How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 12/27/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower Tuesday afternoon after the long holiday weekend, adding to the market’s recent losses as Wall Street…
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell 57 cents to $78.96 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for February delivery…
Continue ReadingStates banking big bucks as Fed attempts to fight inflation
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — State governments emerging from the coronavirus pandemic built historic cash surpluses…
Continue ReadingFrance to provide 2 satellites, receiving station to Poland
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The French and Polish defense ministers have agreed to a deal under which France will provide Poland with two observation…
Continue ReadingNo-nonsense judge takes over FTX-Bankman-Fried criminal case
By LARRY NEUMEISTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A Manhattan federal judge known for swift decisions and a no-nonsense demeanor has been…
Continue ReadingMaking pig livers humanlike in quest to ease organ shortage
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (AP) — Scientists are transforming pig livers to look and act like human ones, part of a…
Continue ReadingSpain scraps value-added tax on staple foods in aid package
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain has announced a new series of measures including scrapping Value Added Tax on staple food and…
Continue ReadingLavrov: Ukraine must demilitarize or Russia will do it
By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has warned that Ukraine must meet Moscow’s…
Continue ReadingFormer soldier tasked with getting Navy builder in shipshape
By DAVID SHARP Associated Press BATH, Maine (AP) — The new leader of Navy shipbuilder Bath Iron Works said he’s been rejuvenated by a shift…
Continue ReadingGermany’s governing coalition argues over COVID restrictions
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s governing coalition is arguing over whether remaining COVID-19 restrictions should be dropped after one of the…
Continue ReadingSerbs put up new roadblocks as tensions soar in Kosovo
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC and SYLEJMAN KLLOKOQI Associated Press MITROVICA, Kosovo (AP) — Serbs have erected more roadblocks in northern Kosovo and…
Continue ReadingFlight canceled? Experts share some advice about what to do
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Thousands of travelers have been stranded at airports or stuck on hold trying to rebook flights this week as a…
Continue ReadingNew May Mobility exec wants to scale up driverless vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — For more than a decade, Kathy Winter has been working to get self-driving vehicles on the road, first…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: 5 ways to build your credit score in 2023
By LAUREN SCHWAHN of NerdWallet For those of us with big financial plans or resolutions for the new year, such as buying a home or new car, getting…
Continue ReadingSouthwest Airlines flight cancellations continue to snowball
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — Families hoping to catch a Southwest Airlines flight after days of cancellations, missing luggage…
Continue ReadingForeign firms: China ‘turns corner’ by ending quarantine
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Foreign companies welcomed China’s decision to end quarantines for travelers from abroad as an…
Continue ReadingJapan to require COVID-19 tests for all visitors from China
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida announced Tuesday that Japan will tighten border controls for…
Continue ReadingJapan PM sacks 4th minister to patch up scandal-hit Cabinet
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida has dismissed his fourth minister in two months to patch a…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed after tech-led decline on Wall Street
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday after a post-holiday retreat on Wall Street, as…
Continue ReadingChina races to vaccinate elderly, but many are reluctant
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — Chinese authorities are going door to door and paying people older than 60 to get vaccinated…
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