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Economy & Business
Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box stores

Target sales surge as Americans lean on big box stores

NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported the largest quarterly sales growth, including an online sales spike, in its 58-year-history, the latest evidence that Americans are...

Economy & Business
How will office life be different in a pandemic?

How will office life be different in a pandemic?

How will office life be different in a pandemic? The office you once knew is likely to look vastly different. Companies are taking a variety...

Economy & Business
Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups and accounts

Facebook bans some, but not all, QAnon groups and accounts

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Facebook said it will restrict the right-wing conspiracy movement QAnon and will no longer recommend that users join groups supporting it,...

Economy & Business
Young activists meet Merkel to press case for climate action

Young activists meet Merkel to press case for climate action

BERLIN (AP) — Young activists, including Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, are meeting German Chancellor Angela Merkel to press their demands for tougher action to curb...

Economy & Business
Belarus’ prosecutors open probe against opposition activists

Belarus’ prosecutors open probe against opposition activists

MINSK, Belarus (AP) — Belarusian authorities on Thursday opened a criminal probe against opposition activists who set up a council to negotiate the transition of...

Economy & Business
Chinese electric car brand NIO looks at expansion abroad

Chinese electric car brand NIO looks at expansion abroad

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese electric car brand NIO plans to start expanding to Western markets next year and might export a battery-swapping service that could...

Economy & Business
Apple reaches $2 trillion market value as tech fortunes soar

Apple reaches $2 trillion market value as tech fortunes soar

BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Apple has become the first U.S. company to boast a market value of $2 trillion as technology continues to reshape a...

Economy & Business
Qantas expects global travel won’t resume until mid-2021

Qantas expects global travel won’t resume until mid-2021

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways said Thursday the pandemic cost it 4 billion Australian dollars ($2.9 billion) in revenue in the last fiscal year...

Economy & Business
Global shares retreat after Fed minutes bring reality check

Global shares retreat after Fed minutes bring reality check

TOKYO (AP) — Global stock markets fell Thursday after minutes to the last meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve laid out the challenges facing the...

Economy & Business
American Airlines will drop flights to 15 cities in October

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 cities in October

American Airlines will drop flights to 15 smaller U.S. cities in October when a federal requirement to serve those communities ends. The airline blamed low...

Economy & Business
Many likely sought jobless aid after federal benefit lapses

Many likely sought jobless aid after federal benefit lapses

WASHINGTON (AP) — The government will provide its latest snapshot Thursday of the pace of layoffs in the United States, which have declined steadily but...

Economy & Business
Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal

Zero G: Some German mobile users still waiting for a signal

HARNEKOP, Germany (AP) — From his home on a former East German army base, Jens Raeder can power up a carefully restored Soviet shortwave transmitter...

Economy & Business
‘Tenet’ to open internationally first, in US a week later

‘Tenet’ to open internationally first, in US a week later

NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest plan for Hollywood’s hopeful return to moviegoing during the pandemic, Warner Bros. will release Christopher Nolan’s “Tenet” in...

Economy & Business
Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists

Virus spike in Spain prompts UK, France to warn off tourists

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Nightclubs, bars and beaches — some of Spain’s most beloved summer venues — are facing new lockdown restrictions after turning into...

Economy & Business
Regulators warn Under Armour over accounting disclosures

Regulators warn Under Armour over accounting disclosures

NEW YORK (AP) — Under Armour said Monday that it received a warning from U.S. regulators that the company and two of its executives could...

Economy & Business
Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods jump 7.3% in June

Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods jump 7.3% in June

WASHINGTON (AP) — Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods rose a solid 7.3% in June, the second big monthly gain as manufacturing tries to climb out...

Economy & Business
Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors racks up red ink on pandemic pain

Japan’s Mitsubishi Motors racks up red ink on pandemic pain

TOKYO (AP) — Mitsubishi Motors Corp. reported Monday a 176 billion yen ($1.7 billion) loss for April-June, and forecast more red ink for the fiscal...

Economy & Business
Twitter faces backlash over handling of anti-Semitic posts

Twitter faces backlash over handling of anti-Semitic posts

LONDON (AP) — Some Twitter users are staging a 48-hour boycott of the platform over its handling of a stream of anti-Semitic comments that were...

Economy & Business
Uncertainty pushes gold price to record, over $1,930 per oz

Uncertainty pushes gold price to record, over $1,930 per oz

BEIJING (AP) — The price of gold surged to a record above $1,934 per ounce on Monday as investors moved money into an asset seen...

Economy & Business
Report: Attendance flat at Disney parks, grows at Universal

Report: Attendance flat at Disney parks, grows at Universal

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Attendance at Disney theme parks was flat last year as it limited the number of people allowed in to improve the...

Economy & Business
Target joins Walmart in ending Thanksgiving store shopping

Target joins Walmart in ending Thanksgiving store shopping

NEW YORK (AP) — Target is joining Walmart in closing its stores on Thanksgiving Day, ending a decadelong tradition of jump-starting Black Friday door buster...

Economy & Business
Oprah’s O Mag to end regular print editions after 20 years

Oprah’s O Mag to end regular print editions after 20 years

O, The Oprah Magazine is ending its regular monthly print editions with the December 2020 issue after 20 years of publication. The brand, which is...

Economy & Business
Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

Google to keep most of its employees at home until July 2021

SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google has decided that most of its 200,000 employees and contractors should work from home through next June, a sobering...

Economy & Business
Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn’t mention ransomware

Garmin acknowledges cyberattack, doesn’t mention ransomware

BOSTON (AP) — The GPS device maker Garmin Ltd. acknowledged Monday being victimized by a cyberattack last week that encrypted some of its systems, knocking...

