Japan’s Sekisui House buying Denver-based homebuilder M.D.C. Holdings for $4.9 billion
BY ALEX VEIGAUpdated 12:45 PM MST, January 18, 2024 LOS ANGELES (AP) — Japan’s Sekisui House Ltd. is buying Denver-based homebuilder M.D.C.…
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US will require detailed safety plans at charter airlines
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal officials say they’re going to require more operators that carry air passengers to adopt so-called safety…
Continue Reading Soaring egg prices put pressure on consumers and businesses
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Chickens may not be able to fly very far, but the price of eggs is soaring. A lingering bird flu…
Continue Reading Judges vacate $5M Geico payout to woman who got HPV in car
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Geico is off the hook for now from paying $5.2 million to a woman who says she contracted a sexually transmitted disease…
Continue Reading Supreme Court debates union tactics in spoiled concrete case
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is debating the lengths unions can go to when exerting pressure during a…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 1/10/2023
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street but remain largely stuck in a holding pattern ahead of potentially market-moving reports…
Continue Reading Sotera Health, Coinbase rise; Broadcom falls
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Bed Bath & Beyond Inc., up 45 cents to $2.07. The home…
Continue Reading 10-month sentence imposed for cryptocurrency insider trading
NEW YORK (AP) — The brother of a former Coinbase product manager has been sentenced to 10 months in prison in what federal prosecutors have called…
Continue Reading Federal COVID aid OK’d to pay for roads, natural disasters
By DAVID A. LIEB Associated Press JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery rose 49 cents to $75.12 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for March delivery rose 45…
Continue Reading In-N-Out Burger expanding east of Texas, 1st stop Tennessee
FRANKLIN, Tenn. (AP) — In-N-Out Burger plans to open a corporate office in Tennessee and restaurants in the Nashville area by 2026. The…
Continue Reading UAE to ban single-use plastic shopping bags starting in 2024
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United Arab Emirates announced a ban on single-use plastic shopping bags to take effect next year, the…
Continue Reading Damar Hamlin’s toy drive: What’s the plan for the $8.6M?
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin plans to support young people through education and sports with…
Continue Reading Outdoor Retailer returns to Utah while top brands boycott
By SAM METZ Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Outdoor Retailer trade show is back in Salt Lake City this week after a four-year run in…
Continue Reading Guyana: 1.3 billion barrels in ExxonMobil offshore oil field
By BERT WILKINSON The Associated Press GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — The government of Guyana says there’s 1.3 billion barrels of recoverable oil…
Continue Reading Nurses strike for 2nd day at two big NYC hospitals
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A nursing strike that has disrupted patient care at two of New York City’s largest hospitals…
Continue Reading Closed Illinois plant’s ex-operator settling suits for $408M
WILLOWBROOK, Ill. (AP) — The former operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant has agreed to pay $408 million to settle…
Continue Reading US Study: One year of road crashes cost society $340 billion
DETROIT (AP) — Traffic crashes in the U.S. cost society $340 billion in one year, or just over $1,000 for each of the country’s 328 million…
Continue Reading Report says Israeli tech investments nearly halved in 2022
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Investments in Israel’s tech sector dropped by nearly half in 2022, reflecting a global economic slowdown.…
Continue Reading Despite record cocaine seizures, drug cartels roil Europe
By RAF CASERT Associated Press ANTWERP, Belgium (AP) — Cocaine is spreading at an alarming rate through Europe, much of it through the world ports…
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