This Week: Caterpillar earns, jobs report
The Associated Press Caterpillar serves up its latest quarterly results Tuesday. The Labor Department issues its July tally of hiring by nonfarm…
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Stocks start August with slide after best month since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and closed slightly lower Monday as investors began…
Continue ReadingBanana Boat recalls scalp sunscreen spray for cancer risk
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer The maker of Banana Boat sunscreen is recalling a scalp spray because it contains trace amounts of benzene, a…
Continue ReadingManchin demurs on Biden in 2024 and Dem majorities this year
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin, one of the Democrats’ most conservative and contrarian members, declined on…
Continue ReadingPilots with Germany’s Lufthansa back possible strike action
BERLIN (AP) — A union says pilots with Germany’s Lufthansa have voted in favor of possible strike action. It said Sunday that walkouts can still…
Continue ReadingGermany argues over nuclear shutdown amid gas supply worries
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Rising concern over the impact of a potential Russian gas cutoff is fueling the debate in Germany…
Continue ReadingChinese factory activity sinks, weighing on weak economy
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — An official survey shows Chinese manufacturing’s recovery from anti-virus shutdowns faltered in…
Continue ReadingEXPLAINER: Bid to block book merger sets competition fight
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The biggest U.S. book publisher’s plan to buy the fourth-largest for $2.2 billion represents…
Continue ReadingPakistan military chief seeks US help on release of IMF loan
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistani officials say the country’s powerful army chief has contacted Washington, seeking…
Continue ReadingFAA clears Boeing to resume delivery of 787 Dreamliners
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing has cleared a key hurdle with federal regulators and could soon resume deliveries of its large 787…
Continue ReadingSri Lanka leader says IMF agreement pushed back after unrest
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s president says an agreement with the International Monetary Fund to…
Continue ReadingDems seem headed for climate, health win after ups and downs
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — It’s been more than a year in the making and has seen plenty of ups and downs. Now, a Democratic…
Continue ReadingFederal tourism aid funds gas stations, trash cans, jazz
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press Located along a remote stretch of Highway 395, the Fort Independence Travel Plaza touts a dozen gas pumps, clean…
Continue ReadingRide-sharing apps rise in Venezuela as public transit decays
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Ride-sharing apps like Uber, DiDi and Lyft may have driven across much of the…
Continue ReadingFealty to Trump defines Republican Senate primary in Arizona
By JONATHAN J. COOPER Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — The race for Arizona Senate doesn’t fit easily into the Donald Trump vs. GOP…
Continue ReadingRussian energy corporation Gazprom cuts off gas to Latvia
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned natural gas corporation says it has halted shipments to Latvia because of contract violations. In a brief…
Continue ReadingTrain drivers’ walkout brings more misery on UK railways
LONDON (AP) — Workers, vacationers and sports fans are facing another day of travel disruption in Britain amid a walkout by thousands of train…
Continue ReadingCourt upholds Taiwan tycoon’s sentence in tainted oil case
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A court has upheld a nine-year prison term for one of Taiwan’s richest businesspeople on charges of selling tainted cooking…
Continue ReadingIn race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID
By MARIA CHENG AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses…
Continue ReadingTrolling along: Fetterman going big on social media vs. Oz
By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — In one of this year’s most competitive U.S. Senate races, the biggest moments…
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