Adobe buying Figma in $20B cash-and-stock deal
By The Associated Press Software company Adobe is buying online design company Figma in an approximately $20 billion cash-and-stock deal. Figma,…
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Sudan’s summer flooding continues, raising death toll to 134
CAIRO (AP) — Flash flooding across Sudan has killed at least 20 people over the past week, raising the official death toll since the rainy season…
Continue Reading Biden order sharpens foreign investment screening process
By AAMER MADHANI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has signed an executive order that aims to sharpen the national security…
Continue Reading Amtrak works to restore routes after rail labor accord
Associated Press Amtrak says it is working to quickly restore canceled trains after President Joe Biden announced that a tentative railway labor…
Continue Reading Retail sales up 0.3% in Aug. from July amid inflation
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits again last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week to a four-month…
Continue Reading EU lawmakers declare that Hungary is no longer a democracy
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral…
Continue Reading Is a line of credit right for your business recession plan?
By LISA ANTHONY of NerdWallet The possibility of a recession in the near future and the likely reduction in credit availability that is often…
Continue Reading Buttigieg awards grant to tear down divisive Detroit highway
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black…
Continue Reading EU wants to toughen cybersecurity rules for smart devices
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is proposing legislation to force manufacturers to ensure…
Continue Reading Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city…
Continue Reading Shell CEO to step down as oil giant looks to climate goals
LONDON (AP) — Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge as oil and natural gas companies are under…
Continue Reading Asian stocks follow Wall St lower amid inflation pressure
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after higher-than-expected U.S.…
Continue Reading Louisiana power project stuck in abortion debate gets funded
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New…
Continue Reading US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled,…
Continue Reading Tentative labor deal averts threat of nationwide rail strike
By JOSH FUNK, JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement Thursday…
Continue Reading Commuters dodge headaches as freight-rail strike averted
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden says a deal has been reached to avert a looming freight rail strike…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What to know about ‘buy now, pay later’
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you shop online for clothes or furniture, sneakers or concert tickets, you’ve seen the option…
Continue Reading As ‘buy now, pay later’ plans grow, so do delinquencies
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is…
Continue Reading Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants
By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to…
Continue Reading Japan logs record Aug trade deficit on weak yen, costly oil
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported it posted a record trade deficit in August as costs for imports of oil, gas and other commodities soared. The 2.82…
Continue Reading Samsung sets goal to attain 100% clean energy by 2050
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics says it’s shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely…
Continue Reading Woman with toy gun grabs trapped savings from Beirut bank
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a…
Continue Reading California, tribal leaders announce new tourism initiative
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/ Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is launching an initiative to bring more tourism to…
Continue Reading Safety board issues report on Kentucky pipeline explosion
JUNCTION CITY, Ky. (AP) — A 2019 pipeline explosion that resulted in one death and the destruction of five homes in Kentucky happened when the…
Continue Reading Money approved for states to build car-charging network
By GILLIAN FLACCUS and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Biden administration has approved plans submitted by 34 states and…
Continue Reading Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson rise; Nucor, Union Pacific fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson rise; Nucor, Union Pacific…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 9/14/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street after a day of veering between gains and losses. The tentative trading came a day…
Continue Reading Report: Tesla driver lost scholarship before fiery crash
Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A 20-year-old Tesla driver who died with a passenger in a fiery, high-speed crash on a residential South Florida…
Continue Reading From carmakers to refiners, industries brace for rail strike
By The Associated Press Car buyers might not get the vehicle they want on time, commuter rail lines could see service disrupted, and shipments from…
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