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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Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…
Continue Reading Lithium fuels hopes for revival on California’s largest lake
By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press CALIPATRIA, Calif. (AP) — Demand for electric vehicles has shifted investments into high gear to extract lithium…
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Investigators probe Tesla autopilot crashes
The NHTSA is investigating Tesla ‘Autopilot’ crashes. Former Navy fighter pilot and Georgetown Professor Missy Cummings attributes them to ‘boredom…
Continue Reading Minnesota court deals yet another setback to pipeline foes
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Court of Appeals has affirmed a decision by state pollution regulators to…
Continue Reading US health agency will prod hospitals to cut carbon emissions
By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is launching a new health office that will prod hospitals to…
Continue Reading Here’s what a part of New Orleans looks like after Hurricane Ida
CNN’s Nadia Romero surveys the damage that Hurricane Ida left behind in New…
Continue Reading German train drivers to stage third strike over pay
BERLIN (AP) — A labor union representing German train drivers said its members will launch a third strike this week in an escalating pay dispute…
Continue Reading 30 kph max: Paris shrinks speed limit to protect climate
By ANGELA CHARLTON and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The speed limit for most of Paris is now 30 kilometers per hour (less than…
Continue Reading Cladding questions arise in Milan’s 20-story building blaze
By COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press MILAN (AP) — Italian firefighters are tackling remaining hot spots in a 20-story apartment building in Milan that…
Continue Reading China limits children to 3 hours of online gaming a week
BEIJING (AP) — China is banning children from playing online games for more than three hours a week, the harshest restriction so far on the game…
Continue Reading UN hails end of poisonous leaded gas use in cars worldwide
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The U.N. environment office says Algeria has become the last country in the world to stop selling…
Continue Reading Wildfire evacuees flood Lake Tahoe roads in rush to flee
By SAM METZ and JANIE HAR Associated Press/Report for America SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Fire is forcing thousands of people to rush to leave…
Continue Reading Failed nuclear contractor signs $21M deal, working with feds
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press The chief contractor at a failed multibillion-dollar project to build two nuclear reactors in South Carolina has…
Continue Reading Big Tech failed with contact tracing. Can it do better with vaccine passport apps?
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business As some US cities start requiring proof of vaccination to enter restaurants, events and workplaces, smartphone…
Continue Reading STORY REMOVED: US–NYC Subway Disruption
NEW YORK (AP) — Please disregard US–NYC Subway Disruption, published on Aug. 30, 2021, and datelined in NEW YORK. It was sent when another…
Continue Reading PNC to raise base wages to $18 an hour, latest bank to do so
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — PNC Bank is the latest large U.S. financial services company to increase wages in a bid to keep and…
Continue Reading Insider Q&A: What’s next for student loans in the COVID era
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Before starting advocacy group the Student Borrower Protection Center, Seth Frotman was the Student…
Continue Reading Estonia’s Parliament fails to elect president in first round
By JARI TANNER Associated Press TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Estonia’s Parliament on Monday failed to elect a new president to the Baltic country…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: Do video games level up kids’ money skills?
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Video games are made for entertainment, of course, but they give parents opportunities to talk about saving and…
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Elizabeth Holmes’ trial is set to begin: Here’s what you need to know
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the disgraced founder and former CEO of Theranos, is set to go to trial this week, more…
Continue Reading Google and Apple’s next regulatory headaches are looming across the Pacific
By Michelle Toh and Jake Kwon, CNN Business Google and Apple are catching heat for their app store and payments practices in Asia Pacific. Less than…
Continue Reading Universal Studios sets opening for first theme park in China
BEIJING (AP) — Universal Studios says it will open its first theme park in China in September after six years of construction. The company said…
Continue Reading EU takes US off safe travel list; backs travel restrictions
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has recommended that its 27 nations reinstate restrictions on tourists from…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly fall in muted trading amid virus worries
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly lower in muted trading on continuing concerns about surging COVID-19…
Continue Reading Consumer confidence, construction spending, nonfarm payrolls
The Associated Press The Conference Board issues its latest U.S. consumer confidence index Tuesday. The Commerce Department delivers its monthly U.S.…
Continue Reading Louisiana journalists share how they are covering Ida
Peter Kovacs, editor of The Times-Picayune and The New Orleans Advocate, says his staff has “probably a thousand years of staff experience covering…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly higher after US Fed signals on low rates
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares are mostly higher as investors interpreted comments from the head of the U.S. Federal…
Continue Reading As Ida leaves Gulf, analysts foresee modest economic damage
By PAUL WISEMAN and DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With more than 1 million customers in Louisiana and Mississippi having lost…
Continue Reading Police: Station shooting, Lyft driver’s death may be linked
PLANO, Texas (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine if there is a connection between a confrontation at a Dallas suburb in which police…
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