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By The Associated Press Company founder Fred Smith is stepping down as CEO of FedEx in June. The company said Tuesday that Smith will become…

The Associated Press Stocks shook off a midday slump and closed higher on Wall Street, though energy companies ended in the red as crude oil prices…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Commerce Department says it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast…

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

By JILL COLVIN, ERIC TUCKER and BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump last week filed a sprawling lawsuit…

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The television audience for the Academy Awards appears to be up from last year’s record low,…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The “Billionaire Minimum Income Tax” included in President Joe Biden’s proposed…

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa is nearing passage of a dramatic reduction in unemployment benefits to try to force…

DALLAS (AP) — Customer-service agents at Southwest Airlines will be voting on a new contract that would give them pay raises totaling more than 16%…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Food and Drug Administration has issued a negative review of a closely watched…

LONDON (AP) — Tennis great Boris Becker has told a jury about his struggles with money including payments for an “expensive divorce” and debts…

DETROIT (AP) — A small maker of autonomous vehicle systems could be in hot water with U.S. highway safety regulators over how quickly it reported…

By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s call for humanitarian help has been answered by the European…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart will no longer sell cigarettes in some of its stores though tobacco sales…

By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Danish brewery group Carlsberg is pulling out of Russia, citing Moscow’s ongoing war…

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Commission has recommended that the bloc’s 27 nations end golden passport…

By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The Group of Seven major economies have agreed to reject Moscow’s demand to pay for Russian…

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares of Tesla are up sharply after the electric car maker announced its second stock split in less than two years. The company…

LONDON (AP) — Russian shares have slumped as its stock market resumed trading of all companies after a monthlong halt following the Ukraine…

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s European Union bailout lenders have approved a plan for the country to repay outstanding loans to the…

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government is readying a package of emergency economic measures worth 6 billion euros in direct aid and tax breaks and 10…

BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s energy industry recorded about 25% more electricity generated from renewable sources in the first three months of the…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese telecom equipment maker Huawei says its 2021 sales fell but profit rose 75.9% despite…

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates’ energy minister has doubled down on an oil alliance…

LONDON (AP) — The British government has relinquished control of the former Royal Bank of Scotland for the first time since it bailed out the…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A fire has broken out at an under-construction new terminal at Kuwait International Airport. Firefighters…

By ZEINA KARAM Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Soaring energy and food prices triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are pushing some Middle…

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of workers have begun a two-day strike across India to express their anger at the government’s economic policies and…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A troubled Dubai real estate developer says it suspected $42 million had been…

The Associated Press Online pet store Chewy reports its fiscal fourth-quarter results Tuesday. The Commerce Department serves up its monthly snapshot…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are higher after an advance on Wall Street ahead of another round of talks…

BEIJING (AP) — China has begun its most extensive lockdown in two years to conduct mass testing and control a growing outbreak in Shanghai.…

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of a gallon of regular-grade gasoline dropped 6 cents over the past two weeks to $4.37 per gallon.…

By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abela is claiming victory in his nation’s…

By JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine is causing a swift and broad decaying of…

By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s center-left Social Democrats have secured a big election win in a…

By FRANK JORDANS, ARITZ PARRA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Europe’s most pressing energy policy goal was reducing carbon…

By YESICA FISCH and CARA ANNA Associated Press ODESA, Ukraine (AP) — The Black Sea port of Odesa is mining its beaches and rushing to defend itself…

By The Associated Press The 94th Academy Awards are right around the corner. The ceremony will be broadcast live on ABC, starting at 8 p.m. ET on…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden intends to propose a minimum tax of 20% on households worth more than $100…

DETROIT (AP) — A former official at a suburban Detroit branch of the United Auto Workers has pleaded guilty to charges that he embezzled more than…

LONDON (AP) — The British Museum will remove the Sackler name from galleries, rooms and endowments following global outrage over the role the…