Australia announces policy to boost electric car sales
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced plans to encourage people to buy…
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All aboard: Austrian minister takes train to climate talks
GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Unlike some of her European colleagues, Leonore Gewessler arrived at the U.N. climate conference with a clean conscience.…
Continue Reading Metallurgist admits faking steel-test results for Navy subs
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — A metallurgist in Washington state has pleaded guilty to fraud after she spent decades faking the…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How crowdfunding helps real Astroworld victims
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer In the hours following the pandemonium at the Astroworld Festival that left eight people dead and dozens injured,…
Continue Reading Ye’s Yeezy pays nearly $1M to settle slow-shipping lawsuit
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rapper and fashion mogul Ye’s high-end clothing company Yeezy has agreed to pay $950,000 to settle a lawsuit over slow…
Continue Reading Robinhood hit by data breach exposing users’ emails, names
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Popular investing app Robinhood said Monday that it suffered a security breach last week where hackers accessed…
Continue Reading Fed: Risks to US financial system ease as economy recovers
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Reserve says that the risks to the U.S. financial system have eased significantly…
Continue Reading Tesla, ViaSat fall; Trade Desk, Coty rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Tesla, ViaSat fall; Trade Desk, Coty…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks notched some modest gains on Wall Street Monday, enough to mark more record highs for major U.S. indexes. The S&P 500…
Continue Reading Consumer advocates: New facts demand fresh FirstEnergy audit
By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Consumer advocates are asking the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio to reopen one of…
Continue Reading 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 Railroads fight with unions in court over vaccine mandates
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another major railroad has gone to court to determine whether it has the authority to require…
Continue Reading Gun maker Remington moves to Georgia in $100M, 856-job deal
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Gun maker Remington Firearms will move its headquarters from upstate New York to Georgia, with plans to…
Continue Reading Obama faults Russia, China for ‘lack of urgency’ on climate
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER, ANIRUDDHA GHOSAL and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — Barack Obama is expressing confidence that the…
Continue Reading Astronaut conducts first spacewalk by Chinese woman
BEIJING (AP) — Wang Yaping has become the first Chinese woman to conduct a spacewalk as part of a six-month mission to the country’s space…
Continue Reading Air-scrubbing machines gain momentum, but long way to go
CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Leading scientific agencies say even if the world manages to stop producing harmful emissions,…
Continue Reading Latest exit from Fed’s board gives Biden three slots to fill
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Randal Quarles announced Monday that he will resign from the Federal Reserve’s Board…
Continue Reading Europe bolsters pioneering tech rules with help from Haugen
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — European lawmakers have pioneered efforts to rein in big technology companies and are working to…
Continue Reading Fed’s Powell: Pandemic recession has particularly hurt women
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell expressed concern that the pandemic recession has…
Continue Reading Coal dust: Former mine managers face fraud trial in Kentucky
By DYLAN LOVAN Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A criminal fraud trial in Kentucky aims to determine whether four officials of the…
Continue Reading US charges 2 suspected major ransomware operators
By ERIC TUCKER and ALAN SUDERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A suspected Ukrainian hacker has been arrested and charged in the United States…
Continue Reading Russians go back to work but virus cases, deaths stay high
By DARIA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians have gone back to work after a nine-day break that was ordered by authorities to tame a…
Continue Reading Musk: I’ll sell 10% of Tesla stock based on Twitter poll
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Tesla shares closed Monday down nearly 5% after CEO Elon Musk said he would sell 10% of…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: Reluctant to retire? 3 signs you’re ready
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Some people can’t wait to retire. Others are pushed into retirement due to illness, job loss or other factors beyond…
Continue Reading US reopens to international travel, allows happy reunions
By ELLIOT SPAGAT and CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — Parents held children born while they were stuck abroad. Long-separated…
Continue Reading Bus set on fire in Northern Ireland amid post Brexit tension
LONDON (AP) — A bus has been hijacked and set on fire in Northern Ireland, amid discontent over the trade deal struck as part of the U.K.’s…
Continue Reading Report: NSO spyware found on 6 Palestinian activists’ phones
By FRANK BAJAK and JOSEPH KRAUSS Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — Security researchers say spyware from the notorious Israeli hacker-for-hire…
Continue Reading Japan’s SoftBank sinks into losses over China investments
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — SoftBank Group says it sank into red ink for the July-September period, hit by losses on its…
Continue Reading This Week: Producer prices, Rivian IPO, job openings
The Associated Press The Labor Department delivers its October barometer of U.S. wholesale prices Tuesday. Electric vehicle startup Rivian Automotive…
Continue Reading Asian stock markets mixed after Wall St hits record again
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose to a record for an eighth day. Tokyo and…
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