Nvidia, Hormel fall; Nutanix, Forma Therapeutics rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Nvidia, Hormel fall; Nutanix, Forma Therapeutics…
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Drug company CEO pleads guilty to selling tainted medicine
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A former owner and CEO of a South Florida drug manufacturing company has been sentenced to three years and one month…
Continue Reading Paddleboarder loses phone; scuba diver finds it next day
ROCKPORT, Mass. (AP) — When Laura Hernandez fell into the water and lost her iPhone while paddleboarding off Massachusetts earlier this month, she…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery fell $2.94 to $86.61 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for November delivery fell…
Continue Reading Atlanta hospital announces closure, drawing mayor’s ire
By SUDHIN THANAWALA Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — One of Atlanta’s largest hospitals says it plans to shut down in two months after…
Continue Reading Micron to invest $15 billion on memory chip plant in Boise
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer Micron will invest $15 billion though the end of the decade on a new semiconductor plant in its hometown that the…
Continue Reading House committee reaches deal to get Trump financial records
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A House committee seeking financial records from former President Donald Trump has reached an…
Continue Reading Fed is hoping August hiring report will show slowdown
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Raging inflation has so scrambled the economy that it’s come to this: If Friday’s…
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CDC endorses updated COVID boosters, shots to begin soon
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters. The decision opens the…
Continue Reading EU: US electric vehicle tax credit reduces buyers’ choices
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union trade chief says a new U.S. tax credit aimed at encouraging Americans to buy electric vehicles could eventually…
Continue Reading Gibraltar confirms leakage of fuel from stranded cargo ship
The Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Gibraltar authorities say that a small amount of heavy fuel oil has leaked from a bulk carrier ship stranded…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates rise to 5.66%, weighing on housing market
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates rose to their highest level in two months this week,…
Continue Reading Twitter readies edit feature for premium users
By The Associated Press Permanently misspelled tweets might soon be a thing of the past. Twitter said Thursday it will roll out an editing feature to…
Continue Reading Limited funding hampers charities’ early monkeypox response
By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Two biopharmaceutical companies will give $5 million and $500,000,…
Continue Reading Ford recalls SUVs; heating and cooling fans can catch fire
DETROIT (AP) — Ford is recalling nearly 200,000 large SUVs because the heating and cooling fan motors can fail and catch fire. The recall covers…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to shine…
Continue Reading Cruise updates software for autonomous vehicles after crash
DETROIT (AP) — An autonomous robotaxi run by Cruise LLC got into a crash while making a left turn, causing the company to recall 80 vehicles with a…
Continue Reading When autumn leaves start to fall, will Wall Street follow?
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Welcome to the worst month of the year for Wall Street. The average September has been 10 times…
Continue Reading Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal faces more UK scrutiny
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s plan to buy video game company Activision Blizzard faces a potential setback after…
Continue Reading Russian top oil executive dies; fall from window blamed
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news reports say the chairman of the board of Russia’s largest private oil company fell out of a hospital window and died.…
Continue Reading China demands US drop tech export curbs after Nvidia warning
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government is calling on Washington to repeal technology export curbs after…
Continue Reading New online dashboard helps flyers with delays, cancellations
By ASHRAF KHALIL Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Amid months of mass flight cancellations and delays, the Department of Transportation has…
Continue Reading California’s last nuke plant to seek US OK for extended run
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The utility that oversees California’s last operating nuclear power plant is taking steps…
Continue Reading IMF set to provide $2.9 billion to help crisis-hit Sri Lanka
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The International Monetary Fund says it has reached a preliminary agreement to…
Continue Reading Lufthansa cancels many flights Friday due to pilots’ strike
BERLIN (AP) — German carrier Lufthansa says it is canceling almost all passenger and cargo flights Friday from its two biggest hubs, Frankfurt and…
Continue Reading China locks down 21 million in Chengdu in COVID-19 outbreak
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities have locked down Chengdu, a southwestern city of 21 million people, following a spike in COVID-19 cases.…
Continue Reading Asian stock markets mixed ahead of latest US jobs reading
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday ahead of U.S. jobs data that might influence Federal…
Continue Reading Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard deal gets global scrutiny
By MATT O’BRIEN and KELVIN CHAN AP Technology Writers Microsoft’s plan to buy video game giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion could…
Continue Reading Hawaii quits coal in bid to fight climate change
By CALEB JONES Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — The last bits of ash and greenhouse gases from Hawaii’s only remaining coal-fired power plant…
Continue Reading Arizona Gov. Ducey hails Taiwan semiconductor investment
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Thursday hailed economic and educational cooperation with Taiwan, marked by a $12 billion…
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