India’s finance minister announces new clean energy funds
Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Indian finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several new clean energy initiatives in her annual…
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Republican-led committee targets COVID relief aid for review
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — House Republicans have begun their promised aggressive oversight of the Biden administration.…
Continue ReadingEuropean inflation eases for 3rd month but prices still bite
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Europe’s inflation rate has dipped at the start of the year, giving some relief to consumers but…
Continue ReadingIndia to raise spending on job creation ahead of election
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government plans to ramp up capital spending by 33% in a…
Continue ReadingGerman beer sales up in 2022 after COVID pushed them down
BERLIN (AP) — Official figures show that German beer sales rose in 2022 after COVID-19 restrictions weighed on brewers in the previous two years.…
Continue ReadingDay of disruption in UK as hundreds of thousands join strike
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Up to half a million workers are estimated to be on strike across the U.K. in the biggest day of…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks rise after Fed sees inflation improving
By JOE Mcdonald AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets gained Thursday after the Federal Reserve said the U.S. economy is moving…
Continue ReadingFed lifts rate by quarter-point but says inflation is easing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve extended its fight against high inflation Wednesday by raising its…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea logs record trade deficit as tech demand falls
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea has logged its biggest monthly trade deficit ever, at $12.7 billion in…
Continue ReadingHong Kong bans CBD, forcing businesses to shut or revamp
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong banned CBD as a “dangerous drug” and imposed harsh penalties for its possession on…
Continue ReadingHow Myanmar is faring 2 years after army ousted Suu Kyi
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — Two years after Myanmar’s generals ousted Aung San Suu Kyi’s elected government,…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Tesla tweet trial delves into investor damages
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — An Elon Musk tweet declaring he had the financing to take Tesla private in 2018 caused…
Continue ReadingGM conditionally OKs $650M Nevada lithium mine investment
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — General Motors Co. has conditionally agreed to invest $650 million in Lithium Americas Corp. in…
Continue ReadingBiden, McCarthy, once breakfast mates, wrangle over US debt
By LISA MASCARO and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not so long ago, Joe Biden and Republican leader Kevin McCarthy used to talk…
Continue ReadingLawmakers aim to raise penalties for US airline disruptions
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congress is going to take another look at legislation covering the rights of airline passengers. Democratic…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 1/31/2023
The Associated Press Wall Street closed out a strong January with more gains. The S&P 500 rose 1.5% Tuesday, marking its third winning month in…
Continue ReadingTech industry job cuts come rapidly and in big numbers
In just the past month there have been about 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Large and small tech companies went on a hiring spree over…
Continue ReadingPayPal to cut 2,000 jobs in latest tech company cost-cutting
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — PayPal Inc. says it will trim about 7% of its total workforce, or about 2,000 full-time workers, as the digital payments…
Continue ReadingGeneral Motors, UPS rise; Caterpillar, Sysco fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Caterpillar Inc., down $9.21 to $252.29. The construction…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 97 cents to $78.87 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery fell 41…
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