Inflation or not, price of pro sports teams keeps going up
By JIMMY GOLEN AP Sports Writer Inflation isn’t going to hurt the bankrolls of sports team owners. In fact, it may help. While the uber-rich will…
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UK police target spoofing site in massive fraud crackdown
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — More than 70,000 potential victims of banking scams across the U.K. will receive text messages from…
Continue ReadingTeachers, lecturers join postal workers in UK strike action
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Most schools in Scotland were closed Thursday as thousands of teachers walked off the job, joining…
Continue ReadingFoxconn apologizes for pay dispute at China factory
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writers BEIJING (AP) — The company that assembles Apple Inc.’s iPhones apologized Thursday for a pay dispute that…
Continue ReadingMine company’s blasting of rock shelters likened to Taliban
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian minister has likened a mining company blasting ancient rock shelters to…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mixed as investors eye Tokyo inflation data
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Friday as worries deepened about the regional economy and Japan reported…
Continue ReadingWitness: Walmart shooter seemed to target certain people
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press CHESAPEAKE, Va. (AP) — The Walmart supervisor who shot and killed six co-workers in Virginia seemed to target people…
Continue ReadingChina expands lockdowns as COVID-19 cases hit daily record
BEIJING (AP) — Pandemic lockdowns are expanding across China, including in a city where factory workers clashed this week with police, as the…
Continue ReadingAlessandro Michele steps down as Gucci creative director
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — Alessandro Michele is leaving his role as creative director of the Gucci, the fashion house…
Continue ReadingThanksgiving travel rush is back with some new habits
By DAVID KOENIG and ALEXANDRA OLSON Associated Press The Thanksgiving travel rush was back on this year, as people caught planes in numbers not seen…
Continue ReadingState: New York’s first pot crop jeopardized by court fight
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America Albany, N.Y. (AP) — New York officials are warning a judge that a court fight over licensing…
Continue ReadingBuffett donates over $750 million to his family charities
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire investor Warren Buffett donated more than $750 million in Berkshire Hathaway stock…
Continue ReadingPlea hearing scheduled in ‘Gasland’ drilling pollution case
MONTROSE, Pa. (AP) — A plea hearing has been scheduled for next week in the case of a natural gas driller facing felony charges in Pennsylvania…
Continue ReadingArmed guards a fixture outside pot farm before 4 were slain
By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH Associated Press Armed guards were a fixture outside the marijuana growing operation in rural Oklahoma where four people…
Continue Reading$740M in crypto assets recovered in FTX bankruptcy so far
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The company tasked with locking down the assets of the failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX says it…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 11/23/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street following the release of the minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent policy…
Continue ReadingDeere, Azenta rise; Autodesk, Nordstrom fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Deere, Azenta rise; Autodesk, Nordstrom…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for January delivery rose $3.01 to $77.94 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for January delivery fell…
Continue ReadingMost Fed officials at last meeting backed slower rate hikes
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Most Federal Reserve officials at their last meeting favored reducing the size of their…
Continue ReadingMississippi-based furniture company lays off 2,700 workers
TUPELO, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi-based company that had become one of the largest furniture businesses in the country has laid off nearly its…
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