Home Depot overcomes slow start to year, rising home prices
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Home Depot’s fiscal first-quarter sales improved even as the chain faced a slower start to spring, and it…
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Japan to allow limited foreign package tours as experiment
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s government says it will begin allowing small package tours from four countries later this…
Continue Reading Yellen warns Europeans about working with China, urges unity
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Even as Western allies grapple with how to counter Russia’s assault on…
Continue Reading Censure vote vs. Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s governing party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently…
Continue Reading Musk wars with Twitter over his buyout deal – on Twitter
By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER AP Business Reporters Tesla CEO Elon Musk says his deal to buy Twitter can’t “move forward” unless the…
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Understanding the connections between mental health conditions and substance use disorders
Zinnia Health looked at the connection between mental illness and substance use disorder, citing early 2020 data from the Substance Abuse and Mental…
Continue Reading Livestreamed carnage: Tech’s hard lessons from mass killings
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, HALELUYA HADERO and MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writers Experts are calling for a broader discussion around livestreams…
Continue Reading Students protest, discontent grows over China’s COVID policy
By KEN MORITSUGU and DAVID RISING Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Administrators at an elite Beijing university have backed down from plans to…
Continue Reading Asia stocks mixed after Wall St gain, Powell warns on rates
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed after Wall Street rose and the Federal Reserve’s chairman…
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Indian couple sue only son for not giving them grandchildren
By Esha Mitra and Jessie Yeung, CNN A couple in India are suing their son and daughter-in-law — for not giving them grandchildren after six…
Continue Reading New US hospitals face fiscal crisis over COVID relief money
By JAY REEVES Associated Press THOMASVILLE, Ala. (AP) — A handful of U.S. hospitals are facing a financial crisis that officials say was caused by…
Continue Reading Conspiracy theorists flock to bird flu, spreading falsehoods
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press An outbreak of avian flu is forcing farmers to cull their flocks and leading to concerns about even higher food…
Continue Reading AP Exclusive: Black Lives Matter has $42 million in assets
By AARON MORRISON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A new, 63-page IRS tax filing shared exclusively with The Associated Press shows the Black Lives…
Continue Reading Fall of Mariupol appears at hand; fighters leave steel plant
By OLEKSANDR STASHEVSKYI and CIARAN McQUILLAN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The fall of Mariupol appears at hand as Ukraine is moving to…
Continue Reading No cars were sold in Shanghai in April as zero-Covid policy hammers activity
By Laura He, CNN Business Shanghai posted zero car sales last month as China pressed ahead with its stringent pandemic control measures. The biggest…
Continue Reading Musk’s China ties add potential risks to Twitter purchase
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Elon Musk’s ties to China through his role as electric car brand Tesla’s biggest shareholder…
Continue Reading 2 plead guilty in scheme to manipulate Amazon Marketplace
SEATTLE (AP) — Two more defendants have pleaded guilty for their role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to manipulate the Amazon Marketplace…
Continue Reading Buffett’s firm reveals new stakes in Paramount, Citigroup
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company has revealed all the investment moves it made in the first quarter,…
Continue Reading California court strikes down another law seeking to diversify corporate boards
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business California’s efforts to mandate board diversity have been dealt another blow. Late last week, a California judge…
Continue Reading Musk hints at paying less for Twitter than his $44B offer
DETROIT (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk has given the strongest hint yet that he would like to pay less for Twitter than his $44 billion offer made last…
Continue Reading Social media platforms vowed to rein in extremism. Buffalo puts them to the test
By Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Big Tech platforms…
Continue Reading Social media platforms vowed to rein in extremism. Buffalo puts them to the test
CNN By Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business In the wake of Saturday’s mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, Big Tech platforms…
Continue Reading Federal Election Commission deadlocks, won’t punish Trump
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Election Commission has decided not to take action against former President Donald…
Continue Reading Elon Musk says Twitter deal can’t happen until bot account dispute is resolved
By Rishi Iyengar and Allison Morrow, CNN Business Elon Musk escalated a public feud with Twitter’s CEO early Tuesday, saying his acquisition of…
Continue Reading BNSF tweaks attendance rules but unions still complain
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — BNSF railroad is tweaking its strict new attendance policy. But unions that have challenged the…
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US allows more baby formula imports to fight shortage
By MATTHEW PERRONE and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s administration has announced new steps to ease…
Continue Reading NBC, Fox offer fall television plans, to a point amid change
By DAVID BAUDER and LYNN ELBER AP Entertainment Writers NEW YORK (AP) — During a week in mid-May, broadcast television networks traditionally…
Continue Reading Once a powerful symbol in Russia, McDonald’s withdraws
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Two months after the Berlin Wall fell, another powerful symbol opened its doors in the middle of Moscow: a…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Stocks ended another wobbly day mostly lower on Wall Street Monday, extending the market’s losing streak. The S&P 500…
Continue Reading Workers start union push at Trader Joe’s in Massachusetts
By MARK PRATT Associated Press Employees are seeking to unionize at a Trader Joe’s grocery store in western Massachusetts. They join a nationwide…
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