
Inflation is driving Americans to bargain chain stores
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dollar Tree and Dollar General have reported higher second-quarter as four-decade high…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Dollar Tree and Dollar General have reported higher second-quarter as four-decade high…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Citigroup will wind down its consumer banking and commercial lending operations in Russia after…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipation for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers has been growing all year. For…
Continue ReadingAssociated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton shares are on a wild ride this week, running up 20% Wednesday on a new partnership with Amazon only to…
Continue ReadingBy DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer The price of wheat, corn and other commodities that make up the basis for much of the world’s food supply…
Continue ReadingBy HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Anticipation for one of the fall’s likeliest bestsellers has been growing all year. For…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank at a 0.6% annual rate from April through June, the government said in…
Continue ReadingBy MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market continues to stand…
Continue ReadingBy THALIA BEATY Associated Press LANCASTER, Ca. (AP) — Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $44 million to the Oregon-based mentoring…
Continue ReadingGENEVA (AP) — Swiss pharmaceuticals company Novartis says it plans to spin off its generics subsidiary Sandoz, which generated nearly $10 billion…
Continue ReadingBy KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has signed a $2.25 billion contract with a Russian state-run nuclear…
Continue ReadingDUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia will grant visas to those holding tickets to the World Cup in neighboring Qatar. The Saudi Foreign…
Continue ReadingBy SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A cost-of-living crisis in Britain is about to get worse. Millions of people will pay about 80% more a…
Continue ReadingBy JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher on Friday ahead of a speech by the Federal…
Continue ReadingBy ISABEL DEBRE Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — From Mustafa Moeen’s spot behind the counter, he sees the many faces of…
Continue ReadingBy EILEEN NG Associated Press KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Jailed Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has returned to court for a second…
Continue ReadingBy KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California set itself on a path Thursday to end the era of gas-powered cars, with…
Continue ReadingBy JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — On a hot, humid East Coast day this summer, a massive container ship…
Continue ReadingBy JULIET LINDERMAN and MARTHA MENDOZA Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — On a hot, humid East Coast day this summer, a massive container ship…
Continue ReadingBy MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers are anxious to hear from Twitter’s former security chief, who has alarmed…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — A half-hour drive or so from the resort where the high priests of…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is shutting down the hybrid virtual, in-home care service it’s spent years developing. It’s a surprising move that…
Continue ReadingGULFPORT, Miss. (AP) — A subsidiary of insurance giant State Farm has agreed to pay the federal government $100 million in restitution over its…
Continue ReadingBy CORA LEWIS and ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press New York (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program announced on Wednesday…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has named Kim Cheatle, a veteran Secret Service official, as the agency’s next director. Her appointment…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill appears to provide little or no benefit for younger adults,…
Continue ReadingBy DOUG FERGUSON AP Golf Writer ATLANTA (AP) — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy are bringing their own version of team golf to the PGA Tour. Woods and…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Peloton, Farfetch rise; Nordstrom, Advance Auto Parts…
Continue ReadingBy MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An internal watchdog says former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to investigators about…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks closed modestly higher as Wall Street recovered some of this week’s steep losses ahead of a highly anticipated speech…
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