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By THOMAS ADAMSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Paris sanitation workers are starting to clean up debris from a more than three-week-long strike, a day after the 10th nationwide anti-pension reform protest. The CGT union representing Paris sanitation workers said its members were returning to their jobs Wednesday in a suspension of the strike action

By JENNIFER O’MAHONY Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Renewable energy investors who lost subsidies promised by Spain are heading to a London court to try to claw back $125 million from the government — a decadelong dispute with ramifications for clean energy financing across the European Union. The outcome will be closely watched by investors

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks rose Wednesday as anxiety about the global financial system began to fade following three high-profile bank failures. Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Shanghai followed Wall Street lower. Oil prices gained. Fears global banks might be cracking under the strain of interest rate hikes

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam says its economy slowed sharply in the first quarter of this year, hit by rising costs and weaker demand for its exports. The General Statistics Office reported that the economy expanded at a 3.32% annual pace in January-March, down from 5.9% in the last quarter of 2022. That was much

By CHRIS MEGERIAN and FRANCIS KOKUTSE Associated Press ACCRA, Ghana (AP) — During her visit to Ghana, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris has announced more than $1 billion in public and private money for women’s economic empowerment in Africa. Harris made the announcement Wednesday during a meeting with female entrepreneurs. The money is intended to

By JOSH BOAK and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — In the federal budget standoff, the majority of U.S. adults are asking lawmakers to pull off the impossible: Cut the overall size of government, but also devote more money to the most popular and expensive programs. Six in 10 U.S. adults say the government

By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Longtime Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz insisted the coffee chain hasn’t broken labor laws and is willing to bargain with unionized workers during an often testy, two-hour appearance before the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee. But he also was firm in his stance that the Seattle coffee giant

NEW YORK (AP) — New York officials will be able to issue licenses for recreational marijuana dispensaries in some parts of the state now that an appeals court has narrowed the scope of a temporary injunction that had halted them. The ruling by the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals allows the state to hand

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Last week’s fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory highlighted the combustibility of food plants in general and chocolate making in particular. Local, state and federal investigations are ongoing. Pennsylvania State Police have said “everything’s on the table” as fire marshals try to pinpoint the origin and cause. Some workers

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press Federal safety officials are investigating the role of a natural gas pipeline in a fatal blast at a Pennsylvania chocolate factory. The National Transportation Safety Board announced the probe late Tuesday afternoon, calling the incident a “natural gas” explosion and fire. The powerful explosion at R.M. Palmer Co. killed seven

By ADAM BEAM Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a new law that could penalize oil companies for making too much money. The law is in response to record high gas prices last summer while oil companies made enormous profits. Newsom is scheduled to sign the bill into law

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The Associated Press Weakness for some Big Tech stocks tugged Wall Street a bit lower, but the market overall was mixed and regaining some stability at the tail end of what’s been a turmoil-filled month. The S&P 500 fell 0.2% Tuesday. More stocks rose than fell within the index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and

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