Ford, US Bancorp fall; Bank of America, Tegna rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Ford, US Bancorp fall; Bank of America, Tegna…
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Libya aims to maintain oil output after elections delay
By ADEL OMRAN Associated Press TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — The head of Libya’s national oil company has said that his country will try to keep oil…
Continue Reading UAE envoy: Yemen’s Houthis used missiles in Abu Dhabi attack
By AYA BATRAWY and MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A United Arab Emirates ambassador says Yemen’s Houthi…
Continue Reading GM expands market for hydrogen fuel cells beyond vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — General Motors is finding new markets for its hydrogen fuel cell systems. The automaker announced Wednesday that it will work with…
Continue Reading Unilever won’t top $68B bid for GSK consumer healthcare unit
LONDON (AP) — Unilever, the maker of Vaseline skin care products and Dove soap, says it won’t increase a 50 billion-pound ($68.2 billion) offer…
Continue Reading Florida man gets 5 years for COVID-19 relief, tax fraud
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida man convicted of fraudulently collecting more than $1.3 million in COVID-19 relief funds has been sentenced to five…
Continue Reading BNSF railroad tries to block 17,000 workers from striking
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF railroad wants a federal judge to prevent two of its unions from going on strike next month…
Continue Reading Small Vermont community rallies to keep post office outpost
ELMORE, Vt. (AP) — A Vermont community is asking the U.S. Postal Service to renew a contract with a local store to retain an outpost where people…
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Florida on pace for smallest orange crop in over 75 years
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Florida is on pace to produce the smallest crop of oranges in more than 75 years. A forecast released last week says the…
Continue Reading Construction to begin soon on new US offshore wind farm
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press Developers say construction will soon begin on the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to…
Continue Reading US begins offering 1B free COVID tests, but many more needed
By MATTHEW PERRONE and KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — For the first time, people across the U.S. can log on to a government…
Continue Reading Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it…
Continue Reading Greece raises $3.4B in bond auction to help boost budget
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has raised 3 billion euros in a 10-year bond auction that helps boost its budget following its yearslong economic…
Continue Reading Ukraine court refuses to arrest ex-leader in treason case
By YURAS KARMANAU Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A court in Ukraine has rejected a motion by the prosecutors to remand former President…
Continue Reading Donors to launch Houston newsroom with $20M in seed funding
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer Five philanthropies have announced plans to spend more than $20 million to bolster news coverage in Houston,…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Microsoft’s Activision buy could shake up gaming
By MATT O’BRIEN and TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writers Microsoft stunned the gaming industry when it announced this week it would buy game…
Continue Reading Ticket price hike for World Cup final in Qatar reaches 46%
By ROB HARRIS AP Global Soccer Writer The cost of attending the World Cup final is up to 46% higher in Qatar than the previous tournament in Russia,…
Continue Reading Yellen: Biden pandemic relief ‘like a vaccine’ for economy
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has told a gathering of America’s mayors the Biden…
Continue Reading Colorado coal town grapples with future as plant shuts down
By PATTY NIEBERG Associated Press/Report for America CRAIG, Colorado (AP) — Craig, a small town in northwest Colorado is losing its coal plant, and…
Continue Reading Morgan Stanley profits climb 9% on asset management business
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Investment bank Morgan Stanley says its fourth-quarter profits rose 9% from a year ago, helped by a…
Continue Reading UK lifts COVID restrictions, says omicron wave ‘has peaked’
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says face masks will no longer be mandatory in public places and…
Continue Reading Medical workers fear Polish hospitals can’t handle new surge
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s doctors and medical workers fear the country’s health care system may…
Continue Reading Ford recalls 200K cars because brake lights can stay on
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling about 200,000 cars in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the brake lights from turning off. The recall covers…
Continue Reading German leader champions new tack on climate at Davos event
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — New German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for a “paradigm shift” in the way the world…
Continue Reading EU to subtract millions from funds to Poland over coal mine
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The European Union is preparing to deduct millions of euros from payments to Poland in order to cover fines imposed on Warsaw…
Continue Reading New York AG says Trump’s company misled banks, tax officials
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office says its civil investigation has uncovered evidence…
Continue Reading December marks 3rd straight month of growth for US builders
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Construction of new homes in the U.S. rose for the third consecutive month in December and…
Continue Reading Bank of America profits rise 28%, wage expenses up too
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America says its profits rose 28% last quarter from a year earlier, but the bank faced the…
Continue Reading Army Corps of Engineers gets $14B to help ease supply chains
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press The Biden administration has announced the release of $14 billion to the Army Corps of Engineers to fund 500 projects…
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