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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. and the European Union are inching closer to settling a post-Brexit trade dispute that has…
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Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Police in riot gear began evicting climate activists Wednesday from a condemned…
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Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press The founder of FedEx, Fred Smith, believes that if you’ve done well, you should give back to the public interest.…
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Continue ReadingJEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico is off the hook for now from paying $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a sexually transmitted disease…
Continue ReadingBy JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is debating the lengths unions can go to when exerting pressure during a…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain largely stuck in a holding pattern ahead of potentially market-moving reports…
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Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 49 cents to $75.12 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery rose 45…
Continue ReadingFRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in the Nashville area by 2026. The…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to take effect next year, the…
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Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing strike that has disrupted patient care at two of New York City’s largest hospitals…
Continue ReadingWILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Traffic crashes in the U.S. cost society $340 billion in one year, or just over $1,000 for each of the country’s 328 million…
Continue ReadingTEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Investments in Israel’s tech sector dropped by nearly half in 2022, reflecting a global economic slowdown.…
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Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract.…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok’s CEO has met with European Union officials about strict new digital regulations in the…
Continue ReadingBy JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2005 pact by China, the…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing took more than 200 net orders for passenger airplanes in December to complete its best year since 2018, but…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — The Swiss town of Davos will host 52 heads of state and government and nearly 600 CEOs as the World Economic Forum hosts its annual…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led…
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Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Bed Bath & Beyond’s fiscal third-quarter sales fell by a third as the home goods company struggles to…
Continue ReadingWARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has argued strongly against the country’s adoption of the European Union’s common…
Continue ReadingBy KIM COOK Associated Press At first glance, Nina Edwards Anker’s sconces and chandeliers look like ancient scrolls of parchment or sheets of…
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Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coinbase is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, or about 950 jobs, in a second round…
Continue ReadingBy MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet After the holiday season, those “buy now, pay later” bills will come due. If you’ve taken on too much debt…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Small businesses face a mix of old and new challenges as 2023 begins. A looming recession, still…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — The CEO of energy company Uniper has decided to step down after the German government nationalized the gas supplier last month.…
Continue ReadingBy COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a proposal that would lower student debt payments…
Continue ReadingBy SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s statistics bureau says the nation is continuing to battle surging inflation amid a…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Several hundred climate activists have tried to prevent heavy machinery from reaching…
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Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday, boosted by a rally on Wall Street that came ahead of…
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Continue ReadingNEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Graduate teachers and researchers at Yale University have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Results released Monday…
Continue ReadingDALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is making a number of executive promotions, but nobody is getting fired after thousands of flights were canceled…
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Continue ReadingMINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s family is ready to take applications from businesses for grants funded by money from their wrongful death…
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Continue ReadingMOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Equipment manufacturer John Deere and the American Farm Bureau Federation have signed an agreement that ensures farmers and…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks gave up early gains and drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street. Weakness in health care companies worsened throughout…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Duck Creek, Rite Aid rise; Macy’s, Lululemon…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 86 cents to $74.63 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for March delivery rose…
Continue ReadingMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico ended 2022 with 7.82% annual inflation, the highest rate in more than two decades. What Mexican families felt most was…
Continue ReadingBy CARA RUBINSKY Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — From an AI oven that promises to warn you when your food is about to burn to a mixing bowl…
Continue ReadingROME (AP) — Russian oil company Lukoil say it has reached an agreement for the sale of a refinery plant in Sicily. Thousands of refinery workers…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company continues selling off its BYD shares despite the positive…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The number of traffic deaths on U.S. roadways fell slightly during the first nine months of 2022, but…
Continue ReadingBy MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging McDonald’s former CEO Stephen Easterbrook with making…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has rejected an Israeli spyware maker’s bid to derail a high-profile lawsuit filed by the WhatsApp messaging…
Continue ReadingBY JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer New guidelines suggest children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively. The…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a “Full…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press KB Home reports quarterly results Wednesday. The Labor Department releases its December snapshot of inflation at the consumer…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an “anomaly”…
Continue ReadingBy LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Inflation has a way of affecting nearly every aspect of our finances. Big jumps in tax brackets could save you money,…
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Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British government ministers have met trade union leaders but have fallen short of ending a wave of…
Continue ReadingBy HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list…
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Continue ReadingBy JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses went on strike Monday at two of New York City’s major hospitals after…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that traders hope will…
Continue ReadingFARMINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Joseph Hardy III, founder of the 84 Lumber chain of building materials stores and developer of the Nemacolin resort, has…
Continue ReadingBy JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s president says NATO-led peacekeepers in Kosovo have rejected its demand for…
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader has awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor…
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Continue ReadingBy HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The Russian military claimed Sunday to have carried out deadly missile strikes on barracks…
Continue ReadingBy JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LE PECQ, France (AP) — The question for France’s president about his teenage romance with a teacher at his…
Continue ReadingBy FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for…
Continue ReadingMore than 1,000 striking CNH Industrial workers in Iowa and Wisconsin have rejected the “final offer” from the maker of construction and…
Continue ReadingBy ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police have arrested an unruly airline passenger following a complaint by a woman aboard…
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