AP National Business

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate dipped back under 7% this week, one day after the Federal…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Applications for jobless benefits fell slightly last week with the U.S. job market remaining…

MADRID (AP) — Thousands of workers have rallied in Madrid in a protest called by Spain’s labor unions to demand higher wages to offset the higher…

By MATTHEW LEE AP Diplomatic Writer MUENSTER, Germany (AP) — Top diplomats from the world’s major industrialized democracies are seeking to…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Ukraine is counting on more Western technological support as its war against Russia drags…

By DAVIDDE CORRAN and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press The ordinary brown brick building, tucked within a nondescript block on a street in…

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Europe’s largest nuclear power plant is relying on emergency generators to run its safety…

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Police in Nigeria say they are searching  for 21 people abducted by gunmen while working…

By DIANE JEANTET and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s apparent acknowledgment of his…

By EDDIE PELLS AP National Writer It only took a few seconds for Rachel Kennedy to grab her phone after she left the checkout line at the…

By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Bank of England has rolled out its biggest interest rate increase in three decades, saying the…

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African police are investigating the discovery of at least 21 bodies suspected of…

By RAF CASERT and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — New far-right Premier Giorgia Meloni has used her first visit to European Union…

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Three Chinese companies have been ordered to sell lithium mining assets in Canada after the country’s government imposed…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH and GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Amnesty International is urging suppliers of aviation fuel to Myanmar to…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey continued to rise in October and push the price of essential goods higher and amplifying a…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz is making his first visit to China as German leader this week, a…

By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Not long after Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, soldiers broke down the office door of…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — A new study shows more than 100,000 people die in fishing-related accidents each year and…

BEIJING (AP) — Canadian public broadcaster CBC says it is closing its China bureau after the Chinese government ignored requests to base a reporter…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell sought to strike a delicate balance at a moment…

SEATTLE (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered seaplanes like the one that went down in Washington’s Puget Sound in September be inspected…

By BRIAN MELLEY and STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — As the former captain in charge of the Hollywood Division of the Los Angeles…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Pilots at another big airline are rejecting a contract offer to seek bigger pay raises. The Allied…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The attorneys general of California, Illinois and the District of Columbia are suing Albertsons in an effort to…

The Associated Press Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Wednesday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell signaled that the central bank…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: CVS Health Corp., up $2.18 to $96.80. The drugstore chain…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $1.63 to $90 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for January delivery rose $1.51…

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Rockwell Automation: Fiscal Q4 Earnings…

NEW YORK (AP) — A jury has started deliberating in the case of a Donald Trump loyalist accused of using his access to the Republican former…

BERLIN (AP) — German officials have cleared the way for a public transport pass costing 49 euros ($48.50) per month that will be valid nationwide.…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk said Wednesday that Twitter will not allow anyone who has been kicked off the site…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is promising Wall Street that it will make big improvements in airplane production and cash-flow generation…

By DAVID A. LIEB and KAVISH HARJAI Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The call went out from leaders in the medical marijuana industry:…

By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Mortgage rates continue to jump, home sales slump and credit cards and auto loans increase. Savings…

By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A senior Ukrainian government official says Elon Musk has given assurances to Ukraine that…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co.’s top quality executive is retiring as the company continues to struggle with high…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Agriculture Department has announced more than $223 million in grants and loans to help…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Deep sea mining is getting a close look this week as scientists, lawyers and…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The devastating effects of COVID-19 lockdowns in China overshadowed a strong quarter at Estee Lauder and…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank is warning that many financial institutions are moving too…