11-nation Asia-Pacific free trade group in an effort to increase its influence over international…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — British presenter Piers Morgan will join News Corp and Fox News Media and host a TV show that will air in the U.S., Britain and…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Facebook has removed nearly 150 accounts and pages linked to anti-lockdown demonstrators in Germany Thursday under…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks couldn’t hold on to a brief afternoon gain and wound up ending mostly lower Thursday. The S&P 500 and the Dow Jones…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Timken, Newmont fall, Gap, Lennar…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Massachusetts is fining MassMutual $4 million after accusing the company of failing to supervise an employee…
Continue ReadingBy COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian workers in both the public and private sectors will be obliged to provide a health pass to…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The director of Covered California says he will step down early next year. Peter Lee has…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group is calling for a boycott of Hilton hotels over what it says are plans to build a hotel on the site of…
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