Staff shortages, supply backups batter EU economic growth
By RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is seeing its economic emergence from the unprecedented COVID-19 slowdown…
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Germany’s Siemens sees profit up 20%, raises dividend
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany Siemens AG saw net profit at the global maker of trains and industrial…
Continue Reading AstraZeneca sees $4B in COVID vaccine sales as revenue soars
LONDON (AP) — AstraZeneca has recorded a big jump in revenue as it begins to take a profit from its coronavirus vaccine for the first time. The…
Continue Reading Moroccan region held death recipe for boy trapped in well
By MOSA’AB ELSHAMY Associated Press IGHRAN, Morocco (AP) — The death of a 5-year-old boy trapped for days in the dark depths of a well…
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Hijab protests spread in India as girls refuse to be told what not to wear
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Swati Gupta, CNN A college student has become a symbol of resistance in India’s Karnataka state, where…
Continue Reading Blockades by virus protest convoys banned in Paris, Brussels
PARIS (AP) — Authorities in France and Belgium have banned road blockades threatened by groups organizing online against COVID-19 restrictions. The…
Continue Reading Report: Troubled Chinese builder promises 600,000 apartments
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A newspaper says a Chinese real estate developer that is struggling under $310 billion in debt is…
Continue Reading South Korea to roll out Novavax COVID-19 vaccine next week
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea will begin offering Novavax Inc.’s COVID-19 vaccine at hospitals,…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What are the key parts of Ukraine’s peace deal?
By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — A peace agreement for eastern Ukraine has remained stalled for years. But it has come into…
Continue Reading California accuses Tesla of alleged discrimination at plant
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — California regulators have sued electric car maker Tesla Inc. They allege the…
Continue Reading Asian shares skid after hot price data point to rate hikes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a sell-off on Wall Street spurred by news that…
Continue Reading Biden puts focus on drug prices in fight against inflation
By CHRIS MEGERIAN and JOSH BOAK Associated Press CULPEPER, Virginia (AP) — President Joe Biden is trying to jump-start progress on his stalled…
Continue Reading US inflation highest in 40 years, with no letup in sight
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation soared over the past year at its highest rate in four decades, hammering…
Continue Reading Right-wing media offers fawning coverage of Canadian truckers as it encourages similar protest in US
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business A version of this article first appeared in the “Reliable Sources” newsletter. You can sign up for free…
Continue Reading Philippines welcomes back foreign travelers after 2 years
By JIM GOMEZ and JOEAL CALUPITAN Associated Press MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippines has lifted a nearly two-year ban on foreign travelers…
Continue Reading Police arrest convoy protesters at New Zealand’s Parliament
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Police arrested dozens of protesters camping on the grounds of New Zealand’s…
Continue Reading Kansas gets OK to offer $1B-plus in breaks to mystery firm
By JOHN HANNA Associated Press TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas legislators have signed off on the state’s largest-ever taxpayer-funded incentives to…
Continue Reading 2 of 6 Boeing Max test fraud counts against pilot dropped
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge has tossed two of six fraud counts against a former Boeing pilot involved in evaluating the troubled Boeing 737…
Continue Reading Iditarod loses support of hotel that was race headquarters
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — The hotel that has served for nearly three decades as the Anchorage-based headquarters for the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog…
Continue Reading Snoop Dogg takes over Death Row Records brand as owner
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg has taken over a popular record label that launched his stellar…
Continue Reading Uber’s business is over the pandemic slump
By Sara O’Brien, CNN Business Uber’s business is showing signs that it’s moving past the pandemic slowdown. The company reported…
Continue Reading Sarah Palin takes the stand in defamation trial against the New York Times
By Sonia Moghe, CNN Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin took the witness stand Wednesday in her defamation trial against the New York Times. Palin…
Continue Reading In ‘KIMI,’ Soderbergh, Kravitz build a classic tech thriller
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer Steven Soderbergh loves a good thriller. So he was especially excited when his old friend David Koepp, who wrote…
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Sesame Street theme park to open in San Diego next month
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — A Sesame Street theme park is set to open next month in San Diego. Officials on Wednesday…
Continue Reading Uber posts 4Q profit as ride-hailing service bounces back
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Uber’s ride-hailing service edged closer to returning to its pre-pandemic levels…
Continue Reading Disney’s parks rebound aids profit; Disney+ subscribers grow
By TALI ARBEL AP Technology Writer A theme-park comeback continued to help Disney’s results recover in the most recent quarter. The company also…
Continue Reading Disney regains some magic with better-than-expected streaming results
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business Disney+ regained some of its magic on Wednesday with subscriber totals that exceeded Wall Street’s…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed broadly higher on Wall Street Wednesday, putting the market further into the green for the week after a solid gain…
Continue Reading Chipotle, Paycom rise; CVS, New Relic fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Chipotle, Paycom rise; CVS, New Relic…
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WATCH: Borderplex Alliance 2022 economic outlook; Texas recovers from all jobs that were lost in pandemic, labor market continues to be tight
EL PASO, Texas – The U.S. labor market continues to be extremely tight. That’s among the findings discussed at the Borderplex Alliance 2022…
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