Inflation, unrest challenge Bangladesh’s ‘miracle economy’
By JULHAS ALAM Associated Press DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Standing in line to try to buy food, Rekha Begum is distraught. Like many others in…
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Panama launch of futuristic oceanfront home goes sideways
COLON, Panama (AP) — The unveiling of a futuristic luxury model home on Panama’s Caribbean coast tanked when the SeaPod Eco prototype perched…
Continue ReadingJudge approves $230M settlement in California oil spill case
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A judge has approved a $230 million lawsuit settlement by the owners of a pipeline that spilled more than 140,000 gallons of…
Continue ReadingLawsuit: California utility targeted Asians in pot searches
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A data privacy watchdog’s lawsuit says a Northern California utility routinely fed…
Continue ReadingWoman gets 6 years in prison for damaging pipeline
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A federal judge has sentenced an Arizona woman to six years in prison for using a cutting…
Continue ReadingNorway’s prime minister on Ukraine: ‘The war has to stop’
By MALLIKA SEN and EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — As a NATO member and neighbor of Russia, Norway’s geographical and…
Continue ReadingBoeing pays $200 million to settle SEC charges over 737 Max
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing Co. will pay $200 million to settle charges that the company and its former CEO misled investors about the…
Continue ReadingYellen to visit North Carolina ahead of tight midterm races
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen heads to the Durham, North Carolina, area next Tuesday as part…
Continue ReadingFacebook violated rights of Palestinian users, report finds
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Actions by Facebook and its parent Meta during last year’s Gaza war violated the rights of Palestinian…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Thursday 9/22/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, deepening their losses for the week, as central banks around the world raised interest rates…
Continue ReadingSteelcase, Darden fall; Lennar, Salesforce rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Steelcase, Darden fall; Lennar, Salesforce…
Continue ReadingBNSF: Rail accident victims should have to use arbitration
By MARGARET STAFFORD Associated Press BNSF Railway says in a federal lawsuit that victims of an Amtrak derailment in Missouri should be required to…
Continue ReadingClosing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose 55 cents to $83.49 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for November delivery rose…
Continue ReadingJapan to loosen travel restrictions imposed during pandemic
By MATT SEDENSKY AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has announced that his nation’s strict border restrictions will…
Continue ReadingFTC says Bezos, Jassy must testify in probe of Amazon Prime
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators are ordering Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and CEO Andy Jassy to testify in the…
Continue ReadingJudge outlines holes in DOJ suit to stop UnitedHealth deal
The Associated Press Federal regulators failed to show that UnitedHealth Group’s purchase of technology company Change Healthcare will likely hurt…
Continue ReadingExecs: US casinos learned some useful lessons from pandemic
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The COVID pandemic forced most U.S. casinos to close for months, causing payrolls,…
Continue ReadingUS sanctions Iranian morality police after woman’s death
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Iran’s morality police after the death in…
Continue ReadingPrada, Max Mara back to pre-pandemic splendor in Milan
By COLLEEN BARRY AP Fashion Writer MILAN (AP) — After several seasons affected by coronavirus restrictions, Milan Fashion Week is back to its…
Continue ReadingHungary to poll public on support for EU sanctions on Russia
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s governing party says it wants to poll the country’s citizens on whether…
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