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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer FedEx, Rivian Automotive, and DraftKings have joined a growing list of U.S. corporations announcing job cuts.…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer FedEx, Rivian Automotive, and DraftKings have joined a growing list of U.S. corporations announcing job cuts.…
Continue ReadingBy JOE REEDY AP Sports Writer CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — Apple has kicked off a 10-year partnership with Major League Soccer with the launch of…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before the artificial intelligence tool ChatGPT was unleashed into the world, the…
Continue ReadingLIMOURS, France (AP) — Ukraine’s defense minister says Ukrainian lives will be saved by a sophisticated air-defense radar that France is…
Continue ReadingBy MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — A top U.S. health official has urged the World Health Organization to address allegations that one…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — AMC Entertainment Holdings has decided to exit Saudi Arabia’s fast-growing market amid heavy competition less…
Continue ReadingPRAGUE (AP) — Officials in the Czech Republic say the government will end checks on the country’s border with Slovakia that were renewed last…
Continue ReadingBy WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press Local climate activists in Congo are hoping Pope Francis’ visit will help spur action to protect the…
Continue ReadingBOSTON (AP) — The founder of a cryptocurrency and virtual payment services company who authorities say cheated dozens of investors and customers…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. job openings rose to 11 million in December, a sign the American labor market remains…
Continue ReadingBy JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has traveled to Rabat along with 11 ministers…
Continue ReadingBy SUZAN FRASER and JARI TANNER Associated Press ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s president has reaffirmed that Turkey won’t allow Sweden to…
Continue ReadingTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The government of the Netherlands says a cow that died recently on a Dutch farm has tested positive for mad cow…
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Big Brothers Big Sisters America CEO Artis Stevens says the 119-year-old nonprofit long known for…
Continue ReadingSOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — The presidents of Bulgaria and Serbia have launched the construction of the Bulgarian part of a gas link that is designed to…
Continue ReadingBy VADIM GHIRDA and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Wednesday upheld a second 30-day detention for…
Continue ReadingBy MILES BRANMAN Edmunds If you live in a colder climate, winter tires will add safety and confidence to your drives. Edmunds shares the key reasons…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet While some travelers cringe at the thought of greasy sausages and bland eggs served at the free hotel breakfast buffet,…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — A top European Union official has told Elon Musk that Twitter needs to make progress in preparing for new digital regulations aimed…
Continue ReadingBy KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s Central Bank has set a new exchange rate that effectively devalues the country’s…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Hindenburg Research is a financial research firm with an explosive name and a track record of sending the stock prices of its…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia is mustering its military might in the Luhansk region of Ukraine, officials said…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. Supreme Court has ruled that a viewing platform at London’s Tate Modern art gallery…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — As if running a restaurant during a pandemic wasn’t tough enough, Christopher Wong also…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Apple and Google say they disagree with a Commerce Department report accusing them of…
Continue ReadingBy KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have begun their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration.…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Europe’s inflation rate has dipped at the start of the year, giving some relief to consumers but…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several new clean energy initiatives in her annual…
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government plans to ramp up capital spending by 33% in a…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German beer sales rose in 2022 after COVID-19 restrictions weighed on brewers in the previous two years.…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Up to half a million workers are estimated to be on strike across the U.K. in the biggest day of…
Continue ReadingBy JOE Mcdonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained Thursday after the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy is moving…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has logged its biggest monthly trade deficit ever, at $12.7 billion in…
Continue ReadingBy KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong banned CBD as a “dangerous drug” and imposed harsh penalties for its possession on…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — General Motors has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas in a deal…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers. Democratic…
Continue ReadingBy LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not so long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to talk…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Wall Street closed out a strong January with more gains. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Tuesday, marking its third winning month in…
Continue ReadingIn just the past month there have been about 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree over…
Continue ReadingSAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — PayPal Inc. says it will trim about 7% of its total workforce, or about 2,000 full-time workers, as the digital payments…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Caterpillar Inc., down $9.21 to $252.29. The construction…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 97 cents to $78.87 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery fell 41…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — One of Penguin Random House’s top executives, U.S. CEO Madeline McIntosh, is stepping down. Her decision comes just weeks after…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Fifteen grade school students in Mexico have been treated after apparently taking part in an internet “challenge” in which…
Continue ReadingBy MATT O’BRIEN and JOCELYN GECKER SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The maker of ChatGPT is trying to curb its reputation as a freewheeling cheating…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTINA LARSON AP Science Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The dodo bird isn’t coming back anytime soon. Nor is the woolly mammoth. But a company…
Continue ReadingATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s main opposition party says it won’t participate in parliamentary votes until a general election is held…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — HarperCollins Publishers will cut its workforce by 5% in the U.S. and Canada by the end of…
