This Week: Job openings, Levi Strauss earns, hiring snapshot
The Associated Press The Labor Department delivers its monthly tally of U.S. job openings Tuesday and its September snapshot of hiring by nonfarm…
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Fraud, scam cases increasing on Zelle, Senate report finds
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Incidents of fraud and scams are occurring more often on the popular peer-to-peer payment service…
Continue ReadingWhole lotta zeros: Apple Music crosses 100M song barrier
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Apple Music is about to cross a huge milestone, offering its eye-and-ear-popping 100…
Continue ReadingHigh court will hear social media terrorism lawsuits
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear two cases seeking to hold social media companies financially responsible for terrorist…
Continue ReadingAfter years of EU scrutiny, Greece promises balanced budget
By DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece has promised to return to a budget surplus in 2023, submitting its first spending…
Continue ReadingEU, Israel hold high-level talks for first time in a decade
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union and Israel have held high-level talks for the first time in a decade. The…
Continue ReadingKim Kardashian fined $1 million by SEC over crypto promotion
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN and KEN SWEET AP Business Writer The long list of celebrities promoting cryptocurrencies just got shorter. Kim Kardashian is…
Continue ReadingUkraine claws back more territory Russia is trying to absorb
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian forces scored more gains in their counteroffensive across at least two fronts…
Continue ReadingPoland demands $1.3 trillion in war damages from Germany
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s foreign minister has signed an official note to Germany requesting some…
Continue ReadingGoogle discontinues Google Translate in mainland China
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Google has discontinued its Google Translate services in mainland China, removing one of the…
Continue ReadingKimberly Palmer: How to handle your medical bills
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet Medical bills can quickly become overwhelming, but consumers often have more power than they might think when it…
Continue ReadingJerzy Urban, spokesman for Polish communist govt, dies at 89
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A spokesman for Poland’s communist-era government in the 1980s who masterminded state…
Continue ReadingMusic stops: Energy costs close Hungary theaters for winter
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Theaters and other cultural institutions in Hungary are reeling from exponentially…
Continue ReadingSweden sends special diving vessel to area of pipeline leaks
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Sweden’s navy says it has sent a vessel capable of “advanced diving missions”…
Continue ReadingRecord inflation squeezes Turkish tobacco workers, owners
By EMRAH GUREL and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press CELIKHAN, Turkey (AP) — Tobacco growers in southeast Turkey’s Celikhan district are feeling…
Continue ReadingWhat if Musk loses the Twitter case but defies the court?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Twitter wants a Delaware court to order Elon Musk to buy the social media service for $44 billion, as he…
Continue ReadingUK scraps tax cut for wealthy that sparked market turmoil
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The British government has dropped plans to cut income tax for top earners. The move…
Continue ReadingAsian shares rise after ‘relief rally’ on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Tuesday, encouraged by a rally in U.S. shares after some weak economic data…
Continue ReadingExperts: Europe faces ‘unprecedented risk’ of a gas shortage
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer Europe is facing unprecedented risks to its energy supply this winter. That’s the word Monday from the…
Continue ReadingRussia smuggling Ukrainian grain to help pay for Putin’s war
By MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and BEATRICE DUPUY Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — When the bulk cargo ship Laodicea docked in Lebanon last…
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