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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — In a little over four years, new heavy truck makers will have to cut harmful nitrogen oxide pollution more than 80% under standards released Tuesday by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Some environmental and health advocates praised the requirements but others said they don’t go far

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, California (AP) — Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Facebook’s parent company Meta, took the witness stand Tuesday in a trial over U.S. antitrust regulators’ effort to stop the tech giant from buying a virtual reality startup called Within Unlimited. At issue is whether Meta’s acquisition of the

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Associated Press review finds that gambling interests positioning for lucrative business in Ohio’s developing betting landscape gave nearly $1 million to a nonprofit that helped Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine get reelected. Donations to the Republican Governors Association between January 2021 and this September

LONDON (AP) — Computer chip and software maker Broadcom’s $61 billion deal to buy cloud technology company VMware faces careful scrutiny from European Union regulators who said they’re concerned the deal could limit competition. The EU’s executive Commission said Tuesday it has opened an in-depth investigation because of concerns the acquisition would restrict competition for

By NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — TikTok would be banned from most U.S. government devices under a spending bill Congress unveiled early Tuesday, the latest push by American lawmakers against the Chinese-owned social media app. The $1.7 trillion package includes requirements for the Biden administration to prohibit most uses of TikTok or any

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s congressional delegation is using a federal spending bill to delay new lobster fishing restrictions aimed at helping endangered whales. An amendment to the $1.7 trillion spending package unveiled early Tuesday would leave existing lobster fishing rules in place for six years, thwarting stricter regulations aimed

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumer banking giant Wells Fargo agreed to pay $3.7 billion to settle charges that it harmed customers by charging illegal fees and interest on auto loans and mortgages, as well as incorrectly applying overdraft fees against savings and checking accounts. Wells was ordered to repay $2

BERLIN (AP) — The German government said Tuesday that it will allow health insurance companies to pay more for pediatric medications that are in short supply in the country. Germans have been scrambling to find basic drugs such as painkillers in recent weeks due to delivery bottlenecks and higher-than-usual demand. Health Minister Karl Lauterbach said

Associated Press The Bank of Japan broadened caps for a benchmark government bond yield, a surprise move that pushed bond yields higher globally and dinged Asian stocks. The central bank on Tuesday said that it would allow the yield curve on the 10-year Japanese Government Bond to range 50 basis points either side of its

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional leaders have unveiled a $1.7 trillion bill to fund the government. The measure released early Tuesday includes another large round of aid to Ukraine, a nearly 10% boost in defense spending and roughly $40 billion in emergency spending, mostly to assist communities across the country recovering

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese court has ruled that a 45-year-old nuclear reactor can continue to operate, rejecting demands by residents that it be suspended because of safety risks. The decision supports the government’s push for greater use of nuclear energy because of possible global fuel shortages and the country’s

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will not offer more money to nurses and ambulance crews to end strikes that are piling pressure on an already overstretched health system. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Conservative administration is under pressure to increase its pay offer to health care workers who

By KELVIN CHAN and HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writers Amazon will make major changes to its business practices to end competition probes in Europe by giving customers more visible choices when buying products and, for Prime members, more delivery options. The EU’s executive Commission said Tuesday it accepted the legally binding commitments from Amazon to

DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government’s road safety agency says it is investigating allegations that Hertz rented vehicles to customers without getting required recall repairs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said Tuesday that it has information indicating Hertz rented vehicles with unrepaired safety recalls. The agency says that would violate the federal Motor Vehicle

By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — When Kevin Erickson fires up his 1972 Plymouth Satellite, a faint hum replaces what is normally the sound of pistons pumping, gas coursing through the carburetor and the low thrum of the exhaust. Even though it’s nearly silent, the classic American muscle car isn’t broken. It’s electric.

