Over 15,000 in Brussels demand protection from high prices
BRUSSELS (AP) — Over 15,000 demonstrators have braved the bitter cold in Brussels to call for more measures to shield them from high energy prices…
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US puts 3 dozen more Chinese companies on trade blacklist
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — The U.S. Department of Commerce is adding 36 Chinese companies to an export controls…
Continue ReadingStarbucks workers begin 3-day walkout at 100 US stores
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Starbucks workers around the U.S. are planning a three-day strike starting Friday as part of their effort to…
Continue ReadingAs regional threats rise, Japan eases defense-only strategy
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s strict self-defense-only postwar principle is being loosened. Japan on Friday adopted…
Continue ReadingInflation dampens otherwise bright small biz holiday season
By Mae Anderson AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In some ways, the bustling holiday shopping season feels like a return to pre-pandemic days:…
Continue ReadingHome prices, rents skyrocket in Turkey amid economic turmoil
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Economic turmoil driven by inflation of 85% has plunged Turkey into one of its…
Continue ReadingDrivers are stuck in limbo as world’s oil supply reshuffles
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ and DAVID McHUGH Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — At a gas station outside New York City, retired probation officer Karen Stowe…
Continue ReadingWall Street loses ground, marking 2nd straight weekly loss
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street racked up more losses Friday, as worries mounted that the Federal Reserve and…
Continue ReadingUS recession a growing fear as Fed plans to keep rates high
By PAUL WISEMAN and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — After scaling 40-year highs, inflation in the United States has been slowly…
Continue ReadingTwitter suspends journalists who wrote about owner Elon Musk
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Twitter on Thursday suspended the accounts of journalists who cover the social media platform and its new…
Continue ReadingPanama orders mammoth copper mine to cease operations
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Panama’s government has ordered the local subsidiary of a Canadian mining company to cease operations at its huge open pit…
Continue ReadingCalifornia approves roadmap for carbon neutrality by 2045
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California air regulators voted unanimously Thursday to approve an…
Continue ReadingE.W. Scripps announces formation of new sports division
CINCINNATI (AP) — The E.W. Scripps Company has announced the launch of a sports division as it looks to acquire local and national rights for teams…
Continue ReadingPilot ejects from fighter jet in Texas in failed landing
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Officials say a pilot had safely ejected from a plane after a failed landing at a North Texas military base. Video that…
Continue ReadingState says NYC planned ban on foie gras sales violates law
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York City’s ban on the sale of foie gras had already been delayed by a court challenge. Now it has been found in…
Continue ReadingFeds order review of power-grid security after attacks
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators have ordered a review of security standards at the nation’s far-flung…
Continue ReadingContested natural gas pipeline granted permanent certificate
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Federal officials on Thursday granted Spire Inc. a permanent certificate to operate a natural gas pipeline in Missouri and…
Continue ReadingOregon city drops fight to keep Google water use private
By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press Residents of The Dalles, Oregon, are learning how much of their water Google’s data centers have been using…
Continue ReadingLawmakers quick to unload FTX founder’s contributions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and SEUNG MIN KIM The Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawmakers who eagerly accepted piles of cash from Samuel Bankman-Fried…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Thursday 12/15/2022
The Associated Press Stocks tumbled in the U.S. and Europe as investors grew increasingly concerned that the Federal Reserve and other central banks…
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