Romanian port struggles to handle flow of Ukrainian grain
By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press CONSTANTA, Romania (AP) — With Ukraine’s seaports blockaded or captured by Russian forces, neighboring…
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Stocks rally, driving Wall Street to a rare winning week
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks racked up more gains on Wall Street Friday, as the S&P 500 had its best day in two years…
Continue Reading US envoy to Israel lives in a luxe rental, a Trump legacy
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press JERUSALEM (AP) — There’s no plaque on the gate of the U.S. ambassador’s new residence in Jerusalem, no Stars…
Continue Reading A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse
By ZEINA KARAM and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political…
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Small banks in China are running into trouble. Savers could lose everything
By Laura He, CNN Business Peter had put his life savings of about $6 million into accounts at three small banks in China’s central Henan…
Continue Reading Toyota recalls electric car for faulty wheel that may detach
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota is recalling 2,700 of its bZ4X crossover vehicles globally for wheel bolts that could…
Continue Reading Amazon Alexa will be able to mimic deceased loved ones’ voices
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The latest iteration of Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant could sound eerily familiar. The company…
Continue Reading Owners of candle factory damaged in tornado plan expansion
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press The company that operated a Kentucky candle factory leveled by a deadly tornado last winter is planning to ramp…
Continue Reading North Dakota farmland purchase tied to Gates stirs emotion
By DAVE KOLPACK Associated Press FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The sale of a couple thousand acres of prime North Dakota farmland to a group tied to Bill…
Continue Reading Feds issue draft assessment that could doom Minnesota mine
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The U.S. Forest Service has issued a draft environmental assessment to lay the…
Continue Reading California Senate rejects involuntary servitude amendment
By ADAM BEAM and DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California Senate has rejected a proposal to ban involuntary servitude…
Continue Reading Oil CEOs call for ‘tone shift’ from White House on finger-pointing over gas prices
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The oil industry pushed for an easing of tensions and a dialing back of finger-pointing from the White House during a…
Continue Reading Oil CEOs call for ‘tone shift’ from White House on finger-pointing over gas prices
CNN By Matt Egan, CNN Business The oil industry pushed for an easing of tensions and a dialing back of finger-pointing from the White House during a…
Continue Reading NASA: Give us back our moon dust and cockroaches
By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — NASA wants its moon dust and cockroaches back. The space agency has asked Boston-based RR Auction to…
Continue Reading All big US banks pass Fed’s annual ‘stress tests’
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The nation’s 3 biggest banks have enough capital to withstand a severe economic contraction.…
Continue Reading Settlement would forgive $6B for defrauded college students
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Biden administration has agreed to cancel $6 billion in student loans for about 200,000 former students who…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 6/23/2022
The Associated Press Stocks shook off a midday slump and ended higher, keeping major indexes on track for weekly gains. Trading was wobbly throughout…
Continue Reading Mosaic, Bank of America fall; KB Home, Rite Aid rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Mosaic, Bank of America fall; KB Home, Rite Aid…
Continue Reading Mexico’s central bank hikes its prime lending rate to 7.75%
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Stung by stubbornly high inflation, Mexico’s Central Bank has announced a three-quarter-point increase in its prime…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for August delivery fell $1.92 to $104.27 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for August delivery fell $1.69…
Continue Reading Delta wins right to stay at Dallas airport after lawsuit
DALLAS (AP) — Delta Air Lines will be able to continue operating flights at Dallas Love Field for another six years, under a settlement approved by…
Continue Reading Yelp closes three US offices, says remote work is its future
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Yelp is closing three of its U.S. offices after finding most of its employees prefer to work remotely.In a blog…
Continue Reading Nigerians blame fuel shortage on Ukraine war, fixed prices
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria is grappling with widespread fuel shortages that are forcing motorists to spend…
Continue Reading Ex-Trump adviser calls for lifting Trump tariffs on China
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Former Trump economic official Gary Cohn is in favor of President Joe Biden lifting some Trump-era tariffs imposed on…
Continue Reading Oil industry says Granholm meeting sends ‘positive signal’
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Groups representing the oil industry and refiners say a meeting with Energy Secretary Jennifer…
Continue Reading Apple and Android phones hacked by Italian spyware, Google says
By Reuters An Italian company’s hacking tools were used to spy on Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, Alphabet’s…
Continue Reading Musk vows fast fix for new “money furnace” Tesla factories
By The Associated Press Tesla CEO Elon Musk described the electric automaker’s factories in Austin and Berlin as “money furnaces” that were…
Continue Reading SpaceX says 5G expansion would make Starlink ‘unusable’ for most Americans
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX, Dish Network and other 5G providers are locked in a heated battle over radio frequencies, which SpaceX says…
Continue Reading Netflix lays off 300 employees as bad year continues to hit company
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Netflix is laying off 300 employees in the midst of a rough year for the streaming giant. “While we continue to…
Continue Reading Powell: Fed must convince public it can tame inflation
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — As if their job weren’t hard enough at a time of raging inflation, Chair Jerome Powell and…
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