Low-cost fashion chain H&M to cut 1,500 jobs worldwide
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Low-cost fashion brand H&M says it will be reducing its global workforce by around 1,500 positions as part of a plan to reduce…
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India’s Tata Sons to merge Air India with Vistara airlines
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s oldest and largest conglomerate, Tata Sons, will merge its Air India with Vistara, a carrier it jointly runs with…
Continue ReadingAsian shares gain after Fed chair signals slower rate hikes
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares advanced in Asia on Thursday after a rally on Wall Street spurred by the Federal…
Continue ReadingHouse votes to avert rail strike, impose deal on unions
By KEVIN FREKING and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House moved urgently to head off the looming nationwide rail strike on…
Continue ReadingMLB sells share of BAMTech to Walt Disney Co. for $900M
NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball has sold its remaining share of a streaming service technology company to the Walt Disney Co. for $900…
Continue ReadingLawsuits claim negligence in Massachusetts Apple store crash
BOSTON (AP) — The family of a man who was badly hurt when an SUV crashed into an Apple store in Massachusetts have sued the company, the driver and…
Continue ReadingDrug slows Alzheimer’s but can it make a real difference?
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer An experimental Alzheimer’s drug modestly slowed the brain disease’s inevitable worsening — but the…
Continue ReadingBig tobacco tries to stop California flavored tobacco ban
By JULIE WATSON Associated Press SAN DIEGO (AP) — R.J. Reynolds and other tobacco companies are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to impose an…
Continue ReadingUS lawmakers skeptical grocery merger will mean lower prices
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer U.S. senators from both parties expressed skepticism Tuesday that a proposed merger between grocery giants…
Continue ReadingSafety board recommends new measures for Alaska air tours
WASHINGTON (AP) — A board that investigates airplane accidents says federal regulators should tighten rules for air tour operators in Ketchikan,…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: What to know on Congress’ bid to bar rail strike
By HOPE YEN and JOSH FUNK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is asking Congress to intervene to avert a potentially crippling…
Continue ReadingVet’s lawsuit blaming antimalarial drug for psychosis tossed
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge threw out a lawsuit against the maker of an anti-malarial drug blamed…
Continue ReadingSome University of California striking workers reach deal
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Postdoctoral scholars and academic researchers on Tuesday reached a tentative labor agreement with the University of California.…
Continue ReadingEl Salvador to repurchase more of its debt
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador’s government will make a second buyback of its sovereign debt bonds maturing in 2023 and 2025 as it…
Continue ReadingUnion journalists strike at Fort Worth Star-Telegram
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Journalists with the Fort Worth Star-Telegram newspaper are on strike and alleging unfair labor practices by parent…
Continue ReadingRailroad unions decry Biden’s plan to block possible strike
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s call for Congress to intervene in the railroad contract dispute…
Continue ReadingGas driller pleads no contest to polluting town’s water
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s most active gas driller has pleaded no contest to criminal environmental…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 11/29/2022
The Associated Press Stocks ended an unsteady day with mixed results as gains for energy companies were offset by losses in technology and other…
Continue ReadingBigCommerce, Chevron rise; Chemours, AMC Networks fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: BigCommerce, Chevron rise; Chemours, AMC Networks…
Continue ReadingMexico, US appear headed for dispute over GM corn
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico and the United States appear to be headed for another commercial dispute, this time over a Mexican ban on imports of…
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