Agency OKs nearly $190M in bids from offshore oil lease sale
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has accepted nearly $190 million in bids from an offshore oil…
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Haiti to raise fuel prices, setting off street protests
By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Haiti has announced steep increases in fuel prices despite fears the move would crush…
Continue Reading California sues Amazon, alleging antitrust law violations
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — California is suing Amazon, accusing the company of violating the state’s antitrust and…
Continue Reading Czech government readies $1.2B for businesses’ energy costs
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech government has unveiled a plan to help businesses cope with surging energy costs. Prime Minister Petr Fiala says the…
Continue Reading Panthers withdraw city, county deal over abandoned facility
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper’s real estate company wants to revoke a bankruptcy…
Continue Reading 1 rail union rejects deal, 2 accept ahead of strike deadline
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Members of one union have rejected a tentative deal with the largest U.S. freight railroads,…
Continue Reading WHO: COVID end ‘in sight,’ deaths at lowest since March 2020
GENEVA (AP) — The head of the World Health Organization said Wednesday that the number of coronavirus deaths worldwide last week was the lowest…
Continue Reading 3 Iranian citizens charged in broad hacking campaign in US
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department says three Iranian citizens have been charged in the United States with…
Continue Reading Starbucks labor organizer resigns from Buffalo store
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A high-profile labor organizer has resigned from Starbucks, saying the company forced her out because of her…
Continue Reading A less-glitzy Detroit auto show returns after 3-year absence
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — When it came time to showcase its electric Chevrolet Equinox SUV to the public this year, General…
Continue Reading US sets up Afghan relief fund with frozen central bank money
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration will transfer $3.5 billion in frozen Afghan central bank funds to…
Continue Reading Lin-Manuel Miranda, others seek Puerto Rico silver lining
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico five years ago and highlighted the funding problems the…
Continue Reading Jim Beam outlines expansion to ramp up bourbon production
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press Jim Beam plans to ramp up bourbon production at its largest Kentucky distillery to meet growing global demand in…
Continue Reading French court awards damages for 2009 Yemenia plane crash
MASHA MACPHERSON and BARBARA SURK Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French court has ordered a Yemeni airline to pay damages to the lone survivor of…
Continue Reading EU Parliament adopts new bloc-wide rules on minimum wages
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have adopted new legislation aimed at guaranteeing “decent” minimum wages for all workers across the…
Continue Reading US wholesale inflation declines in August to still-high 8.7%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level jumped 8.7% in August from a year earlier, a slowdown…
Continue Reading EU moves to ban products made with forced labor
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has unveiled plans to ban products made with forced labor from the 27-nation…
Continue Reading German government could raise stake in gas supplier Uniper
BERLIN (AP) — German energy supplier Uniper says it is exploring the possibility of the government acquiring a majority holding in the company as…
Continue Reading TikTok search results riddled with misinformation: Report
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press TikTok may be the platform of choice for catchy videos, but anyone using it to learn about COVID-19, climate change…
Continue Reading 4 non-investment questions to ask an adviser before retiring
By KATE ASHFORD NerdWallet Using a financial adviser for your investment needs is 100% on brand, but what about all the other parts of your…
Continue Reading Edmunds Compares: 2023 Toyota bZ4X vs. 2023 Volkswagen ID.4
By ALEX NISHIMOTO Edmunds The Toyota bZ4X is the automaker’s first mass-market electric vehicle. Though it’s about the same size as a RAV4, the…
Continue Reading China’s Xi visits Kazakhstan ahead of summit with Putin
NUR-SULTAN, Kazakhstan (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has started his first foreign trip since the outbreak of the pandemic. Xi’s stop…
Continue Reading As monkeypox drops in the West, still no vaccines for Africa
By MARIA CHENG and CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — With monkeypox cases subsiding in Europe and parts of North America, many…
Continue Reading EU court largely upholds $4B Google Android antitrust fine
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — One of the European Union’s highest courts has largely upheld a huge fine issued to Google by the…
Continue Reading German government sells its last shares in Lufthansa
BERLIN (AP) — The German government has sold its last shares in the country’s biggest airline, Lufthansa, which it stepped in to rescue at the…
