General Motors reinstates dividend suspended in pandemic
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will reinstate quarterly dividend payments that were suspended during the pandemic that shut down…
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The cord has been cut. Streaming is more watched than cable
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The cord has been cut. For the first time ever, Americans are watching more streaming TV than cable, according to a…
Continue Reading Has the bear market really gone into early hibernation?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The bears and bulls are at it again. Markets have seemingly recovered from a miserable downturn in mid-June that…
Continue Reading See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn,…
Continue Reading Couples are swapping out natural diamonds in rings for larger, cheaper lab-made ones
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Lab-grown diamonds have become so popular with consumers that some couples are asking jewelers to swap the natural…
Continue Reading Russia, Ukraine spar over fighting near nuclear facility
By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire at a munitions depot inside Russia forced the evacuation of two villages near the border…
Continue Reading China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A court says Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 has been…
Continue Reading Yangtze shrinks as China’s drought disrupts industry
By MARK SCHIEFELBEIN Associated Press CHONGQING, China (AP) — Ships are creeping down the middle of the Yangtze after China’s driest summer in…
Continue Reading Zimbabweans hit by 257% inflation: Will gold coins help?
By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — After working as an overnight security guard at a church in Harare’s impoverished…
Continue Reading No Tube: London subway hit by strike, day after rail walkout
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A strike by London Underground workers brought the British capital’s transit network to a grinding…
Continue Reading Doctors stay in Ukraine’s war-hit towns: ‘People need us’
By MSTYSLAV CHERNOV and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ZOLOCHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Dr. Ilona Butova almost looks out of place in her neatly pressed…
Continue Reading Bomb threats put tiny Moldova, Ukraine’s neighbor, on edge
By CRISTIAN JARDAN and STEPHEN McGRATH Associated Press CHISINAU, Moldova (AP) — For tiny Moldova, an impoverished, landlocked nation that borders…
Continue Reading Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press An anti-vaccine group that has harassed doctors and public officials in Italy and France is still active on…
Continue Reading Tech stocks lead Wall Street lower, breaking winning streak
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street capped a choppy week of trading Friday with a broad slide for stocks that left the…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Refugee head sees lesson in Ukraine crisis
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — The U.N. refugee agency director says Europe’s embrace of millions of Ukrainians who fled…
Continue Reading Backyard mosquito spraying booms, but may be too deadly
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer CASCADE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — It’s an increasingly familiar sight in U.S. cities and suburbs: A van…
Continue Reading Anti-vax group in Europe thrives online, thwarts tech effort
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press An anti-vaccine group that has harassed doctors and public officials in Italy and France is still active on…
Continue Reading Crisis looms without big cuts to over-tapped Colorado River
By SAM METZ and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hydroelectric turbines may stop turning. Las Vegas and Phoenix may be…
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New Mexico Restaurant Association calls for state relief after pandemic-related shutdowns
SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico lost 18 percent of full-service restaurants between December 2019 and December 2021, according to the New Mexico…
Continue Reading Insurer Centene changes course on East Coast HQ in Charlotte
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Government health insurance provider Centene Corp. says it no longer plans to create an East Coast campus in Charlotte,…
Continue Reading You should probably update your Apple devices right now
CNN By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple is directing users of most of its devices to update their software after the company discovered a…
Continue Reading Rail union: Plan for contract deal doesn’t address concerns
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The head of the nation’s largest railroad union says the report designed to help resolve…
Continue Reading Apple warns of security flaw for iPhones, iPads and Macs
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple disclosed serious security vulnerabilities for iPhones, iPads and Macs that could potentially allow attackers to take…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond tumbles after influential investor exits
NEW YORK (AP) — The newest meme stock on Wall Street, Bed Bath & Beyond, tumbled even further in after-hours trading Thursday after a…
Continue Reading What’s next for Trump Organization after Weisselberg plea?
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The numbers guy did the math: Allen Weisselberg — a longtime loyal lieutenant to Donald Trump — could…
Continue Reading Judge retains jurisdiction in lawsuit over Enbridge pipeline
By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — A federal judge will stay in charge of a lawsuit that seeks to close a Great…
Continue Reading For 1st month ever, streamers rule broadcast, cable networks
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — This summer has been a breakthrough for streaming. In July, for the first month ever, the time…
Continue Reading Unions push airlines to promise they’ll avoid stock buybacks
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Labor unions are pushing U.S. airlines not to buy back their own stock. The unions want the…
Continue Reading Cisco, BJ’s Wholesale rise; Kohl’s, Amcor fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Cisco, BJ’s Wholesale rise; Kohl’s, Amcor…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 8/18/2022
The Associated Press Stocks ended modestly higher on Wall Street after another day of choppy trading. The S&P 500 rose 0.2% Thursday, putting it…
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