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Wang Yu, hailed by the U.S. as an International Woman of Courage, has already been arrested, imprisoned and harassed by the Chinese Communist Party for her work as a human rights lawyer representing activists, Uyghur scholars and Falun Gong practitioners. This year, her movements within her

By RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press HYDERABAD, India (AP) — After a pair of Islamist bombings rocked the south-central Indian city of Hyderabad in 2013, officials rushed to install 5,000 CCTV cameras to bolster security. Now there are nearly 700,000 in and around the metropolis. The most striking symbol of the city’s rise as a

By GARANCE BURKE, JOSEF FEDERMAN, HUIZHONG WU, KRUTIKA PATHI and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic. “We

By GARANCE BURKE, JOSEF FEDERMAN, HUIZHONG WU, KRUTIKA PATHI and ROD McGUIRK Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem’s Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone. “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic. “We

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Biker boss Nick Martin’s murder at a speedway in Perth, Australia, left police a trove of evidence that led them to the culprit: a thrill-seeker turned gun-for-hire. But they wanted more. The coronavirus pandemic provided it in the form of an electronic dragnet: QR code check-in

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a modestly higher close on Wall Street as concerns over pressures on global growth tempered gains in the absence of major data releases. Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei 225 index slipped 0.2%, to 26,395.49, a day after the Bank of

By JOSH BOAK, BRIAN SLODYSKO, LISA MASCARO and MEG KINNARD Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS failed to pursue mandatory audits of Donald Trump on a timely basis during his presidency, a congressional panel found on Tuesday, raising questions about statements by the former president and leading members of his administration who claimed he

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — The first visit by an Australian foreign minister to China in four years is raising hopes that Australia will make progress on ending trade sanctions and freeing two Australian citizens detained in China. But Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong cautioned on Tuesday before leaving that some of the thorny issues between

By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong leader John Lee said he will meet China’s President Xi Jinping to report on the city’s political, economic and COVID-19 situations during his visit in Beijing this week. Lee promised to reflect Hong Kongers’ hopes to reopen the border with mainland China, but he

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A new operator, Hard Rock International, is now running the iconic Mirage resort on the Las Vegas Strip. Nevada state gambling regulators approved a nearly $1.1 billion deal with former site owner MGM Resorts International on Friday and the change-of-hands happened Monday. Florida-based Hard Rock International

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Caring for sick children has become extra stressful recently for many U.S. parents due to shortages of Children’s Tylenol and other medicines. Doctors and other experts say the problem could persist through the winter cold-and-flu season but should not last as long as other recent shortages of baby formula

The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street as investors brace for higher interest rates from central banks to fight inflation. The S&P 500 lost 0.9% Monday, the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite lost 1.5% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.5%. Major indexes are coming off two weeks of losses. Facebook’s parent company sank

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla Inc., down 36 cents to $149.87. A majority of Twitter users in a poll want the electric vehicle maker’s CEO, Elon Musk, to step down as head of the social media company. L3Harris Technologies Inc., down $7.72 to $205.55. The

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Several of Indiana’s major employers want their local utilities to make it easier for them to buy power generated by wind and solar farms so they can move closer to their renewable energy goals. Cummins, Salesforce, Roche and other companies joined with the cities of Indianapolis and Bloomington in signing a recent

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Mondelez International said Monday it’s selling its U.S., Canadian and European gum business to Perfetti Van Melle Group for $1.35 billion. Chicago-based Mondelez said the deal includes its Trident, Bubblicious, Dentyne and Chiclets gum brands as well as manufacturing facilities in Illinois and Poland. Perfetti is a privately owned

By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — Cyprus’ energy minister says a pipeline conveying Israeli natural gas to the island nation where it would be liquefied for export by ship is an option the government is weighing on how to get east Mediterranean gas to Europe and elsewhere amid the energy crisis prompted

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose 90 cents to $75.19 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for February delivery rose 76 cents to $79.80 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery rose 5 cents to $2.18 a gallon. January heating oil fell 7 cents to $3.05 a gallon. January natural gas

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s Secretary of State, Kyle Ardoin, announced Monday that he is banning TikTok on all devices issued by the Department of State. In addition, the Republican urged Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards to follow suit and immediately ban the use of the popular video sharing

LYON, France (AP) — American businessman John Textor has completed his takeover of French league club Lyon. The sale was initially set for September but was pushed back several times. Under the deal, Textor’s Eagle Football is acquiring a stake of 77.49% in the club. The agreement with Textor’s Eagle Football Holdings provides for a

