FDA chief’s long-promised opioid review faces skepticism
By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The head of the Food and Drug Administration says a comprehensive review of the opioid…
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With Frontier deal dead, Spirit ponders sale to JetBlue
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are abandoning their merger proposal, which opens the way for JetBlue…
Continue ReadingNew rule to thwart railroad efforts to cut train crews to 1
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Railroads will be required to maintain two-person crews under a new rule announced Wednesday…
Continue ReadingFed unleashes another big rate hike in bid to curb inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its benchmark interest rate by a hefty…
Continue ReadingNorfolk Southern reports flat Q2 profit as its delays linger
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Norfolk Southern continued to struggle with the delivery delays that have plagued freight…
Continue ReadingHas remote work changed the travel landscape?
By SAM KEMMIS NerdWallet The availability of remote work has increased significantly in recent years, giving rise to the ability for telecommuters to…
Continue ReadingEdmunds: 5 electric SUVs for almost any budget
By MICHAEL CANTU Edmunds In the early days of the modern electric vehicle, or EV, your choices were largely limited to a few range-compromised models…
Continue ReadingBoeing reports Q2 profit but misses Wall Street expectations
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Boeing Co. reported a smaller second-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street expectations as its defense…
Continue ReadingBig pink diamond discovered in Angola, largest in 300 years
By NQOBILE NTSHANGASE Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the…
Continue ReadingGermany to reduce government incentives to buy electric cars
BERLIN (AP) — The German government plans to reduce incentive payments for buyers of electric cars and end subsidies for buying plug-in hybrids at…
Continue ReadingAsian shares, oil prices mostly higher after Fed rate hike
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its…
Continue ReadingChina rejects report it tried to obtain Federal Reserve data
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government has rejected as a “political lie” a report by The Wall Street Journal that Beijing tried to recruit…
Continue ReadingRussia cuts gas through Nord Stream 1 to 20% of capacity
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Russia’s Gazprom has halved the amount of gas flowing through a major pipeline from Russia…
Continue ReadingUkraine’s grain is ready to go. But ships aren’t. Why? Risk
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press Shipping companies are not rushing to export millions of tons of grain trapped in Ukraine, despite a breakthrough…
Continue ReadingNew UK rail strike brings train services to a crawl
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s railway network ground to a crawl on Wednesday after 40,000 staff walked off the job in…
Continue ReadingCameroon becomes a go-to country for foreign fishing vessels
by RICHA SYAL and GRACE EKPU Associated Press DOUALA, Cameroon (AP) — The Trondheim is a familiar sight off the coast of West Africa — a…
Continue ReadingCredit Suisse CEO resigns as bank posts 2Q loss
GENEVA (AP) — Credit Suisse says CEO Thomas Gottstein is resigning after 2-1/2 years in the job. It came as he announced “disappointing”…
Continue ReadingProtesting Dutch farmers dump manure, garbage on roads
By MIKE CORDER Associated Press THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch farmers are protesting government plans to reduce nitrogen emissions. The…
Continue ReadingOver 1,000 Lufthansa flights canceled as staff strikes
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — More than 1,000 Lufthansa flights were canceled Wednesday because of a one-day strike by the…
Continue ReadingJapan, Indonesia to boost naval security ties as China rises
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Indonesia have agreed to bolster ties in maritime security and cooperation…
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