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By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Wages and salaries jumped in the three months ending in September by the most on…

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers slowed their spending to a gain of just 0.6% in September, a…

By HUZHONG WU Associated Press TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. wants to deepen its relationship with Taiwan, the self-ruled island claimed by China,…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia’s government is proposing a record budget for 2022 to bolster an economic recovery following the…

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Exxon Mobil swung to a hefty profit in its third quarter, thanks to increased demand for oil and higher…

By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch data protection watchdog has issued a damning report on the country’s tax…

BEIJING (AP) — More than 2,000 tourists visiting China’s Inner Mongolia region have been sent to hotels to undergo two weeks of quarantine.…

BEIJING (AP) — A newspaper reports a troubled Chinese developer whose struggle to avoid a multibillion-dollar debt default has rattled global…

By PAN PYLAS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Consumer prices across the 19 European Union countries that use the euro currency have spiked to the…

By ELENA BECATOROS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s often-strained relations in past years with European economic powerhouse…

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese tech giant Huawei’s sales fell 32% from a year earlier in the first nine months of…

By DAVID McHUGH and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ROME (AP) — The global economy is giving leaders of the Group of 20 countries a lot to talk about at…

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks are ending higher Friday as Wall Street closed out a milestone-setting week. Health…

By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The island nation of Tonga has reported its first-ever case of COVID-19 after a…

By LISA MASCARO and FARNOUSH AMIRI Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s big, messy and complicated as the Democratic leaders in Congress try…

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Medicaid issues are turning up as winners in President Joe Biden’s social budget…

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The fatal shooting by Alec Baldwin on a movie set has put a microscope on an often-unseen corner of…

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Filled with pink and fuzzy things and cuddly bears, 6%DOKIDOKI, a tiny store in the heart of…

WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term mortgage rate rose this week as inflation pressures, the coronavirus pandemic and some supply shortages linger.…