AP National Business

By AMANDA SEITZ, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers…

By AMANDA SEITZ, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of China’s state media reporters are identifying as…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s leaders are trying to fine-tune their “zero tolerance” COVID-19 strategy to…

BEIJING (AP) — China’s ambitions to have a major hand in Afghanistan under the Taliban while boosting its own stature are on display at…

By RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — A Delaware judge has ruled that the company that runs the Port of Wilmington under an…

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A preliminary report on an Oklahoma plane crash that killed three Nebraskans says the aircraft was “near vertical” when in…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Will Smith’s violent slap of Chris Rock during the Academy Awards ceremony had no appreciable…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — One of the more reliable warning signals for a recession is starting to shine. The “yield…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa agriculture officials say two more bird flu outbreaks in commercial flocks will require…

The Associated Press Wall Street built on its recent gains and closed higher Tuesday as talks on ending the war in Ukraine showed signs of progress.…

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A Vietnamese automaker has announced plans to build a plant in North Carolina to manufacture electric vehicles, promising to…

The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…

BALTIMORE (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard has prepared a second attempt to free a stranded container ship Wednesday, more than two weeks after it ran…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A woman accused of harassing Apple CEO Tim Cook with pleas for sex and other crude…

By MARINA VILLENEUVE Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York looks poised to become the next place to give a huge subsidy to a professional…

By TALI ARBEL AP Business Writer The Federal Trade Commission is suing TurboTax maker Intuit, saying its ads for “free” tax filing misled…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday agreed to consider the nomination of Lisa Cook for a position on…

By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s government has decided to block imports of coal from Russia. Tuesday’s move…

By JOSEPH WILSON and HERNÁN MUÑOZ Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The energy crisis provoked by Russia’s war in Ukraine has helped…

BRUSSELS (AP) — As Russia’s invasion of Ukraine accelerates European Union defense cooperation, a watchdog says EU institutions face…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Americans age 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — U.S. consumer confidence bounced back in March and remains high, though consumers’…

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The CEO of Alphabet Inc. and Google, Sundar Pichai says the IT companies are focused on…

MADRID (AP) — The European Union’s drug regulator says it has begun an accelerated review process for an experimental coronavirus vaccine…

By ANDREW MELDRUM Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An Ethiopian court has ordered Ethiopian journalist Amir Aman Kiyaro to be…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Nielsen is being acquired for $16 billion, including debt, about a week after the media measurement company…

TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer (AP) — UnitedHealth Group is spending about $5.4 billion to delve deeper into home health care with the acquisition of…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets have followed Wall Street higher as talks on ending Russia’s war on Ukraine…

By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Attending weddings can be expensive, between travel and lodging, gifts and extra events like bachelor and…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The head of the International Renewable Energy Agency says “radical action” is needed to shift…

BERLIN (AP) — Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe. And that is rattling markets already in turmoil because…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s oil chief says markets are going through a “jittery period”…

By MAJIRATA LATELA and RYAN LENORA BROWN Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the global fashion industry…

By MAJIRATA LATELA and RYAN LENORA BROWN Associated Press MASERU, Lesotho (AP) — When the coronavirus pandemic hit, the global fashion industry…

By ANDREA ROSA and FELIPE DANA Associated Press TROSTYANETS, Ukraine (AP) — The bodies of two Russian soldiers lie abandoned in the woods.…

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British police say they are have issued 20 fines over parties held by Prime Minister Boris…

By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — India has agreed to set up power projects on northern Sri Lankan islands in a deal…

By CARA ANNA and AYA BATRAWY Associated Press HORDYNIA, Ukraine (AP) — A second front line in Russia’s war runs through the farmland of…

By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A grassroots civic initiative in Hungary has recruited more than 20,000 volunteer ballot…

By JANIE HAR Associated Press California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations voted Tuesday to limit state compensation to the…

By ALICE FUNG and JANICE LO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong is running short of coffins during its deadliest outbreak of the…

By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s government has presented a range of economic measures such as halving the…