Dick’s Sporting Goods, State Street rise; Nordstrom falls
The Associated Press Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Dick’s Sporting Goods, State Street rise; Nordstrom,…
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Brazil’s Indigenous march to pressure court on land ruling
By DÉBORA ÁLVARES and DAVID BILLER Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Thousands of Indigenous people have marched toward Brazil’s Supreme…
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 Purdue: Settlement better for states than continuing suits
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press A Purdue Pharma lawyer says states would get more money from settling with the company than if they were allowed…
Continue Reading Concern about endangered whales cited in suit over wind farm
By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A group of Nantucket residents have filed a federal lawsuit to block the construction of dozens of…
Continue Reading Asian, Black Americans more likely to give to racial justice
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A report released on Wednesday says donations to racial and social justice causes ticked up…
Continue Reading New Mexico governor joins US conservation challenge
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham wants to conserve more of the state’s…
Continue Reading Pfizer seeking FDA OK for COVID-19 vaccine booster dose
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer is seeking U.S. approval of a booster dose of its two-shot COVID-19 vaccine. The drugmaker announced Wednesday…
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Virgin Hyperloop releases new video of 670 mph passenger pods
By Jack Guy, CNN Virgin Hyperloop has released a new concept video showing its plans for a transportation system it says will allow passengers to…
Continue Reading Feds report most rental assistance has still not gone out
By MICHAEL CASEY Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Only 11% of the tens of billions of dollars in federal rent assistance meant to help tenants around…
Continue Reading Delta CEO: Unvaccinated employees face more stringent requirements
Delta Air Lines is putting a new deadline on unvaccinated employees that will require them to take weekly Covid tests and, depending on their…
Continue Reading Delta will charge unvaccinated employees $200 per month
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines won’t force employees to get vaccinated, but it’s going to make unvaccinated workers…
Continue Reading OnlyFans reverses explicit content ban after outcry
By TALI ARBEL and BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writers OnlyFans says it has suspended a plan to ban sexually explicit content following an outcry…
Continue Reading Finally, a Fitbit that tells you it’s OK to not work out
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global pandemic threw daily routines out the window; sleep schedules changed, so did diets, workout…
Continue Reading Finally, a Fitbit that tells you it’s OK to not work out
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business The global pandemic threw daily routines out the window; sleep schedules changed, so did diets, workout…
Continue Reading New Asian American bakeries find bicultural sweet spot
By TERRY TANG Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — From ube cakes to mochi muffins, bakeries that sweetly encapsulate what it is to grow up…
Continue Reading Crews struggle to stop fire bearing down on Lake Tahoe
SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of firefighters are trying to box in a California wildfire that is advancing toward Lake Tahoe and has…
Continue Reading Closure of popular wilderness area extended because of fires
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — U.S. Forest Service officials have extended the closure of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness after Minnesota’s…
Continue Reading Pay for your kid’s college? 3 times to think twice
By CECILIA CLARK of NerdWallet Parent student loan debt has skyrocketed to over $103 billion with more than 3.6 million borrowers. And for many…
Continue Reading The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms
By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…
Continue Reading The secret bias hidden in mortgage-approval algorithms
By EMMANUEL MARTINEZ and LAUREN KIRCHNER/The Markup The Markup An investigation by The Markup has found that lenders in 2019 were more likely to deny…
Continue Reading Edmunds says goodbye to five discontinued vehicles for 2022
By RYAN ZUMMALLEN Edmunds To make room for new models, automakers bid adieu to older cars and SUVs each year. The models making their last appearance…
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Pinduoduo is giving its entire profit for last quarter back to rural China
By Laura He, CNN Business One of China’s biggest tech firms has pledged to hand over its entire profit for the last quarter to rural…
Continue Reading Industry group sees $8.2B insured damage from German floods
BERLIN (AP) — An insurance industry group says that devastating floods in western Germany last month likely caused insured damage to the tune of…
Continue Reading Tech companies pledge billions in cybersecurity investments
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Some of the country’s leading technology companies have committed to investing billions of…
Continue Reading German business confidence dips for second consecutive month
BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence has declined for the second consecutive month as concerns about…
Continue Reading Morocco ‘regrets’ Algeria’s decision to cut diplomatic ties
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — Morocco’s foreign ministry said the country “regrets” the “completely unjustified” decision of neighboring Algeria…
Continue Reading Asian stocks slip following record Wall Street charge
By ANNABELLE LIANG Associated Press SINGAPORE (AP) — Asian stocks are slipping following a charge on Wall Street which drove indices to all-time…
Continue Reading COVID: KIDS’ CASES AT LEVELS NOT SEEN SINCE WINTER (4 AM ET)
Covid-19 is taking a toll on children in a way we haven’t seen since…
Continue Reading Mexico finds possible remains, restores some oil production
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s state-owned oil company says the possible remains of two missing subcontractors have been found on one of its oil…
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