AP National Business

By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Ford Foundation took the unprecedented step of issuing $1 billion in debt to help stabilize…

Associated Press Johnson & Johnson is pulling baby powder containing talc worldwide next year after it did the same in the U.S. and Canada amid…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Three state-owned Chinese corporate giants say they will remove their shares from the New York…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport has launched a compensation program for travelers who missed their flights because of…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A ship docked in a Ukrainian Black Sea port on Friday to begin loading up with wheat for…

LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom’s economy shrank in the three months to June. It’s a smaller-than-expected contraction but adds to…

BERLIN (AP) — Former German leader Gerhard Schroeder is suing to restore the perks he enjoyed as ex-chancellor after he was stripped of them by…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading with a broad stock market rally Friday, as the…

By SYLVIE CORBET and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press LUX, France (AP) — Once, a river ran through it. Now, white dust and thousands of dead fish…

By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change. A hard-fought cap…

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed extending the life of the state’s last…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung’s de-facto leader secured a pardon Friday of his conviction for bribing…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Police in suburban Portland, Oregon, said Thursday they arrested a crime ring leader responsible for trafficking more than…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — World Central Kitchen founder Jose Andres, Jordan’s Queen Rania, BlackRock CEO Larry Fink and…

The Associated Press An afternoon pullback left stock indexes on Wall Street mixed Thursday, erasing most of their morning gains fueled by another…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Walt Disney Co., up $5.34 to $117.77. The media and entertainment giant added…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery rose $2.41 to $94.34 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for October delivery rose…

By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A federal court ruling this week has thrown into doubt the future of a valuable commercial salmon…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional panel leaders say an additional 135 million doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine from a troubled…

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A military statement says nine Indian crew members whose vessel sank off the Pakistani port of Gwadar in the Arabian Sea have been…

By SETH BORENSTEIN, MATTHEW DALY and MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After decades of inaction in the face of escalating natural…

LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport in London said Thursday that its limit on the number of passengers is easing a travel crunch that has led to flight…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates soared this week in a continued volatile market as the key 30-year loan rate jumped back…

BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union says a new U.S. tax credit plan aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could discriminate…

By ADRIANA MORGA The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices have fallen from the record highs they reached earlier this summer, but they’re…

By ADRIANA MORGA The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Gas prices are falling but still high. And inflation is making everything else more…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and senior ministers have held inconclusive talks with energy…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s big gains this summer have been spread widely across industries. The profit growth…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Prices at the wholesale level fell from June to July, the first month-to-month drop in…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans who signed up for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest…

CHICAGO (AP) — McDonald’s will start reopening some of its restaurants in Ukraine in the coming months, a symbol of the war-torn…

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president has threatened to fire top agricultural officials if an investigation shows they improperly…

By KELSEY SHEEHY NerdWallet Relying on your business to fund your retirement is a risky bet. A business failure, health issues or shifting market…

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A man has been convicted of dumping straw on a Dutch road last month and sentenced to perform 80 hours of unpaid…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his government won’t leave citizens freezing or unable to pay…

By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Western nations have made more pledges to send arms to Ukraine as Britain’s Defense…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer DALLAS (AP) — Gasoline prices have dipped under $4 for the first time in more than five months — good news for…

By SYLVIE CORBET and VANESSA GERA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Firefighters from across Europe struggled Thursday to contain a huge wildfire in…

By IGNATIUS SSUUNA Associated Press KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Thursday rebuked Rwandan authorities over…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed Friday in Asia after a muddled day on Wall Street, where benchmarks…