Alaska gold, copper mine blocked over environmental worries
By BECKY BOHRER and PATRICK WHITTLE Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency took an unusually strong step…
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Drugmaker Pfizer starts low with 2023 earnings forecast
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer surprised Wall Street on Tuesday by predicting bigger-than-expected sales drops this year for two key products:…
Continue ReadingAdult Happy Meals, McRib, feed McDonald’s sales in Q4
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Adult Happy Meals and other limited-time promotions boosted traffic at McDonald’s restaurants during the…
Continue ReadingUnprecedented profit for Exxon as travel, and war, heated up
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Exxon Mobil posted record annual profits in 2022 as consumers globally struggled with high…
Continue ReadingChina lobbies Dutch to defend trade after chip curbs
BEIJING (AP) — China’s foreign minister has appealed to his Dutch counterpart to defend free trade after the Netherlands and Japan agreed to…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 6 ways to move out of your parents’ house
By KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet Nearly a quarter of millennials (22%) are living with their parents, and more than half of those living with them (55%)…
Continue ReadingGM quarterly profit jumps 16% as sales rebound late in 2022
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Rising factory output led to strong U.S. sales at the end of last year, pushing General Motors’…
Continue ReadingUS blocks export license renewals for China’s Huawei
By JOE McDONALD and AAMER MADHANI Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — China’s government is accusing Washington of pursuing “technology…
Continue ReadingAzerbaijan to UN court: Armenia must stop laying land mines
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Azerbaijan is appealing to the United Nations’ highest court to urgently order…
Continue ReadingIndian billionaire Adani at center of $68B stock market rout
By KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Asia’s richest man, Gautam Adani, has seen his companies shed $68 billion in market value in…
Continue ReadingEurope scrapes out economic growth by dodging gas disaster
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Europe’s economy scraped out meager gains at the end of last year as galloping…
Continue ReadingThousands of care sector workers protest in Brussels
BRUSSELS (AP) — More than 10,000 people have protested through central Brussels to demand better working conditions and more pay in the care sector…
Continue ReadingBiden highlights grant for Hudson tunnel, takes aim at GOP
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden has showcased a $292 million mega grant that’ll be used to help build a…
Continue ReadingNigeria sees cash shortage amid push for redesigned currency
By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Experts are warning that Nigeria’s push to replace its paper money with newly…
Continue ReadingUnions buoyant as 1.27 million French protest pension reform
By ELAINE GANLEY, JADE LE DELEY and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French authorities say an estimated 1.27 million people have…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks higher ahead of Fed rate decision
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were higher Wednesday after Wall Street rose ahead of what traders hope will…
Continue ReadingBoeing bids farewell to an icon, delivers last 747 jumbo jet
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing bid farewell to an icon on Tuesday, delivering its final 747 jumbo jet as thousands of…
Continue ReadingChinese factory activity rebounds, adding to recovery signs
BEIJING (AP) — A survey shows Chinese factory activity rebounded in January, adding to signs the world’s second-largest economy might be…
Continue ReadingSamsung’s profit plummets amid global economic woes
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics says its profit for the last quarter plummeted nearly 70% as a weak global economy depressed demand…
Continue ReadingIMF upgrades outlook for the global economy in 2023
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The outlook for the global economy is growing slightly brighter as China eases its zero-COVID…
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