After spate of strikes, big raises for Kellogg workers
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Several hundred workers at a Kellogg’s plant that makes Cheez-Its won a new contract that…
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Even as inflation bites, corporate profits remain flush
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — What’s immune to high inflation? So far, the profits at big U.S. companies. Companies have…
Continue Reading Amazon, union organizers face off again in Alabama
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO, HALELUYA HADERO, and JAY REEVES BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) — After a crushing defeat last year, the Retail, Wholesale and…
Continue Reading Los Angeles ends its business vaccine verification mandate
By JOHN ANTCZAK Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles City Council has voted to end its mandate for many indoor businesses and…
Continue Reading Testimony: Pope approved Vatican payout for London property
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press VATICAN CITY (AP) — A suspect in the Vatican’s big embezzlement and fraud trial has testified that Pope…
Continue Reading Firm pays back $20M, insists petrochemical project viable
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — The U.S. subsidiary of a Thailand-based petrochemical giant has repaid Ohio’s private…
Continue Reading Growth slows for endangered Mexican gray wolf population
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are now more Mexican gray wolves roaming the southwestern U.S. than at any…
Continue Reading Waymo to expand autonomous vehicle rides to San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Waymo’s self-driving ride-hailing service is branching out to San Francisco. The Alphabet, Inc., autonomous vehicle unit…
Continue Reading Florida secures $860M from CVS, others to settle opioid case
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The CVS drug store company and pharmaceutical companies will pay Florida a combined…
Continue Reading Hungary accuses Ukraine of interfering in upcoming election
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s foreign minister has accused Ukraine’s leadership of attempting to…
Continue Reading Russia war ends era of globalization that kept inflation low
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer For decades, the free flow of trade across much of the world allowed the richest nations to enjoy easy access to…
Continue Reading European Central Bank chief: No data suggests stagflation
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Central Bank’s president says no data currently suggests that Europe will fall into stagflation, which is…
Continue Reading Saudi Arabia says it deposited $5B in Egypt’s central bank
By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press CAIRO (AP) — Saudi Arabia has announced a $5 billion aid package to cash-strapped Egypt, where the economy is under…
Continue Reading Biden receives 2nd booster, presses Congress on virus funds
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has gotten a second booster dose of the Pfizer COVID vaccine, and he used the…
Continue Reading US growth in Q4 revised lower to 6.9%, slower growth to come
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy ended 2021 by expanding at a healthy 6.9% annual pace from October…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What would paying for natural gas in rubles mean?
BERLIN (AP) — Russia is demanding payment in rubles for its natural gas exports to Europe. And that is rattling markets already in turmoil because…
Continue Reading EU proposes new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union plans to counter the polluting use of fast fashion and is warning consumers to…
Continue Reading BioNTech’s quarterly profit soars on COVID-19 vaccine demand
BERLIN (AP) — BioNTech has reported another quarter of strong earnings growth. The German pharmaceutical company teamed with Pfizer to develop the…
Continue Reading 4 big expenses you could face in retirement
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Retirement planning is part savings, part guessing game. How much will you need? While many of your day-to-day expenses…
Continue Reading Edmunds: Should you fix your car or buy new?
By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds As new and used vehicle transaction prices continue to hit record highs due to a nationwide vehicle shortage, many people…
Continue Reading Portugal’s new govt sees EU aid as firing up economic growth
By BARRY HATTON Associated Press LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Members of Portugal’s center-left Socialist Party have been sworn into office for the…
Continue Reading Spanish inflation up 9.8% in March, biggest rise since 1985
MADRID (AP) — Spanish authorities say inflation hit a 37-year high in March, rising to 9.8%. That provisional figure released Wednesday is the…
Continue Reading Number of Ukraine refugees passes worst-case U.N. estimate
By BASSAM HATOUM and JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press MEDYKA, Poland (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency says more than 4 million refugees have fled…
Continue Reading German economic advisers slash 2022 growth forecast to 1.8%
BERLIN (AP) — The German government’s panel of independent economic advisers has slashed its 2022 growth forecast for Europe’s biggest economy…
Continue Reading New Zealand airline plans to raise $1.5 billion to rebuild
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s flagship airline has announced a plan to raise $1.5 billion to hire…
Continue Reading Germany warns on Russian gas, Poland to end oil imports
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA and FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany and Austria have activated early warning plans amid concerns that…
Continue Reading Asian stocks fall after Wall St breaks 4-day winning streak
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are lower after Chinese manufacturing weakened and Russian shelling around…
Continue Reading For climate migrants in Bangladesh, town offers new life
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press MONGLA, Bangladesh (AP) — A Bangladeshi town stands alone to offer new life to thousands of climate migrants.…
Continue Reading California panel OKs reparations limit for slave descendants
By JANIE HAR Associated Press California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations has voted to limit state compensation to the descendants…
Continue Reading How China’s TikTok, Facebook influencers push propaganda
By AMANDA SEITZ, ERIC TUCKER and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — China’s state media reporters are positing as travel bloggers…
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