Millennial Money: Curb inflation with 5 credit card perks
By MELISSA LAMBARENA of NerdWallet Your budget isn’t the only avenue to free up money as prices continue to rise due to inflation. The credit cards…
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By ED DAVEY Associated Press The trade group representing the cruise ship industry unsuccessfully pushed international authorities to water down new…
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By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Wide-ranging legislation unveiled Tuesday would regulate cryptocurrencies and other digital…
Continue Reading Environmental groups challenge EU support for gas projects
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Environmental groups have started legal action against the European Commission to challenge…
Continue Reading Australian leader visits Indonesia’s Makassar to deepen ties
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has visited an eastern Indonesia area with…
Continue Reading Sri Lankan PM requests patience as UN calls for relief funds
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s prime minister says the United Nations has…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after wobbly rally on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Wednesday after U.S. stocks rallied on heavy buying of…
Continue Reading Sony ex-CEO Idei, who led brand’s global growth, dies at 84
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nobuyuki Idei, who led Japan’s Sony from 1998 through 2005 and steered its growth in the digital…
Continue Reading Australian central bank hikes rate for 2nd time in 5 weeks
By ROD NMcGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has lifted its benchmark interest rate for a second time in…
Continue Reading Russia claims advances in Ukraine amid fierce fighting
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia on Tuesday claimed to have taken control of 97% of one of the two…
Continue Reading Court upholds ‘terrorism’ sentencing of pipeline saboteur
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal appeals court has upheld the eight-year prison sentence given to an environmental activist who tried to sabotaged…
Continue Reading US files 4th labor complaint on Mexican workers’ rights
The United States has filed its fourth labor complaint about purported violations of union organizing rights in Mexico. The complaint was filed…
Continue Reading Hard Rock boss confers with NJ governor on casino smoking
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The chairman of the global Hard Rock casino and entertainment company spoke recently…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Is Elon Musk’s deal to buy Twitter falling apart?
By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Reporters Elon Musk on Monday threatened to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy Twitter, the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press U.S. stocks ticked higher Monday as Wall Street keeps wrestling with whether the economy will successfully avoid a recession…
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines, Sunrun rise; Twitter, Anaplan fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Spirit Airlines, Sunrun rise; Twitter, Anaplan…
Continue Reading Broker blames ‘irrational’ Vatican choices for London losses
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — One of the principal figures in the Vatican’s bungled London real estate venture says the…
Continue Reading Apple offers glimpse at upcoming changes to iPhone software
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer Apple on Monday provided a peek at upcoming tweaks to the software that powers more than 1 billion iPhones…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for July delivery fell 37 cents to $118.50 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for August delivery fell 21…
Continue Reading UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings Monday about multiple, looming food crises on…
Continue Reading New York bill targets Amazon’s use of productivity quotas
Associated Press (AP) — New York lawmakers have passed a bill targeting the use of warehouse productivity quotas in the state. The legislation aims…
Continue Reading US sanctions 2 Bosnian officials for undermining peace
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — The United States has sanctioned two prominent Bosnian officials. The Treasury Department on Monday accused…
Continue Reading Ryanair forces Afrikaans test on South African passengers
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Budget airline Ryanair says it’s forcing South African travelers to the U.K. to do a test in the…
Continue Reading Biden orders emergency steps to boost U.S. solar production
By WILL WEISSERT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered emergency measures Monday to boost crucial supplies to U.S. solar…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed after Wall St bond sell-off
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Tuesday following a bond sell-off on Wall Street amid anxiety…
Continue Reading A timeline of billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to control Twitter
Associated Press Elon Musk threatened Monday to call off his $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, accusing the company of refusing to give him…
Continue Reading Musk threatens to walk away from Twitter deal
By TOM KRISHER and MATT O’BRIEN AP Business Writers DETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is threatening to walk away from his $44 billion bid to buy…
Continue Reading Axon halts plans for Taser drone as 9 on ethics board resign
By MICHAEL BALSAMO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Axon, the company best known for developing the Taser, said Monday it was halting plans to…
Continue Reading Voters in Kazakhstan approve constitutional changes
MOSCOW (AP) — Voters in the Central Asian nation of Kazakhstan have given an overwhelming approval to proposed constitutional changes widely seen…
Continue Reading Bidding war for Spirit Airlines heats up ahead of vote
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer The bidding war over Spirit Airlines is ramping up again with JetBlue boosting its offer for the discount…
Continue Reading Kosovo war veterans clash with police, want higher pensions
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Hundreds of Kosovo war veterans have clashed with police in a protest to demand higher pensions. Police say at least two…
Continue Reading Final case tied to college bribery scandal heads to trial
By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A father accused of bribing a Georgetown University tennis coach to help get his daughter…
Continue Reading Lebanon urges US envoy to end maritime dispute with Israel
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The Lebanese government is inviting a U.S. envoy mediating between Lebanon and Israel over their…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: Managing money starts with your emotions
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Our emotional reactions to money, based on past experiences and mistakes, can interfere with our ability to make…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: Ukraine recovers bodies from steel-plant siege
By JOHN LEICESTER and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has begun turning over the bodies of Ukrainian fighters killed at…
Continue Reading Canada fund invests $5 billion in DP World’s Dubai home base
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — International port operator DP World says it sold a stake in its home base, the Jebel Ali Port, and other…
Continue Reading Australian court makes Google pay $515,000 for defamation
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court has ordered Google to pay a former politician 715,000 Australian…
Continue Reading Beijing reopens restaurants as new COVID-19 cases drop
BEIJING (AP) — Diners are returning to restaurants in most of Beijing for the first time in more than a month as authorities further ease…
Continue Reading Container depot fire spotlights Bangladesh industrial safety
By JULHAS ALAM and Al-EMRUN GARJON Associated Press CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities in Bangladesh are struggling to determine the cause…
Continue Reading Stocks climb on Wall Street, led by more gains in tech
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are off to a higher start on Wall Street Monday led by more gains in big tech companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.8%. The…
Continue Reading Consumer borrowing, Campbell Soup earns, consumer prices
The Associated Press The Federal Reserve issues its latest snapshot of U.S. consumer borrowing Tuesday. Campbell Soup reports quarterly results…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe…
Continue Reading New Orleans Starbucks store 1st in Louisiana to vote union
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Employees at a Starbucks store in New Orleans are the first in Louisiana to unionize. WWNO-FM reports ballots were cast Friday…
Continue Reading ‘Top Gun’ stays aloft with $86M in its 2nd weekend
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The high-flying “Top Gun: Maverick” continued to soar in its second weekend, dropping just 32%…
Continue Reading Digital currencies flow to campaigns, but state rules vary
By ANDREW SELSKY and STEVE LEBLANC Associated Press For congressional candidate Shrina Kurani, cryptocurrency is not only the future of money, it’s…
Continue Reading Autonomous Mayflower reaches American shores — in Canada
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer A crewless robotic boat that had tried to retrace the 1620 sea voyage of the Mayflower has finally reached…
Continue Reading Inflation divide: The wealthy splurge, the poorest pull back
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Americans at the low end of the income rung are once again…
Continue Reading At least 49 dead in 2nd day of Bangladesh cargo depot fire
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A massive fire at a container depot near a port city in southeastern Bangladesh killed at…
Continue Reading Russia hits Kyiv with missiles; Putin warns West on arms
By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia took aim Sunday at Western military supplies for Ukraine, launching airstrikes on…
Continue Reading China launches mission to complete space station assembly
BEIJING (AP) — China on Sunday launched a new three-person mission to complete assembly work on its permanent orbiting space station. The Shenzhou…
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