EPA: Chemical in medical-device cleanser poses cancer risk
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Environmental Protection Agency is warning residents who live near medical sterilizing…
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COVID-19 vaccine sales push Moderna past expectations in Q2
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Better-than-expected COVID-19 vaccine sales pushed Moderna past Wall Street’s second-quarter forecasts. The company…
Continue ReadingNew crypto oversight legislation arrives as industry shakes
By FATIMA HUSSEIN and KEN SWEET Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — After 13 years, at least three crashes, dozens of scams and Ponzi schemes and…
Continue ReadingAtlantic City’s Joe Lupo to run Mirage casino for Hard Rock
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Joe Lupo, who has helped two of Atlantic City’s most successful casinos thrive through…
Continue ReadingDolly Parton among Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy winners
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Country superstar Dolly Parton is among the 2022 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy recipients. Also…
Continue ReadingHow to save on school supplies by tapping your community
By LAURA MCMULLEN of NerdWallet Back-to-school shopping is extra expensive this year, due to inflation. But coordinating with people in your…
Continue ReadingGrowing prescriptions help push CVS past Q2 expectations
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health thumped second-quarter expectations and hiked its full-year forecast as growing prescription claims helped…
Continue ReadingFrench lawmakers OK $20.3 billion to help with rising prices
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press SAULIEU, France (AP) — French lawmakers have approved a 20 billion-euro ($20.3-billion) package of measures…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: 5 vehicles that are easy on the wallet
By MILES BRANMAN Edmunds Cars keep getting bigger and more expensive, but are there any small, affordable new cars left? As Americans continue to…
Continue ReadingInflation in Turkey rises to nearly 80%, hitting consumers
ISTANBUL (AP) — Annual inflation in Turkey soared to nearly 80% in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute said Wednesday that consumer prices rose…
Continue ReadingInflation weighs on back-to-school buying for many families
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and CLAIRE SAVAGE NEW YORK (AP) — To understand the impact of surging inflation on this year’s back-to-school…
Continue ReadingGerman leader says gas pipeline part is ready for Russia
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has inspected a turbine at the center of a natural gas dispute and…
Continue ReadingOPEC+ boosts oil output by slower pace than previous months
By CATHY BUSSEWITZ AP Energy Writer The OPEC oil cartel and its allies have decided to boost production in September by a much slower pace than in…
Continue ReadingNintendo’s profit rises despite shortages of computer chips
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Nintendo’s profit in the April-June quarter rose 28% from a year earlier on healthy demand for…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka leader proposes 25-year plan for crisis-hit nation
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new president says his government is preparing a national policy…
Continue ReadingChina blocks some Taiwan imports but avoids chip disruptions
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — China blocked imports of citrus, fish and other foods from Taiwan in retaliation for a visit by a…
Continue ReadingInspectors OK 1st Ukraine grain ship but no sign yet of more
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — The first grain ship to leave Ukraine and cross the Black Sea under a wartime deal passed…
Continue ReadingCold showers, no lights: Europe saves as Russian gas wanes
By JOHN LEICESTER and NICOLAS GARRIGA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well…
Continue ReadingAsian shares rise on optimism on economic data, earnings
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Thursday as investors welcomed encouraging economic data and quarterly…
Continue ReadingS. Korean garlic video ad roasted over purported obscenity
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A rural South Korean town is getting roasted over its video ad on garlic that some…
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