AP National Business

By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) — A group of workers at a Kentucky candle factory destroyed by a tornado have filed a second…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico officials are outlining new conditions for a proposed permit for the…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Tesla Inc., down 60 cents to $173.44. Investors are worried…

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In 2014, Oregon voters approved a ballot measure legalizing recreational marijuana after being…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer The Federal Trade Commission on Thursday sued to block Microsoft’s planned $69 billion takeover of video…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homebuilders have pumped the brakes on new single-family home construction this year, a trend…

By JOHN HANNA, HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, and JOSH FUNK Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — An oil spill in a creek in northeastern Kansas shut down a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Committee on Oversight and Reform says the Washington Commanders created a “toxic work culture” for more than two…

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Two women who lost their jobs at Twitter when billionaire Elon Musk took over are suing the company in…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell for the fourth week in a row and have fallen more…

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament has approved a budget that includes reforms aimed at improving the country’s finances as it…

By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer U.S. regulators have cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than 5.…

By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group and a South Korean battery maker say they will jointly invest $4 billion to $5…

By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Slightly more Americans filed for jobless claims last week but the labor market remains one of…

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Federal regulators opened their campaign to block Facebook parent Meta’s acquisition of a…

By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information…

By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping met on Thursday with Saudi Arabia’s king and…

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has helped mark a milestone in U.S.…

BERLIN (AP) — The former chief executive of financial services company Wirecard and two other ex-managers has gone on trial over the firm’s…

By HUIZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — People across China reacted with relief and caution Thursday to the dramatic government…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares rose in Asia on Friday after an advance on Wall Street led by the latest rally in…

By WILLIAM J. KOLE Associated Press WARWICK, R.I. (AP) — One tarnished silver coin at a time, the ground is yielding new evidence that in the late…

By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s once burgeoning banking sector has been hard hit by the country’s historic economic…

By JIM SALTER and HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press O’FALLON, Mo. (AP) — As of Thursday, it’s lawful for adults to possess and use…

TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported its economy contracted less than previously thought in the last quarter, weathering the country’s latest big…

By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s government has expanded its back-to-work orders against thousands of…

By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina county where Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper started building and…

By TARA COPP and MATT O’BRIEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon’s $9…

By ARLEIGH RODGERS Associated Press/Report for America INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana’s attorney general on Wednesday sued Chinese-owned social…

SEATTLE (AP) — After more than half a century, the last Boeing 747 has rolled out of a Washington state factory. The jumbo jet has been used as a…

By NARDOS HAILE and SHARON JOHNSON ATLANTA, Ga (AP) — Ludacris and Mercedes-Benz have surprised schoolchildren in Atlanta with more than 500 new…

By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Many decisions by New Mexico’s most powerful regulatory panel have had direct…

By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A member of President Joe Biden’s Cabinet is urging Georgia officials to deny permits for…

By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE Associated Press TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — The Florida lawmaker who sponsored the controversial law critics call “Don’t Say…

By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) — As part of an ongoing privacy push, Apple said Wednesday it will now offer full end-to-encryption…

The Associated Press More weakness in tech stocks sent Wall Street mostly lower after another day of wobbly trading. The S&P 500 ended 0.2% lower…

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Campbell, MongoDB rise; Smith & Wesson, AeroVironment…

By ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of New York Times journalists and other staff have walked off the job for 24 hours.…

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press A regulatory agency responsible for the water supply of more than 13 million people in four Northeastern states…

By MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press President Joe Biden has signed legislation curbing the use of confidentiality agreements that block victims of…