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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking…

By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Japan’s Panasonic Corp. and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly say the company selected…

By The Associated Press Twitter is telling its employees that it’s not planning any companywide layoffs, but there could be some restructuring…

By JON MELTZER, LAUREN MOWRY, VICTORIA IFATUSIN and MICHAEL PURDIE / Howard Center for Investigative Journalism Howard Center for Investigative…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers In the latest twist in the Twitter-Elon Musk saga, the company has sued the…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The U.S. is getting another COVID-19 vaccine choice. The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday cleared…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix has picked Microsoft to help deliver the commercials in a cheaper version of…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Protesters in Hungary’s capital have blocked main traffic arteries for the second day…

The Associated Press Stocks ended another shaky day lower on Wall Street Wednesday after a highly anticipated report on inflation turned out to be…

NEW YORK Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Delta, Fastenal fall; Twitter, Devon Energy…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery rose 46 cents to $96.30 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for September delivery rose…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation’s relentless surge didn’t merely persist in June. It accelerated. For…

By The Associated Press The euro has hit parity with the dollar, falling to its lowest level in 20 years and even skirting just below a one-to-one…

ROME (AP) — Italy’s agriculture minister warned Parliament on Wednesday that a third of Italy’s agricultural production was at risk because of…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s government has declared an “energy emergency” in response to supply…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amazon has provided Ring doorbell footage to law enforcement 11 times this year without the user’s…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration and Democrats are warning of dire consequences if Congress fails to…

BERLIN (AP) — The European Space Agency on Wednesday celebrated the first flight of its Vega-C rocket, which is designed to provide more bang for…

BERLIN (AP) — Russian energy company Gazprom appeared to cast doubt on the prospects of quickly restoring the flow of natural gas to full capacity…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Bill Gates, concerned about the “significant suffering” caused by global setbacks including the COVID-19…

LONDON (AP) — British rail workers will go on strike on July 27 over an ongoing pay dispute, a month after the country’s most disruptive railway…

By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian investigators have raided an Indian subsidiary of Chinese smartphone maker Oppo, accusing…

By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — Canada’s central bank is raising its target interest rate by a full percentage point in an effort…

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid is driving away from a partnership of nearly two decades with Audi and switching to BMW as one of its main sponsors. The…

By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive has decried the rule of law situation in Poland and Hungary and…

ROME (AP) — Hundreds of taxi drivers in Italy are protesting for a second day against the government’s plans to allow more competition. Since…

By HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A spate of wildfires is scorching parts of Europe, with firefighters…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government has unveiled a new package of climate measures to close the emissions gap in the transport and housing sectors…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Social media platforms including Facebook and TikTok are failing to stop hate and threats…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Days ahead of a shareholder vote at Spirit Airlines over a proposed buyout by rival budget carrier Frontier,…

By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Travel to Europe might be an attractive option to travelers looking for a budget vacation in 2022. In May 2022, airfare…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The summer is off to a profitable start for Delta Air Lines. The airline said Wednesday that it earned $735…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press Writer LONDON (AP) — Two candidates have been knocked out of the race to replace British Prime Minister Boris…

By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds If you’re in the market for a pickup truck, you might be considering a hybrid model with today’s sky-high gas prices.…

By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI, HANNA ARHIROVA and MARIA GRAZIA MURRU Associated Press Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) — The Ukrainian foreign minister says grain…

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s economy showed unexpectedly strong growth in May, with the three major components of production— manufacturing,…

GENEVA (AP) — The World Economic Forum reports that a cost-of-living crisis sparked in part by higher fuel and food prices is expected to hit women…

By AYSE WIETING, SUZAN FRASER and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says Russian and…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s monthly trade surplus soared to a record $97.9 billion in June as exports picked up…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The race to succeed Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being called Britain’s most diverse…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president fled the country Wednesday, plunging a…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Thursday despite a record-setting U.S. inflation report that pointed to…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil…

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point to 2.5% as it…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. inflation surged to a new four-decade high in June because of rising prices for…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With thousands of sanctions already imposed on Russia to flatten its economy, the U.S. and its…

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The state of Oregon has slashed financial penalties it assigned a baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a lesbian…