AP National Business

By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s preparations for the next coronavirus surge include adding thousands more hospital beds…

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Britney Spears is free. A Los Angeles judge on Friday ended the conservatorship that…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Stocks closed higher on Wall Street on Friday, but still marked their first weekly loss in six weeks.…

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The CEO of McDonald’s is facing increasing criticism, including calls for resignation, following…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says people have a duty to get vaccinated against the…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Six U.S. oil executives detained in Venezuela for four years on corruption charges have…

By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX capsule carrying four astronauts has pulled up at the International Space…

By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Two Native American tribes have failed again in their bid to persuade a federal judge in Nevada…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Kellogg Co. has filed a lawsuit against its local union in Omaha. It’s complaining…

NEW YORK (AP) — Twitter says it’s permanently banned Newsmax White House correspondent Emerald Robinson for repeated violations of its…

BENNINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A chemical company has agreed to pay $34 million to compensate residents of a Vermont town for chemical contamination in…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Dillard’s, Beazer Homes rise; Walt Disney, Beyond Meat…

The Associated Press Stocks managed to close mostly higher on Wall Street Thursday, but the S&P 500 is still on track for its first weekly loss…

By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK Ark. (AP) — A report says that a crack in a steel beam that forced the closure of the Interstate 40…

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

By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Members of a union representing film and television crews begin voting Friday on a tentative…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy The United Nations Climate Change Conference, which was postponed a year…

DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syria says the government has signed a contract with a group of companies from the United Arab Emirates to build a solar…

AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency has recommended the authorization of two new medicines against the coronavirus for people at risk of…

By EVENS SANON Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The U.S. government is urging U.S. citizens to leave Haiti because of the country’s…

By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Internet giants, including social media apps Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat, joined…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The movies are clawing their way back in theaters, but, so far, not everyone is showing up like they…

BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s tax income over the next few years is expected to be considerably higher than previously forecast as…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The skeptics of Wall Street have gone missing. As the stock market surges to record after record,…

MILAN (AP) — Daniel Lee is leaving his job as creative director at Bottega Veneta after three years and creating the brand’s distinctive…

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer A new report is shedding light on what types of organizations are receiving the most donations from charitable…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Democrats in Congress are looking to give U.S. automakers with union…

By COLLEEN BARRY AP Business Writer MILAN (AP) — A new study shows that the personal luxury market of high-end accessories, leather goods and…

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Something strange is happening in the bond market, which is usually seen by many investors as the…

The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Rivian Automotive, a company that has delivered about 150 electric pickup trucks mostly to employees, has…

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarians will soon have some relief at the pumps after the government announced it will limit the price of gasoline and…

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — The Turkish lira again has slid to a record low against the U.S. dollar after a surge in U.S. consumer prices inflamed…

By ZEN SOO Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese shoppers spent $139.1 billion during this year’s annual Singles’ Day shopping extravaganza,…

By SETH BORENSTEIN and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the goal of…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Commission has raised its growth forecast for the year for the 19…

By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has met with Indonesian officials to discuss closer…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British economy slowed down during the third quarter of the year as widespread supply chain…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shares are mostly higher in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks managed to close mostly higher. Stocks advanced…

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is starting to look like that unexpected — and unwanted — houseguest who just…

CHICAGO (AP) — Nike has agreed to extend its contract as the U.S. Soccer Federation’s equipment supplier, a relationship that began when it…

By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — After promising on Twitter, Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold about 4.5 million shares of the electric car…

By ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL AP Science Writer GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — India’s environment minister says climate finance is not charity and rich…

By NICK PERRY and JIM GOMEZ Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has warned against letting tensions in the…

By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Investigators say an official at a suburban Detroit branch of the United Auto Workers took $2 million…

NEW YORK (AP) — Boeing has reached a legal agreement with the victims’ families from the March 2019 crash in Ethiopia that involved its 737-Max…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The Walt Disney Co. returned to a quarterly profit as it once again got a bump from reopened parks  but…

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Plant-based meat maker Beyond Meat reported lower-than-expected sales in the third quarter due to a slump in…

The Associated Press An eye-opening report on inflation that was hotter than expected slammed into the bond market on Wednesday, sending yields…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Perrigo, Wendy’s fall; RingCentral, Newmont…