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The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose $1.33 to $78.47 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for April delivery rose $1.40 to $85.09 a barrel. Wholesale gasoline for March delivery was unchanged at $2.46 a gallon. March heating oil fell 1 cent to $2.89 a gallon. March natural gas fell 18 cents

MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (AP) — Federal authorities say more than 200 shotguns have been found in a dumpster outside an Oklahoma firearms dealer. A search warrant by the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Oklahoma says 236 imported .20 gauge shotguns were found behind International

By JULIE CARR SMYTH Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio’s privatized economic development office has finalized an agreement that will infuse another $237 million into Honda’s massive battery plant project in the state. The Japanese automaker envisions the project, being built jointly with LG Energy Solution of South Korea, transforming Ohio into its North

By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Nearly a quarter-century after Google’s search engine began to reshape how we use the internet, big tech companies are racing to revamp a familiar web tool into a gateway to a new form of artificial intelligence. If it seems like this week’s newly announced AI

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s justice minister has apologized for having failed to admit, when quizzed in Parliament, that she had installed and used TikTok on her government-issued phone. The popular video-sharing app is Chinese owned, which has raised fears in the West that Beijing could use it to scoop up user data or push

SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgarian prosecutors have charged a former energy minister in the previous, pro-Western government with mismanagement that allegedly caused losses of 45 million euros ($48 million) to the country’s major state-run gas operator. The Sofia prosecution office said in a statement Wednesday that Alexander Nikolov and two other energy officials had threatened

PARIS (AP) — France’s TotalEnergies SE doubled its profits in 2022, joining other international oil and gas companies in fattening their bottom lines as high energy prices surged after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The company said Wednesday that adjusted net income rose to $36.2 billion, up from $18.1 billion in 2021. Big oil company profits

By ANNIE MILLERBERND of NerdWallet The Inflation Reduction Act includes tax credits and rebates for homeowners who make energy-saving updates to their homes. Tax credits are available now for updates like new windows, doors, air conditioners, insulation and solar panels, while larger rebates for energy-saving and electrification updates are expected to become available later this

MADRID (AP) — Spain’s government has pledged stronger action against cybercrime, which has come to account for about a fifth of all offenses registered in the country. Interior Minister Fernando Grande-Marlaska said police would be given additional staff, funding and resources to address online crime. He said Wednesday that reported cases of cybercrime were up

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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s stalled $68.7 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard has hit a fresh hurdle in the United Kingdom, where the antitrust watchdog said Wednesday that it will stifle competition and hurt gamers. Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority said its in-depth investigation found that

RICHMOND, Va. — Dominion Energy: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

OMAHA, Neb. — Green Plains: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

NEW YORK — Fox: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot

HELSINKI (AP) — Firefighters are working for a second day to fully extinguish a blaze at a U.S. company’s drone plant in Latvia. Local police said Wednesday they have found nothing so far to indicate sabotage. Latvia’s State Fire and Rescue Service was alerted Tuesday afternoon that a fire had broken out at Edge Autonomy’s

LINCOLNSHIRE, Ill. — CDW: Q4 Earnings Snapshot

LAKE FOREST, Ill. — Reynolds Consumer Products: Q4 Earnings Snapshot