AP National Business

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are abandoning their merger proposal, which opens the way for JetBlue…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty…

By SAM KEMMIS NerdWallet The availability of remote work has increased significantly in recent years, giving rise to the ability for telecommuters to…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds In the early days of the modern electric vehicle, or EV, your choices were largely limited to a few range-compromised models…

By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has halved the amount of gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s railway network ground to a crawl on Wednesday after 40,000 staff walked off the job in…

by RICHA SYAL and GRACE EKPU Associated Press DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — The Trondheim is a familiar sight off the coast of West Africa — a…

GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says CEO Thomas Gottstein is resigning after 2-1/2 years in the job. It came as he announced “disappointing”…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch farmers are protesting government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions. The…

By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 Lufthansa flights were canceled Wednesday because of a one-day strike by the…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Indonesia have agreed to bolster ties in maritime security and cooperation…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower Wednesday as traders prepared for a possible sharp…

By ANITA SNOW Associated Press It was a stunning image: Pope Francis briefly wearing a full Indigenous headdress, its rows of soft white feathers…

By MARI YAMAGUCHI and FOSTER KLUG Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s minister for gender equality and children’s issues called the…

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Drugmaker Teva has announced an agreement to settle lawsuits over the allegations that it helped fuel the U.S.…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Union Pacific will spend more than $1 billion to upgrade 600 of its old diesel locomotives over…

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REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft on Tuesday reported fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $16.7 billion, or $2.23 per share, falling short of analyst…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Shutterstock Inc., down $4.68 to $54.40. The stock images and video provider…

By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — South Korea’s SK Group plans to invest $22 billion in the United States on industries…

NEW YORK (AP) — Buzz Aldrin’s jacket worn on his historic first mission to the moon’s surface in 1969 has been auctioned off to a…

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A giant Mega Millions lottery jackpot ballooned to $1.02 billion after no one matched all six numbers Tuesday night and won…

By RANDALL CHASE and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — Twitter has set Sept. 13 as the date for its shareholders to vote on the…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy has contracted for two straight quarters, intensifying fears that the…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has advanced a $280 billion bill designed to boost the U.S. semiconductor industry…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Shopify is cutting 10% of its staff, or about 1,000 employees, as the e-commerce…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The Port of Savannah saw record-breaking cargo volumes this past fiscal year amid a surge in…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A joint venture between General Motors and South Korean battery company LG Energy Solution is…

Associated Press Amazon is raising its Prime fees in Europe, the company told customers on Tuesday, days ahead of its second quarter earnings report.…

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia has announced it is acquiring the stock in an Arctic oil field now held by French and Norwegian companies. The Russian…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writers A tech millionaire offered to buy it. A U.S. senator suggested that the government should…

By RAQUEL REDONDO Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain is easing requirements for foreign laborers to obtain work permits in an effort to bring…

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) — Volkswagen has begun production of its first electric vehicle assembled in the United States at a Tennessee plant. The…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press President Joe Biden wants to convince a skeptical public that the U.S. is not, in fact, heading into a recession.…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place. A confusing one, too. Growth appears…

By ELIZABETH AYOOLA NerdWallet Millennials are known for changing jobs often, but how does that affect their retirement savings? That depends on…