1st phase of Mexican solar project to be operating in April
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN Associated Press PUERTO PEÑASCO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico plans to power up the first phase of a huge solar energy project in…
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Meta Platforms, Allegiant rise; Qorvo, Canada Goose fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Meta Platforms Inc., up $35.65 to $188.77. Facebook’s…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery fell 53 cents to $75.88 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for April delivery fell 67…
Continue ReadingMajor textile factory in Haiti to close plant, lay off 3,500
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — One of Haiti’s biggest textile factories says it is closing an assembly plant and laying off 3,500 workers in yet…
Continue ReadingAverage long-term mortgage rate falls a fourth straight week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate declined for the fourth week in a row, a sign of relative stability that…
Continue ReadingBiden’s top economic aide leaving White House
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s top economic adviser, Brian Deese, is leaving his post. Biden says in a…
Continue ReadingIndian Ocean species caught between local, EU interests
By WANJOHI KABUKURU Associated Press MOMBASA, Kenya (AP) — Indian Ocean countries who want better safeguards for marine life by updating fishing…
Continue Reading2 rivals from factory floors facing off in race to lead UAW
By TOM KRISHER and MIKE HOUSEHOLDER Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Two men who began their careers on factory floors are competing to lead the…
Continue ReadingEye drops recalled after US drug-resistant bacteria outbreak
By MIKE STOBBE AP Medical Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. health officials said Thursday a company is recalling its over-the-counter eye drops that…
Continue ReadingAirbnb’s Joe Gebbia donates $25 million to The Ocean Cleanup
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Entrepreneur Joe Gebbia donated $25 million to The Ocean Cleanup Thursday to support the nonprofit’s efforts to…
Continue ReadingUS filings for jobless aid lowest since April
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer U.S. applications for jobless aid fell again last week to their lowest level since April, further evidence that the…
Continue ReadingSerbia could become ‘pariah’ over Kosovo, president warns
By JOVANA GEC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s populist president has warned during a chaotic parliamentary session that the…
Continue ReadingIt’s Wall Street’s favorite year of the presidential cycle
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — You may be sick of politics, but Wall Street is just getting to its favorite part of the…
Continue ReadingShare debacle a rare setback for Indian tycoon Adani
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Gautam Adani was Asia’s richest man when the U.S. short-selling firm…
Continue ReadingAfrican countries lack ‘immediate access’ to cholera vaccine
By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Africa’s public health agency says countries with deadly cholera outbreaks on the continent…
Continue ReadingWhat’s new for Medicare in 2023?
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet A new year means changes to Medicare, including updated premiums and deductibles and sometimes big policy moves. In…
Continue ReadingBritish Gas sorry its agents broke into customers’ homes
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The U.K. government says is responding to “deeply shocking” revelations that debt collectors…
Continue ReadingNorway PM says oil profits to fund more aid to Ukraine
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre of Norway says the oil-rich Scandinavian country will become one of the world’s top…
Continue ReadingSpain and Morocco renew ties with migration, business deals
By MOSA’AB ELSHAMY and JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press RABAT, Morocco (AP) — The governments of Spain and Morocco have signed deals on…
Continue ReadingBill Clinton back at White House to push paid family leave
By AAMER MADHANI and DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Three decades after Bill Clinton signed into the law the nation’s…
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