BioNTech reports strong first half, expects demand to grow
BERLIN (AP) — BioNTech, which teamed with Pfizer to develop a powerful COVID-19 vaccine, has reported higher revenue and net profit in the first…
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Scholz party rejects bid to expel German ex-leader Schroeder
BERLIN (AP) — Local officials with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s party rejected a bid to expel former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder over his…
Continue ReadingLiz Weston: 3 ways to fight inflation and win the long game
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet Sometimes the best strategies to deal with inflation align with the best ways to manage your money. For example, delaying…
Continue ReadingPfizer buying spree continues with $5.4B hematology deal
By TOM MURPHY and MICHELLE CHAPMAN Associated Press Pfizer will spend about $5.4 billion to buy Global Blood Therapeutics as the pharmaceutical giant…
Continue ReadingHungary fines Ryanair over raising prices to cope with tax
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has accused Ryanair of consumer protection violations after it raised ticket prices to cope with a tax on what the…
Continue ReadingNonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in up to 10 countries mostly in Africa by 2030 to support…
Continue ReadingRussia, Ukraine trade accusations over nuclear plant attacks
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Monday that each side is shelling Europe’s biggest…
Continue ReadingJapan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23 billion loss in the April-June quarter as…
Continue ReadingThai pub owner charged in connection with deadly blaze
BANGKOK (AP) — The owner of a music pub in eastern Thailand where a fire last week killed 15 people and injured more than three dozen others has…
Continue ReadingProductivity, consumer prices, Cardinal Health earns
The Associated Press The Labor Department issues its second-quarter snapshot of U.S. employee productivity Tuesday and its latest monthly index of…
Continue ReadingWater crisis looms for eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly decline on global technology downturn
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday amid a global fall in technology shares, including…
Continue ReadingFormer coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue ReadingNot so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the…
Continue ReadingAsian stocks mixed after US job gain paves way for rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest…
Continue ReadingChina’s Hainan beach resort expands COVID-19 lockdowns
BEIJING (AP) — The capital of China’s Hainan province has locked down its residents for 13 hours on Monday as a COVID-19 outbreak grows on…
Continue ReadingHong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week.…
Continue ReadingReport: Dozens got sick after visiting Kansas splash park
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — A new federal study said dozens of people got sick after visiting a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, last summer. The study…
Continue ReadingBrad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ pulls into station with $30.1M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stylized action romp “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt, arrived with a $30.1 million…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in Democrats’ big bill? Climate, health care, savings
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The estimated $740 billion economic package from Democrats is nowhere near what…
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