How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
The Associated Press Wall Street indexes closed lower Thursday following suicide attacks at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan that killed at least 12…
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Nearly 90 Northeast organic dairy farms to lose their market
By LISA RATHKE Associated Press Vermont’s agriculture secretary says 89 organic dairy farms in the Northeast will lose their contracts with an…
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…
Continue Reading France’s Macron pushes global tax deal on visit to Ireland
By MIKE FULLER Associated Press LONDON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron has held talks with top Irish officials in Dublin, focusing on a…
Continue Reading New sinking in tilting San Francisco high-rise halts repair
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A $100 million fix to stop a San Francisco luxury high-rise from sinking and tilting even more is on hold while engineers try…
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Blue Origin successfully completes first test flight with no passengers after Jeff Bezos trip
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business The rocket that flew Jeff Bezos to space last month just took another brief, suborbital jaunt to the upper reaches of…
Continue Reading US average mortgage rates rise slightly; 30-year at 2.87%
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mortgage rates edged marginally higher last week, continuing a pattern of little movement in recent weeks amid uncertainty over…
Continue Reading Romania, Japan herald century of diplomacy at bridge site
By STEPHEN McGRATH AND NICOLAE DUMITRACHE Associated Press BRAILA, Romania (AP) — Romania and Japan have celebrated a century of diplomatic…
Continue Reading Indian police rescue 17 children employed illegally
By RISHABH R. JAIN Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian police accompanied by activists from a children’s rights group have raided automobile…
Continue Reading Loan forgiveness offered to more former ITT Tech students
By COLLIN BINKLEY AP Education Writer The Education Department has announced it will forgive student debt for more than 100,000 borrowers who…
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Economist: Consumers are recoiling from higher prices
Diane Swonk, Chief Economist at Grant Thornton, shares her view on how consumers are self-correcting as a result of higher prices in the housing and…
Continue Reading Dilemma for Fed chief: High inflation and a surging virus
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Not long ago, anticipation was high that Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell might…
Continue Reading ‘Tinderbox conditions’ fuel fire in Superior National Forest
ISABELLA, Minn. (AP) — A Superior National Forest official says the ongoing drought has created “tinderbox conditions” as firefighters continue…
Continue Reading Germany’s Axel Springer to acquire Politico, Protocol
BERLIN (AP) — Germany publishing company Axel Springer says it has signed a deal to buy the U.S.-based political news site Politico and the tech…
Continue Reading Former Icahn Enterprises chief to lead struggling Lordstown
Lordstown Motors has named Daniel Ninivaggi as its new CEO as it looks to begin limited production of its electric pickup truck next month.…
Continue Reading COVID-19 resurgence crimps spending, travel recovery
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer A COVID-19 resurgence this summer has caused consumers to turn cautious, while investors trim their…
Continue Reading US slightly upgrades GDP estimate for last quarter to 6.6%
By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy grew at a 6.6% annual rate last quarter, slightly faster than…
Continue Reading US jobless claims rise by 4,000 to 353,000
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose for the first time in five…
Continue Reading Half of US workers favor employee shot mandate: AP-NORC poll
By ALEXANDRA OLSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Half of American workers are in favor of vaccine requirements at their…
Continue Reading Greek health care workers protest against mandatory vaccines
By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Workers at public hospitals in Greece have conducted a five-hour work stoppage to protest…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed ahead of possible Fed guidance
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stock markets are mixed as investors await more guidance on the U.S. Federal Reserve’s…
Continue Reading Israel to allow goods into Gaza in move to ease tensions
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel says it will ease commercial restrictions on the Gaza Strip and expand entry of goods to the Palestinian enclave following…
Continue Reading Palestinian twins open cafe in converted jet in West Bank
By JACK JEFFERY Associated Press RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Few Palestinians in the occupied West Bank get to board an airplane these days. The…
Continue Reading N. Korean parliament to meet in Sept. over strained economy
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea will convene parliament next month to discuss efforts to salvage an economy strained by pandemic border…
Continue Reading Qantas posts $1.7 billion loss and tips travel by Christmas
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Group has posted a $1.7 billion pandemic-related annual loss and forecast…
Continue Reading Japan suspends 1.63M doses of Moderna over contamination
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan is suspending use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine after contamination was…
Continue Reading What is a COVID-19 vaccine passport, and do I need one?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer “Vaccine passports” are digital or paper documents showing you were vaccinated against COVID-19, and…
Continue Reading Cruise lines require vaccinations, tests, amid virus surge
By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — Cruise companies are adapting to a changing landscape amid a rise in COVID-19…
Continue Reading Judge rejects bid to allow guns at Minnesota State Fair
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A judge has rejected a request by a gun owners group for a temporary injunction to require…
Continue Reading OpenTable is working with Clear to verify restaurant-goers’ Covid vaccine status
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you make a restaurant reservation through OpenTable, you may also be asked to prove you’re…
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