Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell $2.88 to $88.91 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for January delivery fell…
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Mistrial declared in trial of 2 former nonprofit officials
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge has declared a mistrial in an embezzlement and bribery case against two men acquitted along with a Philadelphia…
Continue ReadingSpanish minister under growing pressure over border deaths
By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s interior minister is coming under increased pressure to be more transparent…
Continue ReadingCrypto exchange Binance to buy rival FTX in apparent bailout
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it plans to buy its rival FTX Trading, in the latest…
Continue ReadingEU’s Call of Duty: Probe Microsoft-Activision Blizzard deal
By MATT O’BRIEN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft’s planned…
Continue Reading18-carat pink diamond reaps $28.8 million at Geneva auction
GENEVA (AP) — A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond billed as a rarity sold at a Geneva auction for 28.4 million Swiss francs ($28.8 million),…
Continue ReadingKohl’s CEO steps down to take president role at Levi Strauss
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Michelle Gass, CEO of department store chain Kohl’s, is stepping down from her role…
Continue ReadingUS presses, but Russia reluctant on Ukraine grain deal
By SAM MEDNICK Associated press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has told Ukrainian farmers that extending a wartime…
Continue ReadingAdidas appoints boss of rival Puma as CEO after Ye fallout
BERLIN (AP) — Adidas has appointed Puma CEO Bjørn Gulden as its new chief executive. He will take over in January as the German sportswear brand…
Continue ReadingUN experts urge stringent rules to stop net zero greenwash
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Companies pledging to get their emissions down to net zero better make sure…
Continue ReadingEU court sides with Fiat Chrysler in tax advantage case
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — The European Union’s top court has overturned a decision requiring automaker Fiat Chrysler to pay up to 30 million euros in…
Continue ReadingBid for new trial fails, Elizabeth Holmes awaits sentencing
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected disgraced Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes’ bid for a…
Continue ReadingCalifornia voters reject tax on rich for more electric cars
By KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California voters have rejected a new tax on the state’s richest residents.…
Continue ReadingBig bet a bust in bid to allow sports gambling in California
By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Competing measures to allow sports gambling in California have lost big despite the most…
Continue ReadingLawmakers say EU isn’t tackling phone surveillance scandal
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — EU lawmakers investigating the use of surveillance spyware by the bloc’s governments have…
Continue ReadingGermany: Banks searched in money laundering probe of Russian
BERLIN (AP) — German officials and media say police raided two branches of Swiss bank UBS in Germany in connection with alleged money laundering by…
Continue Reading‘Magic mushrooms’ vote too early to call in Colorado
By THOMAS PEIPERT Associated Press DENVER (AP) — A vote to determine whether Colorado will become the second state, after Oregon, to create a…
Continue ReadingMillennial Money: Set financial limits for holiday visits
By DALIA RAMIREZ of NerdWallet The concept of “going home for the holidays” changes throughout your life, and many millennials are currently…
Continue ReadingMacron urges France’s big polluters to cut emissions by half
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the country’s most climate-damaging industries to…
Continue ReadingPowerball ticket sold in California snags record $2.04B win
By STEFANIE DAZIO and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a…
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