Wall Street balks as Fed signals party’s ending, but is it?
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is worried about the Federal Reserve pulling back its massive support for financial…
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Starbucks fights expanding unionization effort at its stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is fighting an expanded effort to unionize its stores. The effort comes even as a union vote proceeds…
Continue Reading Norfolk Southern railroad names new CEO to take over in May
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer Norfolk Southern Corp. said its CEO will retire next spring, and it will promote one of its executives to replace…
Continue Reading Ireland: UK-EU deal on Brexit trade spat unlikely this year
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The British and Irish governments are expressing optimism that a thorny spat between the U.K. and…
Continue Reading Grab goes public in $40B SPAC deal, slides in market debut
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Southeast Asia’s largest ride-hailing company Grab tumbled in its market debut Thursday, following a…
Continue Reading US long-term mortgage rates relatively flat this week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The average interest rate for long-term mortgages in the U.S. remained flat this week,…
Continue Reading Striking Kellogg’s workers to get 3% raises in new contract
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Kellogg’s has reached a tentative agreement with its 1,400 cereal plant workers that will…
Continue Reading Holiday shoppers navigate shortages with mixed results
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The holidays have always been defined by disappointing out-of-stock messages on the…
Continue Reading Dollar General opening more $5 or less Popshelf stores
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Getting more bang for your buck used to be the mantra of dollar store shoppers everywhere, but times are…
Continue Reading Senate passes stopgap funding bill, avoiding shutdown
By KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a stopgap spending bill that avoids a short-term…
Continue Reading US jobless claims rise by 28,000, but still low at 222,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week even though the…
Continue Reading Edmunds: Ford Bronco versus Jeep Wrangler
By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds After a 25-year hiatus, the Ford Bronco is back. This new 2021 Bronco SUV pays homage to its predecessors via boxy…
Continue Reading Austria’s new chancellor resigns; predecessor quits politics
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg has announced he is stepping down just two months after…
Continue Reading China clears Boeing 737 Max to fly again
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China’s air regulator has cleared the Boeing 737 Max to return to flying with technical…
Continue Reading EU drug regulator starts reviewing new coronavirus vaccine
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The European Union drug regulator says it has started a rolling review of a new coronavirus vaccine made by French…
Continue Reading Tensions grow over Ukraine with the trading of threats
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met face-to-face with his…
Continue Reading EU fines 4 banks $390M in foreign exchange trading cartel
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has fined four major banks a combined $390 million for colluding in a foreign exchange spot trading cartel that…
Continue Reading Germany locks unvaccinated out of public life; mandate looms
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel says people who aren’t vaccinated will soon be excluded from…
Continue Reading Tel Aviv is priciest city, outranking Paris in new report
By AMI BENTOV Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Residents of Israel’s seaside metropolis Tel Aviv have for years complained of how…
Continue Reading UK court backs Meghan in dispute over privacy with publisher
By SYLVIA HUI and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The Duchess of Sussex has won the latest stage in her long-running privacy lawsuit…
Continue Reading OPEC, allies stick to modest output boost despite omicron
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries have decided to stick to their…
Continue Reading EU court advisor wants scrapping of Hungary-Poland challenge
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The top adviser to the European Union’s highest court says the principle of linking the bloc’s…
Continue Reading Island turns into open-air lab for tech-savvy volcanologists
By ARITZ PARRA and EMILIO MORENATTI Associated Press LAS MANCHAS, Canary Islands (AP) — The scientists come with eagle-eyed drones and…
Continue Reading Erdogan replaces finance minister as Turkey’s lira crashes
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has appointed a new treasury and finance minister after the previous one stepped down…
Continue Reading Omicron and delta spell return of unpopular restrictions
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Governments around the world are weighing new measures for populations tired of hearing about…
Continue Reading Christmas tree buyers face reduced supplies, higher prices
By TERENCE CHEA Associated Press ALAMEDA, Calif. (AP) — Even Christmas trees aren’t immune to the pandemic-induced shortages and inflation…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after broad rally on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Stocks are trading mixed in Asia after a broad rally on Wall Street as investors keep an eye on the spread of…
Continue Reading What’s the status of the COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the US?
By TOM KRISHER Associated Press The Biden administration’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate in the U.S. is on hold because of legal challenges, but…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed after Wall St decline, virus unease
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after a turbulent day on Wall Street as traders tried to forecast…
Continue Reading GivingTuesday: Record $2.7B raised during day of generosity
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Organizers for GivingTuesday say American donors gave $2.7 billion during Tuesday’s giving day. The…
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