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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sweden’s center-right coalition government says it will present legislation which will enable the construction of new nuclear…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — A report by the World Economic Forum says climate change is the global economy’s biggest…

By 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…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday ahead of a closely watched report on U.S. inflation viewed as a…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Like the tobacco, oil, gun, opioid and vaping industries before them, the big U.S. social media…

By 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.…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is on track to max out on its $31.4 trillion borrowing…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they’re going to require more operators that carry air passengers to adopt so-called safety…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring. A lingering bird flu…

JEFFERSON 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…

By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is debating the lengths unions can go to when exerting pressure during a…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain largely stuck in a holding pattern ahead of potentially market-moving reports…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., up 45 cents to $2.07. The home…

NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a former Coinbase product manager was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Tuesday in what federal prosecutors have…

By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of…

The 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…

FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in the Nashville area by 2026. The…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to take effect next year, the…

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with…

By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vendors selling hiking apparel, e-bikes, zippers and other outdoor gear gathered in Utah this…

By BERT WILKINSON The Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana says there’s 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing strike that has disrupted patient care at two of New York City’s largest hospitals…

WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle…

DETROIT (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…

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Investments in Israel’s tech sector dropped by nearly half in 2022, reflecting a global economic slowdown.…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Cocaine is spreading at an alarming rate through Europe, much of it through the world ports…

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state will have a $22.5 billion budget deficit.…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Labor organizers hope this will be the year that Starbucks’ U.S. workers finally negotiate a union contract.…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — TikTok’s CEO has met with European Union officials about strict new digital regulations in the…

By JIM GOMEZ Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine Supreme Court has declared unconstitutional a 2005 pact by China, the…

By 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…

GENEVA (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…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The global economy will come “perilously close” to a recession this year, led…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and DAVID MCHUGH Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve has only a limited role to play in combating…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Bed Bath & Beyond’s fiscal third-quarter sales fell by a third as the home goods company struggles to…

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s prime minister has argued strongly against the country’s adoption of the European Union’s common…

By KIM COOK Associated Press At first glance, Nina Edwards Anker’s sconces and chandeliers look like ancient scrolls of parchment or sheets of…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Warm weather is helping Europe keep the lights and heat on this winter despite Russia…

By SUSAN HAIGH and PAT EATON-ROBB Associated Press MONTVILLE, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut’s first round of recreational cannabis sales for adults 21…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Coinbase is cutting approximately 20% of its workforce, or about 950 jobs, in a second round…

By 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…

By 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…

BERLIN (AP) — The CEO of energy company Uniper has decided to step down after the German government nationalized the gas supplier last month.…

By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is moving forward with a proposal that would lower student debt payments…

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Egypt’s statistics bureau says the nation is continuing to battle surging inflation amid a…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press LUETZERATH, Germany (AP) — Several hundred climate activists have tried to prevent heavy machinery from reaching…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne has unveiled a contentious pension overhaul aimed at…

By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Allen Weisselberg, a longtime executive for Donald Trump ’s business empire, was taken into…

By COLLEEN LONG and CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — President Joe Biden,  Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans began their tenure in the majority Monday by passing a bill that would…

NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) — Graduate teachers and researchers at Yale University have overwhelmingly voted to unionize. Results released Monday…

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines is making a number of executive promotions, but nobody is getting fired after thousands of flights were canceled…

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency announced Monday that it has reached an…

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — George Floyd’s family is ready to take applications from businesses for grants funded by money from their wrongful death…

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — An estimated $1.1 billion Mega Millions jackpot drawing Tuesday night has people lined…

MOLINE, Ill. (AP) — Equipment manufacturer John Deere and the American Farm Bureau Federation have signed an agreement that ensures farmers and…

The Associated Press Stocks gave up early gains and drifted to a mixed close on Wall Street. Weakness in health care companies worsened throughout…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Duck Creek, Rite Aid rise; Macy’s, Lululemon…

The 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…

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico ended 2022 with 7.82% annual inflation, the highest rate in more than two decades. What Mexican families felt most was…

By 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…

ROME (AP) — Russian oil company Lukoil say it has reached an agreement for the sale of a refinery plant in Sicily. Thousands of refinery workers…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company continues selling off its BYD shares despite the positive…

By 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…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging McDonald’s former CEO Stephen Easterbrook with making…

BY JONEL ALECCIA AP Health Writer New guidelines suggest children struggling with obesity should be evaluated and treated early and aggressively. The…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A tweet from Elon Musk indicating that Tesla might allow some owners who are testing a “Full…

By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A mission to launch the first satellites into orbit from Western Europe suffered an “anomaly”…

By 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,…

By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press KRAMATORSK, Ukraine (AP) — Officials at a vocational school in an eastern Ukraine city dismissed claims by…

By CHALIDA EKVITTHAYAVECHNUKUL and TIAN McLEOD JI Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Three Cabinet ministers welcomed Chinese tourists with flowers…

By COLLEEN LONG and MARIA VERZA Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andres Manuel López Obrador is challenging U.S. President…

By BRITTANY PETERSON Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mottled bright green leaves of a pothos plant stood out against the flashy expanse of…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British government ministers have met trade union leaders but have fallen short of ending a wave of…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — China will not include Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment drug in a national reimbursement list…

By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — A Prague court has acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million…

By JAMEY KEATEN and MUNIR AHMED Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of countries and international institutions have pledged more than $9 billion…

By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Thousands of nurses went on strike Monday at two of New York City’s major hospitals after…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Stock markets were mixed Tuesday ahead of a U.S. inflation update that traders hope will…

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The Bosnian Serb separatist leader has awarded Russian President Vladimir Putin with the highest medal of honor…

By HALELUYA HADERO and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Is the metaverse closer than we think? It depends on who you ask at CES, where…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NASSAU, Bahamas (AP) — Dressed in a canary blue suit on a warm December night, sweat dripping from his brow, Bishop…

More than 1,000 striking CNH Industrial workers in Iowa and Wisconsin have rejected the “final offer” from the maker of construction and…