JetBlue is buying Spirit for $3.8 billion after bidding war
By DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers JetBlue Airways is buying Spirit Airlines for $3.8 billion in a deal that could increase…
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Cars hit tires dumped on Dutch highway amid farmer protests
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Police say cars crashed into tires and other garbage piled on a highway in the northern Netherlands by radical…
Continue ReadingStellantis earnings rise as electric vehicle sales expand
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Automaker Stellantis has reported higher earnings in the first half of 2022 compared with last year, pointing to a nearly 50%…
Continue ReadingNissan’s profits plunge on COVID lockdown, chips crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese automaker Nissan says its profit in the last quarter plunged to less than half of what it…
Continue ReadingUS’s MCC to invest $237 million in Kosovo’s energy grid
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) — Kosovo has signed a $236.7 million agreement with a U.S. government agency to support its energy sector, promote…
Continue ReadingSamsung fined $9.8M for misleading Australian phone ads
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian judge has ordered Samsung to pay $9.8 million in penalties for misleading…
Continue ReadingSamsung logs 12% profit increase in 2Q on strong chip demand
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics Co. has reported its operating profit rose 12% in the April-June quarter thanks to strong demand for…
Continue ReadingUS economy shrinks for a 2nd quarter, raising recession fear
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at…
Continue ReadingAsian shares mostly higher after rally on Wall Street
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday following a broad rally on Wall Street, but Hong…
Continue ReadingJapan’s push for UNESCO to list divisive gold mine delayed
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s push to obtain UNESCO World Heritage recognition for a former gold mine key to the…
Continue ReadingAustralia forecasts high inflation for another 2 years
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — New forecasts by Australia’s government say runaway inflation will remain unacceptably…
Continue ReadingBanks far from hitting Paris climate targets, groups warn
By ED DAVEY Associated Press A new report by says many of the world’s biggest banks are falling far short of aligning their practices with the…
Continue ReadingHidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue ReadingHidden Menace: Massive methane leaks speed up climate change
By MICHAEL BIESECKER and HELEN WIEFFERING Associated Press LENORAH, Texas (AP) — To the naked eye, the Mako Compressor Station outside the dusty…
Continue ReadingRejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — When General Motors went through the biggest industrial bankruptcy proceedings in history,…
Continue ReadingRejected by courts, retirees take last shot to save pensions
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Dave Muffley thought he had it made when it came to a solid retirement. The Indiana man spent…
Continue ReadingUS not yet in recession and 4 other takeaways from the Fed
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Jerome Powell delivered a tough message at the start of a news conference Wednesday:…
Continue ReadingWhat’s in, and out, of Democrats’ inflation-fighting package
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — What started as a $4 trillion effort during President Joe Biden’s first…
Continue ReadingPipeline company to pay nearly $1M over California oil spill
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) — The owner of an underwater oil pipeline that spilled some 25,000 gallons of crude into the ocean off Southern…
Continue ReadingBest Buy cuts sales forecast as inflation tempers spending
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy has cut its annual sales and profit forecast, citing surging inflation that…
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