Economy & Business
Wall Street returns to rallying; gold jumps to record high

Wall Street returns to rallying; gold jumps to record high

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street’s rally got back on track Monday, while gold rushed to a record at the start of a week packed...

Economy & Business
Gold’s luster grows as investors hedge in uncertain times

Gold’s luster grows as investors hedge in uncertain times

Wall Street is in the throes of a gold rush, as investors drive the price of the precious metal to new heights. Gold has been...

Economy & Business
Trade, technology and security at risk in US-China feud

Trade, technology and security at risk in US-China feud

BEIJING (AP) — They have the largest economies in the world. They spend more than anyone else on their militaries. From high-tech chips to control...

Economy & Business
Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

Experimental COVID-19 vaccine is put to its biggest test

The biggest test yet of an experimental COVID-19 vaccine got underway Monday with the first of some 30,000 Americans rolling up their sleeves to receive...

Economy & Business
How to prepare your home and family, if new virus spreads

How to prepare your home and family, if new virus spreads

As the new coronavirus keeps turning up in more places, health experts say it’s wise to prepare for wider spread. But people shouldn’t panic or...

Economy & Business
Italy quarantines northern regions to stop virus’ advance

Italy quarantines northern regions to stop virus’ advance

ROME (AP) — Italy announced a sweeping quarantine early Sunday, restricting the movements of about a quarter of its population in a bid to limit...

Economy & Business
Trump campaign files 3rd lawsuit against a news organization

Trump campaign files 3rd lawsuit against a news organization

NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump campaign filed a libel lawsuit against CNN on Friday for a column about the president and election help from...

Economy & Business
SC Speaker: Move energy policy away from massive projects

SC Speaker: Move energy policy away from massive projects

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — House Speaker Jay Lucas sees South Carolina’s opportunity to sell or overhaul state-owned utility Santee Cooper as a chance to reshape...

Economy & Business
Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks

Facebook says it will ban ads for medical face masks

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook is temporarily banning advertisements for medical face masks as part of an effort to prevent use of its platform to exploit...

Economy & Business
Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts

Virus outbreak hits weakened Italian economy where it hurts

MILAN (AP) — The focal point of the coronavirus emergency in Europe, Italy, is also the region’s weakest economy and is taking an almighty hit...

Economy & Business
China trade slumps as anti-virus controls close factories

China trade slumps as anti-virus controls close factories

BEIJING (AP) — China’s exports fell by double digits in January and February as anti-virus controls closed factories, while imports sank by a smaller margin....

Economy & Business
Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine

Experts: Cruise ships no place for a coronavirus quarantine

Cruise ships hit by coronavirus outbreaks have quickly found themselves with no ports for thousands of passengers as countries on four continents have quarantined vessels...

Economy & Business
Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes

Pot entrepreneurs flocking to the Bible Belt for low taxes

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — From their keen taste for sun-ripened pot to their first meeting at a pro-marijuana rally in college in the 1990s, everything...

Economy & Business
Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy

Plunging yields force investors and Fed to rethink strategy

WASHINGTON (AP) — The response in stock markets to the growing risk from the coronavirus has been swift and fierce. But a better gauge of...

Economy & Business
Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking

Roller-coaster week ends with bond yields, stocks sinking

NEW YORK (AP) — A dizzying, brutal week of trading dropped one last round of harrowing swings on investors Friday. After skidding sharply through the...

Economy & Business
Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes

Trump heading to Switzerland as impeachment trial reconvenes

WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump’s historic impeachment trial is called to order in the Senate this week, he won’t be watching from inside...

Economy & Business
IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India’s Modi

IMF downgrade of growth outlook ups pressure on India’s Modi

NEW DELHI (AP) — A decision by the International Monetary Fund to downgrade its economic growth forecast for India is adding to pressure on Indian...

Economy & Business
EU to revamp anti-smuggler mission for UN Libya arms embargo

EU to revamp anti-smuggler mission for UN Libya arms embargo

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union countries have agreed to “refocus” the mission of the bloc’s anti-migrant smuggler naval operation in the Mediterranean Sea so that...

Economy & Business
IMF: Low rates and reduced trade tension to aid world growth

IMF: Low rates and reduced trade tension to aid world growth

WASHINGTON (AP) — Low interest rates and reduced trade tensions will likely buoy the global economy over the next two years and help nurture steady...

Economy & Business
Changing tack, French militants turn off power to press govt

Changing tack, French militants turn off power to press govt

PARIS (AP) — Opening another front in their battle against the French government, union militants said they cut power to thousands of Parisians on Tuesday,...

Economy & Business
Major doctors’ group calls for US to assure coverage for all

Major doctors’ group calls for US to assure coverage for all

WASHINGTON (AP) — With health care an election-year priority, a major doctors’ organization on Monday called for sweeping government action to guarantee coverage for all,...

Economy & Business
The Latest: Nobel prize economist slams Trump’s Davos speech

The Latest: Nobel prize economist slams Trump’s Davos speech

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 1:05 p.m. Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz has...

Economy & Business
Belarus starts importing oil from Norway after Russian halt

Belarus starts importing oil from Norway after Russian halt

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus started importing oil from Norway Tuesday after its main oil provider —Russia — suspended supplies earlier this month amid stalled...

Economy & Business
Trump claims credit for economy, jobs in New York speech

Trump claims credit for economy, jobs in New York speech

NEW YORK (AP) — Despite a slowing economy, President Donald Trump declared Tuesday that the United States was enjoying a “boom the likes of which...

Economy & Business
Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward

Supreme Court lets Sandy Hook shooting lawsuit go forward

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their...

Economy & Business
Lawsuit aims to kill stalled $2B methanol refinery project

Lawsuit aims to kill stalled $2B methanol refinery project

SEATTLE (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday aims to keep one of the world’s biggest methanol refineries from being built along the Columbia River...

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