F1 team Mercedes suspends sponsorship deal with FTX
By MAURICIO SAVARESE AP Sports Writer SAO PAULO (AP) — Formula One team Mercedes says it has suspended its sponsorship deal with FTX, one of the…
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Utility backs solar farm atop capped Kentucky coal ash pit
By JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The nation’s largest public utility is proposing a $216 million solar farm project…
Continue ReadingMany vets are landing jobs, but the transition can be tough
By BEN FINLEY Associated Press NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Phillip Slaughter left the Army after 18 years and found a job similar to one he had in uniform:…
Continue ReadingCrypto exchange giant FTX collapses, files for bankruptcy
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Embattled cryptocurrency exchange FTX, short billions of dollars, is seeking bankruptcy protection…
Continue ReadingThousands protest in Bulgaria for higher salaries
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to demand higher salaries to…
Continue ReadingFamed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to…
Continue ReadingGermany rejects Iranian complaint over stance on protests
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has rejected a complaint by her Iranian counterpart that she was taking an “interventionist” stance…
Continue ReadingUN reports progress on Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports
GENEVA (AP) — Top U.N. officials updated a high-level Russian delegation on progress to facilitate Russia’s exports of food and fertilizer to…
Continue ReadingKFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
BERLIN (AP) — KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order…
Continue ReadingJust Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British climate activists say they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major…
Continue ReadingSpain appeases Catalans with planned reform of sedition law
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the…
Continue ReadingGerman lawmakers OK delay in switching off nuclear plants
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved a plan to keep the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April. That will extend…
Continue ReadingIran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say two Iranian-born brothers have been charged with aggravated…
Continue ReadingBiden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil
By MATTHEW DALY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Biden administration has ramped up efforts to reduce methane…
Continue ReadingEU expects recession to hit this year as inflation hangs on
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth…
Continue ReadingJapan’s SoftBank returns to profit as investments rebound
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has reported a 3 trillion yen, or $21 billion, profit…
Continue ReadingUK economy shrinks as economists warn of more pain to come
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Statistics show that Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, and forecasters…
Continue ReadingYellen visits India to shore up US-Indo-Pacific partnership
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 are top issues for U.S.…
Continue ReadingWall Street rallies for best week since June on rate hopes
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street piled more gains Friday onto its mammoth rally from a day earlier to close out its best…
Continue ReadingTwitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers Twitter’s relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification”…
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