Since Elon Musk took control of Twitter in late October, confusion over what is, and what is not allowed on the platform, even what a verified account is, has run rampant. Rules and policies can change daily, or even hourly. Little of what’s transpired at Twitter in almost two months under Musk’s leadership has anything

BERLIN (AP) — Germany and France on Monday backed calls to boost Europe’s own green industries in a bid to counter financial aid that the United States has put in place for American manufacturers. The European Union has warned of a possible trans-Atlantic trade war over the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, a $369 billion plan

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company is adding the son of one of its former directors to its board. Berkshire Hathaway said Monday that Thomas Murphy Jr. who co-founded a private equity firm called Crestview Partners, will join its board. His dad, Thomas Murphy, was a longtime friend

BERLIN (AP) — Shareholders of German energy company Uniper have approved a rescue package for the gas supplier, clearing the way for its nationalization. The government announced its plan to nationalize Uniper in September, expanding state intervention in the energy industry to prevent an energy shortage resulting from Russia’s war in Ukraine. The deal built

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Stellantis and U.S. safety regulators have confirmed that an exploding Takata air bag inflator has killed another driver. The company and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reiterated warnings to owners of 274,000 older Dodge and Chrysler vehicles to stop driving them until faulty inflators are

By The Associated Press The maker of the popular Fortnite video game will pay $520 million in penalties and refunds to settle complaints revolving around children’s privacy and its payment methods that tricked players into making unintended purchases, U.S. federal regulators said Monday. The Federal Trade Commission reached the settlements to resolve two cases against

By DAVID SHARP Associated Press SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — For all the worries about inflation and the economy, Americans aren’t scrimping on a centerpiece of many celebrations this holiday season: the Christmas tree. Retailers from Home Depot and Lowes to mom and pop operations raised their prices on trees — but people are still

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — The housing market has slowed sharply this year as mortgage rates surged to a 20-year high, squeezing homebuyers’ purchasing power. Mortgage applications have fallen about 53% from January through November, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. And sales of previously occupied homes are running at

The Associated Press Nike reports quarterly results Tuesday. The National Association of Realtors delivers its November tally of U.S. home sales Wednesday. The Commerce Department releases its monthly snapshot of consumer spending Friday.

By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Delayed flights. Missing deliveries. Broken products. At any given time, you likely have a handful of reasons to reach out to a company and lodge a complaint. But if you really want your voice — and your requests for how you want the problem remedied — to be heard, you

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer The European Union on Monday accused Facebook parent Meta of breaching antitrust rules by distorting competition in the online classified ads business, the bloc’s latest maneuver to curb the power of Big Tech companies. In its complaint following an investigation launched last year, the EU’s executive commission took issue

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Since the pandemic, Elizabeth Hulanick has turned to toys from her childhood to relieve stress. She and her co-workers chip in to buy Legos at Target and play at their desks. She also started playing with Silly Putty again, noting she felt comforted by the

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union ministers have finalized a long-awaited deal to implement a natural gas price cap that they hope helps households and businesses better weather price surges. EU member countries had failed to overcome their differences at previous emergency meetings, but several EU leaders said last week that

By JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s defense minister has made a stirring argument for his country’s new gender-neutral parental leave system when he announced he would be stepping aside in few weeks to take care of his 6-month-old son. He also reassured the nation that it would be in good hands amid

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets extended their losses Tuesday amid gloom about weaker global economic growth as central banks raise interest rates to cool inflation. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Sydney declined. Tokyo advanced. Oil prices rose almost $1 per barrel. Markets are sliding after the U.S. Federal Reserve

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong says she will meet with her counterpart, Wang Yi ,in Beijing this week as Australia and China mark 50 years of diplomatic relations. The trip signals a continued thaw in relations between the nations since Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese won an election victory in May,

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese health authorities have reported the nation’s first COVID-19 deaths in more than two weeks. The two deaths in Beijing come as the illness is surging after China eased the strict “zero-COVID” approach it credits with keeping its toll low. Although the official statistics are changing very little, families and funeral workers