Continue Reading Energy crisis: EU chief wants to tap excess producer profits
By LORNE COOK and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants to cap the revenue of…
Continue Reading South Korea fines Google, Meta over privacy violations
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog has fined Google and Meta a combined 100 billion won…
Continue Reading UK inflation dips slightly in August to 9.9%
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Inflation in the United Kingdom slowed slightly in August as a drop in gasoline and diesel fuel…
Continue Reading China grants gaming license to NetEase, 1st since crackdown
By ZEN SOO AP Technology Writer HONG KONG (AP) — China has granted a game license to its second largest gaming firm, NetEase, the first in over a…
Continue Reading A London diaspora district remembers a queen — ambivalently
By SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LONDON (AP) — In a church in a West London district known locally as Little India, a book of condolence for Queen…
Continue Reading ‘Car guy’ Biden touts electric vehicles at Detroit auto show
By COLLEEN LONG and TOM KRISHER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — President Joe Biden, a “car guy” with his own vintage Corvette, showcased his…
Continue Reading Driven by consumers, US inflation grows more persistent
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation is showing signs of entering a more stubborn phase that will likely…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after wobbly gains on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after a wobbly day of trading yielded modest gains on Wall…
Continue Reading China keeps West guessing about economic pressure on Russia
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is keeping the West guessing about whether Beijing will cooperate with…
Continue Reading California 1st to make firms disclose social media policies
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California will impose first-of-its-kind requirements on social media companies to…
Continue Reading Queen’s death renews interest in UK memorabilia in Hong Kong
By ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — The death of Queen Elizabeth II has sparked a wave of nostalgia and renewed interest in British…
Continue Reading Businesses, White House plan for possible rail strike Friday
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Business and government officials are bracing for the possibility of a nationwide rail strike at…
Continue Reading No women or minorities now run Atlantic City casinos
By WAYNE PARRY The Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — With the departure of the head of the Tropicana, none of Atlantic City’s nine…
Continue Reading Lowry Mays, founder of largest U.S. radio group, dies at 87
SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Lowry Mays, whose accidental purchase of a San Antonio radio station propelled him into the nation’s largest owner of…
Continue Reading Emmys reach record-low audience of 5.9 million people
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Emmy Awards hit a new low in viewership on Monday night, with its estimated audience of 5.9…
Continue Reading Peloton, Unity Software fall; Cheniere, Core & Main rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Peloton, Unity Software fall; Cheniere, Core & Main…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 9/13/2022
The Associated Press The stock market fell the most since June 2020 following Wall Street’s humbling realization that inflation is not slowing as…
Continue Reading Panel discussion on Atlantic City casino smoking is scrapped
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Whether casinos should continue to allow smoking is a contentious issue in numerous…
Continue Reading Biden touts inflation reduction law despite sobering report
By ZEKE MILLER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gathered a crowd at the White House to celebrate last…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell 47 cents to $87.31 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for November delivery fell…
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines sets shareholder vote on sale to JetBlue
MIRAMAR, Fla. (AP) — Spirit shareholders have a date for voting on the sale of their airline to JetBlue for about $3.7 billion. Spirit said in a…
Continue Reading Fishermen must be heard about whale rules, Maine gov says
By PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine’s governor says the federal government is moving ahead too quickly with…
Continue Reading UN: Food exports from Ukraine are up, Russia fertilizer down
By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. says food exports from Ukraine and Russia have increased since a July 22 grain…
Continue Reading Starbucks to revamp stores to speed service, boost morale
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks plans to spend $450 million next year to make its North American stores more efficient and less…
Continue Reading UPS order for cargo planes helps boost Boeing’s sales book
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — Boeing says it took net orders for 26 planes and delivered 35 planes in August. Boeing said Tuesday that the deliveries…
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