Wildfire threat becomes tool to fight home builders
By MICHAEL PHILLIS and SUMAN NAISHADHAM Associated Press Preston Brown knows the risk of wildfire that comes with living in the rural,…
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Stamps are more expensive now. Here’s how much more you’ll pay to drop a letter in the mail
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Maybe this counts as good news in a time of painful price increases for necessities such as food, fuel and housing:…
Continue Reading JPMorgan 2Q profit drops; CEO warns of economic challenges
NEW YORK (AP) — Profits at JPMorgan Chase fell by 28% in the second quarter, as the bank tries to navigate an economy that’s showing strength in…
Continue Reading What does ‘plead the Fifth’ mean? Will the Trumps do it?
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and two of his children — Donald Jr. and Ivanka — are due, in the coming days,…
Continue Reading Scholz party mulls bids to expel German ex-leader Schroeder
BERLIN (AP) — Local officials with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party have met to consider calls to expel former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder.…
Continue Reading Pepsi is making big money on smaller portions
CNN By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The biggest trend in snacking is something small: Chip bags and sodas are going mini. PepsiCo is seeing…
Continue Reading Pepsi is making big money on smaller portions
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business The biggest trend in snacking is something small: Chip bags and sodas are going mini. PepsiCo is seeing…
Continue Reading Italian Premier Draghi’s resignation is rebuffed — for now
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Mario Draghi offered to step down Thursday after a populist coalition…
Continue Reading Chinese homebuyers refuse to pay mortgages on unfinished apartments
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s real estate crisis is escalating, raising concerns about growing risks in the banking system. Desperate…
Continue Reading Emirates slams Heathrow ‘incompetence’ over summer ‘airmageddon’
By Anna Cooban and Livvy Doherty, CNN Business Emirates airline has blasted one of the world’s busiest airports for its…
Continue Reading Villages battle wildfires in Portugal; Europe swelters
By HELENA ALVES and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press BEMPOSTA, Portugal (AP) — More than 3,000 firefighters are battling alongside ordinary…
Continue Reading Amazon offers concessions to head off EU antitrust cases
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Amazon has promised to treat third-party merchants on its website fairly as it seeks to resolve two…
Continue Reading Serbia police detain 85 migrants; weapons seized in raid
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Authorities in Serbia have detained 85 migrants near the border with Hungary where a clash…
Continue Reading G-20 finance leaders tackle dire fallout from war in Ukraine
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has urged leaders of major economies to work together…
Continue Reading US journalists targeted by foreign hackers who show sophisticated understanding of American politics
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN In the days before the January 6, 2021, insurrection, Chinese hackers sent out a flurry of malicious emails to prominent White…
Continue Reading Russia’s war to keep hitting EU economy, push up inflation
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union expects Russia’s war in Ukraine to wreak havoc with the economic recovery for the…
Continue Reading Investors take $17.5B stake in Deutsche Telekom cell towers
BERLIN (AP) — Deutsche Telekom says it is selling a majority stake in its German and Austrian cellphone tower business to American and Canadian…
Continue Reading In Ukraine war, a race to acquire smarter, deadlier drones
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Never in the history of warfare have drones been used as intensively…
Continue Reading Asian shares mixed after China says growth weakened in 2Q
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Share prices were mixed in Asia on Friday after China reported its economy contracted by…
Continue Reading Protesters retreat as Sri Lankan president sends resignation
By KRUTIKA PATHI and KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Protesters have retreated from government buildings in Sri Lanka,…
Continue Reading Average rent in Manhattan jumps to a record $5,000 a month
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Rent continued to skyrocket to new record highs in Manhattan last month. The median monthly rent paid by a tenant for a…
Continue Reading Colombia’s incoming finance minister wants fair capitalism
By ASTRID SUAREZ and MANUEL RUEDA Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s next finance minister says the left-leaning government…
Continue Reading US approves American Airlines flights to more cities in Cuba
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The U.S. government is giving American Airlines permission to resume flights to five cities in Cuba outside the capital of…
Continue Reading 7-Eleven offers $100K reward for arrest in deadly holdups
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The 7-Eleven convenience store chain is offering a $100,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a…
Continue Reading Regulators recommend license for spent nuclear fuel storage
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — There are no environmental reasons that would prevent a New Jersey-based company…
Continue Reading Senate approves Michael Barr to Federal Reserve post
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate easily approved Michael Barr to be the Federal Reserve’s top banking…
Continue Reading Twitter: Attrition up a bit, companywide layoffs not planned
By The Associated Press Twitter is telling employees that it’s not planning any companywide layoffs, but there could be some restructuring and…
Continue Reading Panasonic selects Kansas for vehicle battery mega-factory
By JOHN HANNA and SEAN MURPHY Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Japan’s Panasonic Corp. and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly say the company selected…
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El Paso City Representative sworn in as Chairman of Sister Cities International
EL PASO, Texas — El Paso City Representative and Mayor Pro Tempore Peter Svarzbein was officially sworn in as the first Latino Chairman of Sister…
Continue Reading Pharmacies can’t discriminate on reproductive health scripts
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer The Biden administration is warning pharmacies not to discriminate against women who may seek reproductive health…
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