AP National Business

By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The world’s richest soccer league starts a new season in England on Friday as the rest of Europe…

By DAVID KLEPPER and SOPHIA TULP Associated Press In the thick of Kansas’ contentious debate over abortion rights, the anonymous text messages…

By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday beat market expectations for revenue in…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s new government announced on Thursday it plans to prevent development of a…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian forces shelled a Ukrainian city close to Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Taiwan has canceled airline flights as China fired missiles near the island in retaliation for a…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has announced its biggest interest rate increase in 27 years. The central bank…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday ahead of an update on the health of the U.S. jobs market while…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s profit fell nearly 18% from a year earlier in the April-June quarter as a semiconductor…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of the Solomon Islands is tightening its control over the nation’s…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is proposing tougher rules for when airlines must give passengers refunds for changing their travel plans.…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into…

By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s third economy minister in a month has been sworn in, and as his…

By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-based corporate owner of thousands of residential rental properties in several U.S.…

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Workers in three Boeing factories in the Midwest have a new contract, and Boeing is averting the threat of a strike. Nearly 2,500…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas panel has blocked a recreational marijuana proposal from appearing on the…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia almost three weeks ago on the possibility that he…

The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday as investors reviewed a mostly encouraging batch of earnings from big companies.…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: PayPal, CVS rise; Match Group, Mercury Systems…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $3.76 to $90.66 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…

BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that extending the life of Germany’s three remaining nuclear reactors beyond the end of this year…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly unusual move that rattled Hollywood, Warner Bros. axed the “Batgirl” film planned for…

PARIS (AP) — Local officials in southwest France say an explosion at a plant that produces a component of ammunition injured eight people, one of…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press TALINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced yet another independent journalist to a lengthy prison…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street’s second-quarter forecasts. The company…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and…

By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Joe Lupo, who has helped two of Atlantic City’s most successful casinos thrive through…

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health thumped second-quarter expectations and hiked its full-year forecast as growing prescription claims helped…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Back-to-school shopping is extra expensive this year, due to inflation. But coordinating with people in your…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press SAULIEU, France (AP) — French lawmakers have approved a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures…

By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds Cars keep getting bigger and more expensive, but are there any small, affordable new cars left? As Americans continue to…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school…

ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Wednesday that consumer prices rose…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inspected a turbine at the center of a natural gas dispute and…

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The OPEC oil cartel and its allies have decided to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a…

By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed…

By JOHN LEICESTER and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly…

By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A rural South Korean town is getting roasted over its video ad on garlic that some…

NEW YORK (AP) — Robinhood Markets is cutting about 23% of its workforce because fewer users are trading on its app amid the tumult hammering stock…

By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Officials say one of the nation’s largest rent-to-own companies will pay $15.5 million…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb is reporting a profit of $379 million for the second quarter, and it says bookings were a record. The…

The Associated Press U.S. stocks are closing lower as Wall Street’s modest August retreat continued another day. Stocks wavered over the day as…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Caterpillar, JetBlue fall; Uber, SunPower…

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk’s wealthy high tech allies don’t seem too happy about receiving subpoenas from Twitter as part of the…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose 53 cents to $94.42 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…

The Wall Street Journal reports that the husband of former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and brother of U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn were given shares of…

NEW YORK (AP) — The crypto division of the online brokerage Robinhood will pay a $30 million penalty to New York state for failing to comply with…

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The gunmaker Smith & Wesson is facing new scrutiny from Congress. The House Oversight…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers posted fewer job openings in June as the economy contends with raging…

MILAN (AP) — Luxury Italian automaker Ferrari raised its 2022 forecast Tuesday after reporting a 22% increase in second-quarter earnings as sales…

By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet As you look through your social media feeds this summer, fear of missing out, or FOMO, can kick in when it seems like…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India has announced a $100 million line of credit to the Maldives to support development projects. Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Hino Motors, a truck maker that’s part of the Toyota group, systematically falsified emissions…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BP said its earnings from April to June almost tripled from a year earlier, increasing pressure on…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Wednesday as traders watched for signs trade might be disrupted by…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI, KRISHAN FRANCIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankans have endured months of fuel…

By The Associated Press Tiger Woods turned down an offer that Greg Norman says was “somewhere in that neighborhood” of $700 million to $800…

By MICHAEL TARM AP Legal Affairs Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones arrived at the start of his Texas defamation trial for…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev._ (AP) — The developer of a geothermal power plant facing legal challenges in Nevada has agreed to…

DETROIT (AP) — FCA US, formerly known as Chrysler Group, was placed on probation for three years. It also was ordered to pay roughly $300 million…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The National Labor Relations Board has dismissed a charge Starbucks filed against union organizers in Phoenix.…

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s views remained a mystery Monday as party leaders eyed votes…

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — West Virginia cities and counties have reached a $400 million tentative settlement with three major U.S. drug…

The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street Monday as investors began another busy week of earnings and economic reports. The S&P…

MADRID (AP) — Spain has approved a new set of energy-saving measures that includes prohibiting air conditioning to be set lower than 27 degrees…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $4.73 to $93.89 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…