Continue ReadingBRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia’s parliament has approved Sept. 30 as the date for an early election in the country. Ninety-two…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is imposing sanctions on a group of people and organizations connected to Myanmar’s…
Continue ReadingPRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — The United States has reassured Kosovars that it wouldn’t support the creation of a Serb-majority ministate in Kosovo…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Mark Gillispie, a veteran journalist who wrote about many of Ohio’s biggest stories during a four-decade career…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s economy slowed in the last quarter of 2022 but still managed to advance by 0.4%, bringing economic expansion for…
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Satellites, drones and airplanes equipped with infrared cameras will likely be the backbone of…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer American consumers are kicking off 2023 slightly less confident than they were at the end of last year as inflation…
Continue ReadingBy NICOLE WINFIELD, JEAN-YVES KAMALE and CHRISTINA MALKIA Associated Press KINSHASA, Congo (AP) — Pope Francis is demanding that foreign powers…
Continue ReadingBy JIM RENDON of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Over his six years at the Southern Poverty Law Center, Esteban Gil watched…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency is investigating complaints that windshield trim panels can fly off of Ford Explorers…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers The U.S. Justice Department has requested documents from Tesla related to its Autopilot and…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pay and benefits for America’s workers grew at a healthy but more gradual pace…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY HO and GARANCE BURKE Associated Press PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Justice Department has been scrutinizing a controversial artificial…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Myanmar’s generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government,…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express is launching a suite of financial service products for small businesses as it…
Continue ReadingBy BECKY BOHRER and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step…
Continue ReadingBy SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine won support Tuesday from Baltic nations and Poland in its quest to obtain Western…
Continue ReadingBy TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by predicting bigger-than-expected sales drops this year for two key products:…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Adult Happy Meals and other limited-time promotions boosted traffic at McDonald’s restaurants during the…
Continue ReadingBy CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil posted record annual profits in 2022 as consumers globally struggled with high…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has appealed to his Dutch counterpart to defend free trade after the Netherlands and Japan agreed to…
Continue ReadingBy KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Nearly a quarter of millennials (22%) are living with their parents, and more than half of those living with them (55%)…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Rising factory output led to strong U.S. sales at the end of last year, pushing General Motors’…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government is accusing Washington of pursuing “technology…
Continue ReadingBy MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan is appealing to the United Nations’ highest court to urgently order…
Continue ReadingBy KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, has seen his companies shed $68 billion in market value in…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has showcased a $292 million mega grant that’ll be used to help build a…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy scraped out meager gains at the end of last year as galloping…
Continue ReadingBRUSSELS (AP) — More than 10,000 people have protested through central Brussels to demand better working conditions and more pay in the care sector…
Continue ReadingBy CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Experts are warning that Nigeria’s push to replace its paper money with newly…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE GANLEY, JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an estimated 1.27 million people have…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after Wall Street rose ahead of what traders hope will…
Continue ReadingBy GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon Tuesday: It delivered its final 747 jumbo jet. Since it debuted in…
Continue ReadingBEIJING (AP) — A survey shows Chinese factory activity rebounded in January, adding to signs the world’s second-largest economy might be…
Continue ReadingSEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics says its profit for the last quarter plummeted nearly 70% as a weak global economy depressed demand…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for the global economy is growing slightly brighter as China eases its zero-COVID…
Continue ReadingBy ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The future of the nation’s nearly $900 billion trucking industry could be shaped in…
Continue ReadingBy AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is estimating that it could collect as much as $4.7 billion from…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Ira “Bob” Born, a candy company executive known as the “Father of Peeps” for mechanizing the process to…
Continue ReadingBy ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A federal prosecutor says a wealthy Russian businessman and associates made tens of millions…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has upheld the state’s “Clean Car Rule,” which ties…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: SoFi Technologies Inc., up 74 cents to $6.68. The financial…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street ahead of a week full of potentially market-moving events. The S&P 500 fell 1.3% Monday as…
Continue ReadingBy FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Treasury Department said Monday it plans to increase its borrowing during the first three…
Continue ReadingBy CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A new Tampa Bay Rays ballpark will be built as part of a massive redevelopment…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell $1.78 to $77.90 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for March delivery fell $1.76 to…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — More than 1,000 flights were cancelled and many more delayed as Texas and nearby states dealt with freezing temperatures and wintry…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor has been sentenced to nearly 17 years in federal prison and ordered to pay $30 million. Frank Patino was…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Boeing is trying to ramp up production of its 737 Max to take advantage of a backlog in orders for the jet. A Boeing…
Continue ReadingBy RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer Using name, image and likeness compensation to recruit college athletes is still very much against NCAA…
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