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — European Union governments and lawmakers reached a deal Sunday on key elements of the 27-nation bloc’s green deal. The deal will reform the EU’s trading system for greenhouse gas emissions and create a new hardship fund for those hardest-hit by measures to curb climate change. The EU’s

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer “ Avatar: The Way of Water ” didn’t make quite as big of a splash as many assumed it would, but James Cameron’s big budget spectacle still helped breathe life into the box office this weekend. The sequel earned $134 million from North American theaters and $300.5 million internationally

By MATT O’BRIEN, KELVIN CHAN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Writers Millions of Twitter users asked Elon Musk to step down as the head of Twitter in a poll the billionaire created and promised to abide by. But by Monday afternoon there was no word on whether Musk would step aside or who the new

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will dispatch 1,200 troops to fill in for striking ambulance drivers and border staff as multiple public sector unions walk off the job in the week before Christmas. Ambulance crews are due to strike on Wednesday, joining nurses, railway staff, passport officers

DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (AP) — Alabama officials have closed some oystering grounds in Mobile Bay, prompting complaints from harvesters. The move by the Alabama Marine Resource Division is part of a continuing effort to keep wild oyster reefs in the Gulf of Mexico from being killed by overharvesting. The state closed the western half of

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer Sports fans who view their favorite players as role models might think twice before taking their financial advice, too. The bankruptcy of FTX and the arrest of its founder and former CEO are raising new questions about the role celebrity athletes such as Tom Brady, Steph Curry, Naomi Osaka

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press In the days after a gunman killed five people at a gay nightclub in Colorado last month, much of social media lit up with the now familiar expressions of grief, mourning and disbelief. But on some online message boards and platforms, the tone was celebratory. “I love waking up to

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inaugurated Germany’s first liquefied natural gas terminal, declaring that the speed with which it was put into service is a signal that Europe’s biggest economy will remain strong. The top three officials in the government attended Saturday’s inauguration in the North Sea port

CAIRO (AP) — The International Monetary Fund has approved a deal that will provide a $3 billion support package to cash-strapped Egypt over a period of almost four years, with the agreement expected to draw in additional $14 billion in financing for the Middle East country. The IMF announcement late on Friday came after a

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump pledged to fix U.S. infrastructure as president. He vowed to take on China and bulk up American manufacturing. He said he would reduce the budget deficit and make the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes. Yet after two years as president, it’s Joe Biden

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s power company appears destined for an even longer bankruptcy than expected after several creditors have rejected a new debt restructuring plan following years of failed negotiations. A federal control board that oversees the island’s finances filed a plan late Friday that proposes

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A company owned by the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is paying a $925,000 fine to an Alabama health agency after it shut down a coke plant it said was leaking polluting gases. Under a settlement approved Wednesday by a judge, Bluestone Coke will pay the fine to the

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has banned the use of several Chinese-owned apps including TikTok and WeChat on state government devices and wireless networks. In a statement Friday, he calls them a threat to national security and “a channel to the Chinese Communist Party.” Youngkin’s executive order covers apps developed by ByteDance

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon failed to properly record work-related injuries at warehouses located in five states, a federal agency said Friday while announcing it issued more than a dozen citations during the course of its ongoing investigation of the company. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration said it

By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press A U.S. university is investigating a Nobel laureate over sexual harassment allegations that the economist’s attorney dismisses as “professional rivalry.” Philip Dybvig, who shared this year’s Nobel Prize in economics for research into bank failures, has been questioned in the past several weeks by the Title IX office at Washington

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A bill requiring stricter safety rules in response to the 2018 deadly sinking of a tourist boat in Missouri is headed to President Joe Biden for his signature. The safety rules are part of a defense funding bill the Senate passed Thursday. The measure directs the U.S. Coast Guard to

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The longtime head of the second-largest rail union announced Friday that he will clear the way for the upstart candidate who beat him by retiring instead of fighting to keep his office in a second election. Eddie Hall received 509 more votes than Dennis Pierce

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Friday it is buying 3 million barrels of oil to begin to replenish U.S. strategic reserves that officials drained earlier this year in a bid to stop gasoline prices from rising amid production cuts by OPEC and a ban on Russian oil imports.

