
How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy day lower on Wall Street and crude oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks ended another bumpy day lower on Wall Street and crude oil prices eased back as markets remain concerned about the…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has asked former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to resign from his posts at Russian state-owned…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue ReadingMOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s top independent radio station has been shut and a leading independent TV station has suspended its operations as Russian…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN and DEEPTI HAJELA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An important milestone in New York City’s progress against COVID-19…
Continue ReadingBy HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Amid the conflict triggered in Ukraine by the Russian invasion, many aid organizations are raising funds to…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which…
Continue ReadingDETROIT (AP) — Elon Musk is inviting the United Auto Workers union to hold an organizing vote at Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California. On…
Continue ReadingBy GEOFF MULVIHILL and JOHN SEEWER Associated Press OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has reached a nationwide settlement over its role in the opioid…
Continue ReadingBy ALFIAN KARTONO Associated Press JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities and Papua rebels say separatists killed eight technicians…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates fell this week and remain at historically low levels, just…
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president has dismissed two more Cabinet ministers after they publicly…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Twitter is expanding Birdwatch, its crowd-sourced fact checking project it started as a small and…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer Consumers facing higher prices for products made with corn and wheat could be in for more pain as global…
Continue ReadingAMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Medicines Agency said it has authorized Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine for children aged six to 11, in addition to…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy reported a shortfall in sales for the holiday quarter as the nation’s…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week reflecting a low level of layoffs…
Continue ReadingLONDON (AP) — Londoners are facing travel chaos after around 10,000 transport workers walked off their jobs for the second day this week, leaving…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe is scrambling to reduce its natural gas dependence on Russia, and it…
Continue ReadingBy SABRINA PARYS of NerdWallet Many Americans incorporate green practices into their everyday lives, such as recycling, limiting meat consumption and…
Continue ReadingBy SALAR SALIM and SAMYA KULLAB BAGHDAD (AP) — Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdish region has rejected a ruling by the Supreme Court in Baghdad that…
Continue ReadingANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s annual inflation rate has further accelerated in February, marking the biggest jump since 2002 and deepening the…
Continue ReadingBy JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations’ refugee agency says 1 million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s…
Continue ReadingBy KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has thrown business plans into disarray and forced a growing number…
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Through the Cold War and the decades since, nothing could persuade Finns and Swedes that they would…
Continue ReadingBy RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has a new plan to expand mental health and drug abuse treatment.…
Continue ReadingBy ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares have fallen in Asia after another bumpy day on Wall Street, as investors remain…
Continue ReadingBy KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s already dire economic crisis has deepened as oil prices have surged…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The annual meeting of China’s mostly ceremonial legislature usually showcases grand,…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — A Tokyo court has given a former American executive at Nissan charged with underreporting his boss…
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