AP National Business

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico privatized its electricity production on Wednesday. The government chose…

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United Nations is forecasting that global economic growth will fall significantly to…

By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press Amazon’s surprise decision to shut down its AmazonSmile donation program has left thousands…

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin is trying to delay new tax credits for electric vehicles, a key…

By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says a record 16.3 million people sought health insurance through the Affordable…

By BERT WILKINSON The Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The former leader of Guyana’s Environmental Protection Agency is criticizing the…

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern delivered 4% more fourth-quarter profit but higher expenses driven by soaring…

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing is reporting a loss of $663 million in the fourth quarter. Revenue is up, but so are production costs as…

By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The economic outlook has brightened in Europe’s largest economy. The German…

NEW YORK (AP) — Rupert Murdoch has pulled the plug on a proposal to merge his News Corp. and Fox Corp. In statements Tuesday, the companies said…

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Adani Group has protested allegations by short-selling firm Hindenburg Research that caused shares in its companies…

By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet In 2022, 48% of Medicare beneficiaries were enrolled in Medicare Advantage plans instead of original Medicare, and…

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — The United States is rerouting $72 million of America’s assistance to Lebanon to help the…

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft said it’s seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and…

BERLIN (AP) — Berlin airport has canceled all flights after ground staff went on strike to press their demands for higher pay. The walk-out on…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday amid hopes Western economies can avoid a recession…

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government says the U.S. should stop pressuring it on debt relief for Zambia and focus on averting a government default…

By TASSANEE VEJPONGSA and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press CHIANG MAI, Thailand (AP) — The beaches and temples of Asian travel hotspots like Bali…

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A voter initiative that would overturn a California law aimed at raising wages and improving working conditions for more…

The Associated Press Stocks ended mixed on Wall Street after drifting between gains and losses as more big U.S. companies delivered their earnings…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Johnson & Johnson, unchanged at $168.31. The healthcare…

By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has hosted the Democratic congressional leaders at the…

The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell $1.49 to $80.13 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery fell $2.06 to…

By BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — When the war on marijuana came sweeping through his New York City housing project decades…

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — University of Wisconsin System officials say they will prohibit the use of TikTok on system devices. System spokesman Mark…

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press CINCINNATI (AP) — A FirstEnergy Corp. executive says an arm of the utility was “bleeding cash” as it…

ENFIELD, Conn. (AP) — The Lego Group has announced that it will move its North American headquarters from Connecticut to Boston by the end of 2026.…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit…

By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says in a letter to congressional leaders that she’s…

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Elon Musk returned to federal court to defend himself against a class-action lawsuit…

NEW YORK (AP) — Nurses who went on strike this month at two major New York City hospitals have ratified the contracts that were hammered out to end…

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Sooner or later, either Wall Street or the Federal Reserve has to blink.…

By The Associated Press U.S. accident investigators are giving more details about what they think caused a Boeing plane to crash in Ethiopia in 2019.…

KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Oil drilling has begun in a Chinese-operated field in Uganda and the East African country expects to start production by…

By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Artificial intelligence is writing fiction, making images inspired by Van Gogh and fighting…

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jamaica’s government has turned to the FBI for help as it investigates a massive…