AmEx 2Q profits fall 14% despite higher cardmember spending
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — American Express’ profits fell 14% in the second quarter, the company said Friday, as higher…
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Sri Lanka president gets long-sought win, faces challenges
By KRISHAN FRANCIS and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s new president has always aspired to the…
Continue Reading‘A beacon of hope’: Ukraine, Russia sign grain export deal
By AYSE WIETING and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Russia and Ukraine signed separate agreements Friday with Turkey and the United…
Continue ReadingJapan OKs preparation step for Fukushima plant water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s nuclear regulator has approved methods and facilities for the release of treated…
Continue ReadingBarcelona sells 2nd package of Spanish league TV rights
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona has sold a second package of its television rights to an American investment firm for an undisclosed amount as…
Continue ReadingGerman government agrees on bailout for energy supplier
By GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The German government will take a roughly 30% stake in energy supplier Uniper as part of a rescue…
Continue ReadingTomorrow’s ‘Top Gun’ might have drone wingman, use AI
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer FARNBOROUGH, England (AP) — Maverick’s next wingman could be a drone. In the movies, fighter pilots are…
Continue ReadingSlump for tech chops off chunk of Wall Street’s winning week
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks slipped Friday, giving back some of their gains from earlier in the week as worries brewed…
Continue ReadingSri Lankan troops forcefully clear protesters; new PM named
By KRISHAN FRANCIS, RAFIQ MAQBOOL and RISHI LEKHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan forces have violently cleared the main…
Continue ReadingUS files another labor complaint against Mexico
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The United States has filed its fifth labor complaint about alleged violations of union organizing rights in Mexico.  The…
Continue ReadingDrought drives Las Vegas to cap size of home swimming pools
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Limiting the size of new swimming pools in and around Las Vegas might save a drop in the proverbial…
Continue ReadingGeorgia spaceport land deal is off, site owner says
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — The owner of a 4,000-acre industrial site says it has ended a longstanding agreement to sell…
Continue ReadingYouTube to remove videos spreading abortion falsehoods
SAN BRUNO, Calif. (AP) — YouTube will begin removing misleading videos about abortion in response to falsehoods being spread about the procedure…
Continue ReadingEvents in disappearance of former Teamsters head Jimmy Hoffa
By The Associated Press A chronology of events in the disappearance of Jimmy Hoffa, former president of the Teamsters union: July 30, 1975 — Hoffa…
Continue ReadingFeds issue guidance on cleanup plan for abandoned coal mines
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The U.S. Department of the Interior has issued guidance for nearly $725 million in funding available this fiscal year for…
Continue ReadingCVS seeks verification on drugs with possible abortion use
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer CVS Health is asking pharmacists in some states to verify that a few of the prescriptions they provide will not be…
Continue ReadingGov seeks to salvage aluminum mill deal promised to Kentucky
By BRUCE SCHREINER Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Gov. Andy Beshear has made a pitch to a company that took over plans to build an aluminum…
Continue ReadingFBI: No sign of Jimmy Hoffa under New Jersey bridge
By ED WHITE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — The FBI found no evidence of missing Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa during a search of land under a New…
Continue ReadingHow major US stock indexes fared Thursday 7/21/2022
The Associated Press Stocks extended their winning streak on Wall Street Thursday. The gains came amid a deluge of news about the economy, interest…
Continue ReadingSTORY REMOVED: Oracle: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Please disregard Oracle: Fiscal Q2 Earnings Snapshot, published on July 21, 2022, and datelined in AUSTIN, Texas. It…
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