After Hurricane Ian, Florida citrus and agriculture struggle
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ZOLFO SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) — The thousands of oranges scattered on the ground by Hurricane Ian’s fierce winds are…
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German chancellor calls for EU reforms, military autonomy
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called for reforms of the European Union to make it fit for the admission of new countries as well…
Continue Reading New UK Treasury chief: Mistakes were made, tax rises coming
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s new Treasury chief on Saturday acknowledged mistakes made by his predecessor and…
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How TJ Maxx and Ross offer such deep discounts
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business It’s a great time to be a closeout store like TJ Maxx. Traditional brands and retailers are overstocked on…
Continue Reading Death toll rises to 41 in Turkey coal mine explosion
By MEHMET GUZEL and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press AMASRA, Turkey (AP) — Funerals for miners killed in a coal mine explosion in northern Turkey…
Continue Reading Teenage girl fights for her life in India after alleged rapist’s fire attack
By Rhea Mogul, Devendra Singh Chauhan and Vedika Sud, CNN Fears are growing for the survival of a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly set on fire by a…
Continue Reading Pakistani finance minister sees gradual recovery from floods
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Pakistan’s new finance minister estimated that it could take “close to three years’’…
Continue Reading Trevor Milton, founder of Nikola, found guilty of fraud
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business and Reuters Nikola founder Trevor Milton was convicted Friday by a U.S. jury of fraud in a case alleging he lied to…
Continue Reading Head of zero-emission truck venture found guilty of fraud
NEW YORK (AP) — The wealthy founder of Nikola Corp. was convicted Friday of charges he deceived investors with exaggerated claims about his…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 10/14/2022
The Associated Press Stocks ended broadly lower on Wall Street, leaving most major indexes in the red for the week, as more concerns emerged about…
Continue Reading JPMorgan, UnitedHealth Group rise; Kroger, Chevron fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: JPMorgan, UnitedHealth Group rise; Kroger, Chevron…
Continue Reading Top Fed official says he broke central bank trading rules
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Raphael Bostic said Friday he had inadvertently broken the central…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $3.50 to $85.61 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for December delivery fell…
Continue Reading Officials: 25 dead, many trapped in Turkish coal mine blast
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — An explosion inside a coal mine in northern Turkey killed at least 25 people, local officials announced, while rescuers…
Continue Reading Fed’s Bostic acknowledges trades broke rules, fixes records
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Atlanta Federal Reserve President Raphael Bostic has acknowledged that many of his…
Continue Reading Development banks pass climate goal, urged to help poor more
BERLIN (AP) — The European Investment Bank says the world’s top development banks provided more than $80 billion last year to help countries…
Continue Reading Regulators approve U.S. Bank’s $8B purchase of Union Bank
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Key financial regulators having approved U.S. Bank’s $8 billion acquisition of Japanese financial…
Continue Reading Bank CEOs increasingly turning pessimistic on economy
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The outlook of the U.S. economy from Wall Street’s biggest banks is getting gloomier and…
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Are 7-Elevens in El Paso getting a new look?
EL PASO, Texas – One of our ABC-7 employees noticed a northeast El Paso 7-Eleven with a whole new look. Instead of the orange, white, red, and green…
Continue Reading Correction: Russia-Ukraine War-Satellites story
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a story published October 14, 2022, about a request from SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk that the Defense Department take over…
Continue Reading Two of the largest supermarkets in America are merging
By Nathaniel Meyersohn and Jordan Valinsky, CNN Kroger announced Friday that it plans to buy Albertsons in a nearly $25 billion deal that could…
Continue Reading World’s largest academic endowment lost money for the first time since 2016
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Kate Trafecante Harvard University’s endowment lost $2.3 billion in fiscal 2022, blaming the loss on both the global market…
Continue Reading World’s largest academic endowment lost money for the first time since 2016
By Kate Trafecante Harvard University’s endowment lost $2.3 billion in fiscal 2022, blaming the loss on both the global market downturn as well…
Continue Reading It’s a scary time in Hollywood. But the horror studio behind hits like ‘Halloween Ends’ is making a killing
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business It’s a scary time in Hollywood. The streaming revolution has transformed the entertainment industry and studios…
Continue Reading It’s a scary time in Hollywood. But the horror studio behind hits like ‘Halloween Ends’ is making a killing
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business It’s a scary time in Hollywood. The streaming revolution has transformed the entertainment…
Continue Reading TotalEnergies denies claim it made fuel for Russian forces
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A French and a Ukrainian nongovernmental organization have filed a complaint for alleged…
Continue Reading EU official: East Med gas can wean bloc off Russian energy
By MENELAOS HADJICOSTIS Associated Press NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — The European Union’s energy commissioner says natural gas from undersea deposits…
Continue Reading Germany hopes to get key raw materials from Mongolia
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says his country wants to strengthen ties to Mongolia, citing the country’s wealth of key commodities…
Continue Reading Adidas confirms Moroccan art inspired Algerian soccer jersey
By TARIK EL-BARAKAH Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The sports apparel company Adidas says it has resolved a dispute with Morocco over the…
Continue Reading Utility begins loading fuel at new Georgia nuclear plant
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Workers have begun loading radioactive fuel into a new nuclear reactor in Georgia. The announcement…
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