New United Way CEO on mission to improve workplace culture
By DAN PARKS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Angela Williams has taken the helm of the nation’s largest charity with a…
Continue ReadingAP National Business
Gladys Knight’s son gets prison over restaurant taxes
ATLANTA (AP) — The son of R&B legend Gladys Knight has been sentenced to serve two years in prison for failing to withhold payroll taxes for…
Continue Reading Peloton hits the wall after sprinting through pandemic
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Peloton has suffering its worst day as a publicly traded company. The sell-off came after…
Continue Reading Portugal protects employees with new rules on home working
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — Portugal’s parliament has approved new labor laws on working from home. The regulations introduce additional protection…
Continue Reading Ukraine charges 5 hackers allegedly working for Russia
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine has filed charges of espionage and attempted state overthrow against five people who were allegedly part of a hackers…
Continue Reading EU, UK divide widens on new NIreland, French fishing deal
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The United Kingdom has rejected European Union proposals to streamline the trade of goods in…
Continue Reading Lawsuits over workplace vaccine rule focus on states’ rights
By DAVID A. LIEB, GEOFF MULVIHILL and ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — The attorneys general of 27 states have filed…
Continue Reading Indonesia seizes land owned by Suharto son’s company
By NINIEK KARMINI Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have seized four plots of land owned by the youngest son of…
Continue Reading Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by 90%
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer says its experimental pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by…
Continue Reading Lone French fisherman left adrift in UK-France fishing spat
By NICO GARRIGA and THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press GRANVILLE, France (AP) — French fisherman Hermann Outrequin gave up his fishing company job and…
Continue Reading China lashes out at press freedom survey in Hong Kong
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China has criticized a press freedom survey from the Hong Kong Foreign Correspondents’ Club that…
Continue Reading Russia gets partial win in $50B case over bankrupt oil giant
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch Supreme Court has handed Russia at least a temporary victory in its appeal…
Continue Reading Honda lowers profit, vehicle sales forecast over chip crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Honda has lowered its profit and vehicle sales forecasts for the fiscal year,…
Continue Reading S&P 500 sets seventh straight all-time high on Wall Street
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks pushed further into record heights on Friday following an…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What vaccine mandate means for firms and workers
By TOM KRISHER and PAUL WISEMAN AP Business Writers The sweeping Biden administration’s new COVID-19 mandate will apply to 84 million workers…
Continue Reading Japan game maker Nintendo sees no quick fix for chips crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — The president of Japanese video game maker Nintendo says the shortage in computer chips needed to…
Continue Reading Western Australia sets 90% vaccination target for reopening
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — While people are now able to travel freely in Australia’s more populated east,…
Continue Reading US employers shrugged off virus and stepped up hiring
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers boosted their hiring in October, adding a solid 531,000 jobs,…
Continue Reading Alaska corporation sues over Arctic refuge leases
By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — An Alaska state corporation that was the main bidder in an oil and gas lease sale in the…
Continue Reading California’s PUC OKs boosting storage at infamous gas field
By ROBERT JABLON Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — California regulators have voted to increase the capacity of a Los Angeles-area natural gas…
Continue Reading Airbnb reports $834 million 3Q profit as revenue soars
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Airbnb has reported a strong third quarter with record profit and revenue as more people get vaccinated and return…
Continue Reading Uber Q3 loss widens on investment losses, revenue up 72%
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Uber has posted a big rebound in third-quarter revenue thanks to riders and drivers returning from pandemic lockdowns, but its…
Continue Reading FAA has referred 37 air passengers for criminal prosecution
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they have referred more than three dozen airline passengers for possible criminal prosecution this year, as…
Continue Reading Migrant Oregon weed workers face threats amid illegal boom
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Thousands of immigrants working on illegal marijuana farms in southern Oregon that authorities…
Continue Reading Brazil’s awaited 5G tender yields billions in investment
By DIANE JEANTET Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil is holding its much-anticipated auction for build-out of the nation’s…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Stocks wound up a mixed bag on Wall Street Thursday, but big gains in several technology giants helped push the S&P 500 and…
Continue Reading Qualcomm, Electronic Arts rise; Moderna, Roku fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Qualcomm, Electronic Arts rise; Moderna, Roku…
Continue Reading No arm-twisting: Kerry says corporates back plan to cut CO2
By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry says a new project trumpeted by U.S. President Joe Biden in which…
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 Michigan city on edge as lead water crisis persists
By MICHAEL PHILLIS Associated Press BENTON HARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The water system in Benton Harbor, Michigan, has tested for elevated levels of lead…
Continue Reading