AP National Business

By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…

By ALAN SUDERMAN, FRANK BAJAK and RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Outsiders have long profited from Africa’s riches of…

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka has lifted a six-week national lockdown as COVID-19 cases and deaths…

By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With only hours to spare, President Joe Biden signed legislation to avoid a partial federal…

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — If you build it during a pandemic, will they still come? American Dream…

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and JORGE RUEDA Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — A new currency with six fewer zeros is debuting in Venezuela,…

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer Shortages of power, computer chips and other parts, soaring shipping costs and shutdowns of factories to…

A quarterly survey by the Bank of Japan shows sentiment among manufacturers at its highest level in nearly three years. The results of the central…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rates jumped this week as the benchmark 30-year loan edged over 3%. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac…

By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press Foxconn Technology Group has struck a deal to buy a massive auto assembly plant in Ohio from a startup electric truck…

By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer The hedge-fund billionaire and Milwaukee Bucks co-owner who was named chairman of embattled media organization Ozy…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Biden administration has scheduled an offshore oil and gas lease sale for the Gulf of Mexico on Nov. 17, obeying a court…

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform for…

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has narrowly approved President Joe Biden’s pick to run the Consumer Financial…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Regulators want the family of West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice to pay a penalty and follow through on a promise to fix…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is putting final touches on long-sought consumer protections…

By MARCY GORDON and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Senators have fired a barrage of criticism at a Facebook executive over…

The Associated Press Stocks fell broadly on Thursday and closed out September with their worst monthly loss since the beginning of the pandemic. The…

Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Perrigo, Virgin Galactic rise; CarMax, Devon Energy…

GREELEY, Colo. (AP) — Officials say meatpacker JBS Foods Inc. faces about $59,000 in fines following the death of a worker who fell into a vat of…

By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of U.S. clinics pushing unproven stem cell procedures has ballooned in recent…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Crews will use a barge outfitted with a crane to try to recover a cargo plane that ditched into the ocean off Honolulu. The…

By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Gun manufacturer Smith & Wesson plans to relocate its headquarters from…

By SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Republicans are using money from the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package for projects on…

By TOM KRISHER, JONATHAN MATTISE and BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ford’s blockbuster announcement this week that it…

By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Soaring home prices are driving the fastest pace of growth in homeowner equity in more than a…

By ALEX DANIELS of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Less than 20% of the assets held by major foundations is invested by…

By ARITZ PARRA Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has launched a diplomatic offensive to preserve its essential stream of Algerian natural gas as…