EXPLAINER: How Europe is trying to deal with its gas crisis
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s natural gas crisis isn’t letting up. Prices are high. Reserves that…
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Costa Concordia is gone, but horror lingers 10 years later
By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy has paid tribute to the 32 victims of the Costa Concordia…
Continue Reading Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $6 billion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips, says its quarterly profit rose…
Continue Reading India, Britain launch talks on free trade deal
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India and Britain have launched talks on a free trade deal that is expected to boost bilateral…
Continue Reading Asian shares skid, tracking Wall Street retreat
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares are lower after a retreat on Wall Street that left the Nasdaq composite down…
Continue Reading Tarnished Gold: Illegal Amazon gold seeps into supply chains
By DAVID BILLER and JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — A Sao Paulo-based company called Marsam is known for its commitment to the…
Continue Reading Film armorer blames ammo supplier in deadly ‘Rust’ shooting
By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A new lawsuit accuses an ammunition supplier of creating dangerous conditions on a movie set…
Continue Reading Chicago teachers accept COVID deal, keeping kids in school
By SOPHIA TAREEN and KATHLEEN FOODY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Teachers Union has narrowly backed an agreement dictating COVID-19…
Continue Reading ‘One of a kind’: Former AP reporter Mike Cochran dies at 85
By JAMIE STENGLE Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — Mike Cochran, who during a nearly 40-year career with The Associated Press told the stories of…
Continue Reading Delta extends life of expiring travel vouchers from pandemic
ATLANTA (AP) — Delta Air Lines says customers will get an extra year to use travel vouchers that they received after canceling a flight during the…
Continue Reading Fact checkers say YouTube lets its platform be ‘weaponized’
SAN FRANCISCO More than 80 fact checking organizations are calling on YouTube to address what they say is rampant misinformation on the platform. A…
Continue Reading Brainard vows to help combat inflation as No. 2 Fed official
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Lael Brainard pledged in written remarks to help the Federal Reserve fight a spike in…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday after the latest report of surging prices appeared to keep the Federal Reserve on…
Continue Reading Dish Network, Ally Financial rise; Biogen, Carvana fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Dish Network, Ally Financial rise; Biogen, Carvana…
Continue Reading Nigeria lifts its ban on Twitter after 7 months
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The Nigerian government has lifted its ban on Twitter, seven months after the West African…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
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Domino’s is giving customers fewer wings as prices surge
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Domino’s Pizza customers ordering chicken wings will soon get fewer of them for the same price. The pizza…
Continue Reading Fed survey finds economy growing modestly despite COVID
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve says the economy was growing at a modest pace at the end of 2021 but…
Continue Reading US posted smallest monthly deficit in 2 years in December
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government last month posted its smallest monthly budget…
Continue Reading Key dates in Costa Concordia shipwreck, trial and cleanup
By Associated Press (AP) — Italy on Thursday marks the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship wreck off the Tuscan island of Giglio.…
Continue Reading Universal workers must be vaccinated or get weekly testing
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Starting next month, workers at Universal Orlando’s theme parks will have to be vaccinated or undergo weekly COVID-19…
Continue Reading If prices keep rising, a nightmare scenario for the US economy is a real possibility
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business There’s no denying it: Inflation is here. Consumer prices surged 7% over the past year. Housing prices have…
Continue Reading Democrats push rival bill sanctioning Russia over Ukraine
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER and AAMER MADHANI The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democrats are proposing new sanctions against Russia if it…
Continue Reading Biden redoubling focus on testing amid shortages, confusion
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is increasing federal support for COVID-19 testing for schools in a bid…
Continue Reading 10 years later, Costa Concordia disaster vivid for survivors
By TRISHA THOMAS and NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press GIGLIO, Italy (AP) — Italy is marking the 10th anniversary of the Costa Concordia cruise ship…
Continue Reading How new Robin Hood CEO Buery plans to fight NYC poverty
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Richard R. Buery, Jr., is starting his first full year as CEO of the Robin Hood Foundation, but he is no stranger…
Continue Reading Elizabeth Holmes sentencing hearing set for September 26
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos who was convicted earlier this month on four out of 11…
Continue Reading Mexico: Citibank sale poses ‘delicate’ antimonopoly issues
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities say they are going to keep a close eye on Citigroup’s proposed sale of its Mexico subsidary,…
Continue Reading Pipeline spills 300,000 gallons of diesel near New Orleans
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal records show a severely corroded pipeline ruptured and spilled…
Continue Reading Interior to hold auction for offshore wind power in NY, NJ
By MATTHEW DALY and MIKE CATALINI Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — The Biden administration says it will hold its first offshore wind auction…
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