Sony sees profit rise despite waning interest in video games
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has reported its profit edged up 3% in the last quarter, weathering production setbacks from…
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Stocks rally again, close out best month since Nov. 2020
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Stocks racked up more gains Friday as Wall Street closed out its best month since November 2020, a welcome breather…
Continue ReadingChina’s Xi warns Biden over Taiwan, calls for cooperation
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — President Xi Jinping warned against meddling in China’s dealings with Taiwan during a phone call…
Continue ReadingSenate deal should make it easier to buy electric vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — The surprise deal by Senate Democrats on a slimmed-down bill to support families, boost infrastructure…
Continue ReadingSympathetic portrayal of Alex Jones rebuked as ‘hypocrisy’
By JIM VERTUNO Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A producer for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s media company tried to paint a sympathetic…
Continue ReadingArgentina names economy ‘super minister’ as crisis deepens
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s government has announced the appointment of an economic “super…
Continue ReadingApple still thriving as economy slows, despite 3Q profit dip
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple’s profit slipped during the past quarter, but the world’s largest…
Continue ReadingUnexpected deal would boost Biden pledge on climate change
By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — An unexpected deal reached by Senate Democrats would be the most ambitious action ever taken by…
Continue ReadingAmazon posts 2Q loss but revenue tops estimates, stock jumps
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon on Thursday reported its second-consecutive quarterly loss but its revenue topped Wall…
Continue ReadingMeta, Comcast fall; Harley-Davidson, Frontier rise
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Meta Platforms Inc., down $8.86 to $160.72. The owner of Facebook and Instagram…
Continue ReadingCar accident in Egypt’s Sinai kills 2 Israeli tourists
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s foreign ministry says two Israeli tourists were killed and five were injured in a car accident in Egypt’s…
Continue ReadingUkraine says Syrian ship docks in Lebanon with stolen grain
BEIRUT (AP) — A Syrian cargo ship carrying what Ukraine says is grain stolen by Russia has docked in Lebanon. The Ukrainian Embassy in Beirut said…
Continue ReadingGovernments ramp up demands for user info, Twitter warns
By AMANDA SEITZ Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter warned Thursday that governments around the globe are asking the company to remove…
Continue ReadingCongress OKs bill to aid computer chip firms, counter China
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a $280 billion package to boost the semiconductor industry and scientific…
Continue ReadingFacebook ends funding for US news partnerships program
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Meta Platforms says it will no longer pay U.S. news organizations to have their material appear in…
Continue ReadingFeds: $401M will add high-speed internet to rural US places
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — The federal government is pledging $401 million in grants and loans to expand the reach and improve…
Continue Reading2nd state in Mexico begins avocado exports to U.S. market
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. consumers are finally getting the chance to try avocados from a second state in Mexico…
Continue ReadingGeorgia county files suit to force land sale for spaceport
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia county has filed a lawsuit that seeks to force a company to sell it 4,000 acres on…
Continue ReadingRussia fines WhatsApp, Snapchat over data storage
LONDON (AP) — Russian regulators have fined chat service WhatsApp and Snapchat for failing to store Russian users’ data on local servers as part…
Continue ReadingPBS series, AP detail toll of Russian invasion of Ukraine
By LYNN ELBER AP Television Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two documentaries detailing the punishing effects of Russia’s war on Ukraine will air on…
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