By MARGERY A. BECK Associated Press Iowa officials have ordered a company to clean up and stabilize its shingle recycling plant where an explosion and fire last week that injured around a dozen people and forced the evacuation of nearby homes. The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the emergency order Friday to C6-Zero, requiring

By HALELUYA HADERO and KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — When Twitter abruptly suspended the accounts of several journalists with no explanation, the platform’s owner Elon Musk hinted at the possible reason: They allegedly doxxed him. “You dox, you get suspended. End of story. That’s it,” he said on a Twitter Space

The Associated Press Stocks ended lower on Wall Street as worries grow that the Federal Reserve and other central banks are willing to bring on a recession if that’s what it takes to get inflation under control. The S&P 500 fell 1.1% Friday, closing out its second straight weekly loss. The Dow and the Nasdaq

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Adobe, Maxar rise; Krispy Kreme, Sunrun fall.

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. prosecutors say the co-founder of the fraudulent cryptocurrency OneCoin has pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering charges. Prosecutors say OneCoin was actually a pyramid scheme that conned billions of dollars from investors worldwide. Karl Sebastian Greenwood was arrested at his island residence in Thailand in 2018 and extradited

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A conservation group is suing in federal court over a U.S. agency’s timeline for dredging a Georgia shipping channel, saying dredging in the summertime would threaten rare sea turtles. A lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in Savannah targets the Army Corps of Engineers. Georgia environmental

PANAMA CITY (AP) — A Canadian company is claiming the government of Panama cut off talks, resulting in the closure of a huge copper mine. Canada’s First Quantum Minerals Ltd. says it had been negotiating with the government of Panama, which wants vastly increased royalty payments of $375 million per year from the company.  First

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter has been engulfed in chaos since billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk took the helm, cutting the company’s workforce in half, upending the platform’s verification system, reinstating previously banned accounts — including those of white nationalists — and suspending journalists who’ve been covering him. While it’s not clear if

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery fell $1.82 to $74.29 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for February delivery fell $2.17 to $79.04 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for January delivery fell 4 cents to $2.13 a gallon. January heating oil fell 16 cents to $3.12 a gallon. January natural gas fell 37

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A push by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin to speed permits for natural gas pipelines and other energy projects has failed in the current Congress, but could come back as soon as next month. The Senate rejected the permitting proposal Thursday night, ending a months-long effort by

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A federal judge has approved a bankruptcy settlement of about $100 million over Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s failed plan to build a practice facility for his NFL team in South Carolina. The deal approved Friday will turn the land and the incomplete steel shell of

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Private businesses in Ukraine are in line to receive $2 billion in financing arranged by the International Finance Corp. to help rebuild the country’s agriculture and fuel import industries and other ventures, which have faced extensive losses because of the war. The IFC is a member of

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — The U.S. is poised to ban the lucrative trade in shark fins, a move conservationists hope will help protect millions of sharks that are butchered every year to satisfy demand in China and other parts of Asia. The practice of shark finning, whereby sharks

By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Attorneys for the U.S. bankruptcy trustee and several major media outlets are challenging an effort by cryptocurrency exchange FTX to withhold names of the company’s customers and creditors from the public. A judge on Friday granted a motion by media outlets to intervene in the

PHOENIX (AP) — As Phoenix gets ready to host the Super Bowl, Mayor Kate Gallego has announced Sky Harbor International Airport will be the world’s first airport to offer the self-driving ride-hailing service Waymo. Gallego said during a news conference Friday that fans who come to the city for the Feb. 12 Super Bowl will

By BROOKE LEFFERTS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Bethenny Frankel has never been shy about offering her opinion, but lately giving advice has become her business. The reality TV star and producer, entrepreneur, and bestselling author has a new CNBC show, “Money Court,” where she and co-host Kevin O’Leary hear business dilemmas and come

MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia’s Central Bank says the country’s economy will contract by about 3% this year. That’s a sharp turnaround from its growth in 2021, the year before sanctions and company pullouts hit in the wake of the conflict in Ukraine. Central Bank governor Elvira Nabiullina  said following a bank board