How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Tuesday, getting February off to a decent start after a miserable January. The S&P 500,…
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Record sales prices drive GM profit up 56% to $10B last year
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — General Motors increased its net income 56% last year, helped by higher prices for its vehicles that…
Continue Reading UPS, Gannett rise; AT&T, Pitney Bowes fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: UPS, Gannett rise; AT&T, Pitney Bowes…
Continue Reading Climate change a rising Fed concern as nominees face hearing
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — How far the Federal Reserve can go to compel banks to consider the consequences of…
Continue Reading New Mexico debates bill to block spent nuclear fuel storage
By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN Associated Press ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and members of New Mexico’s congressional…
Continue Reading Hydrogen fuel cell, transportation firm to move HQ to Ohio
By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press CLEVELAND (AP) — A hydrogen fuel cell and transportation company says it plans to move its global headquarters…
Continue Reading Israeli PM to speed up rollout of lasers for missile defense
By LAURIE KELLMAN Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s prime minister says the country is speeding up the rollout of a “new…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange…
Continue Reading Airline says it will stop monkey shipments after Penn. crash
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer The airline that flew a load of monkeys to the U.S. who were later involved in a highway wreck says it will stop…
Continue Reading Iranian supertanker carrying condensate docks in Venezuela
By REGINA GARCIA CANO Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — An Iran-flagged supertanker carrying more than 2 million barrels of condensate has…
Continue Reading Hungarian PM seeks gas deal with Putin amid Ukraine tensions
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban lobbied for a higher volume of Russian natural gas…
Continue Reading Cruise offers public first driverless rides in San Francisco
The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Autonomous vehicle taxis are up and running in San Francisco and the public has been invited to try one out.…
Continue Reading The end: Facebook-backed digital currency Diem sold to bank
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A once-ambitious but now faltering Facebook-backed digital currency project known as Diem is dead, its assets…
Continue Reading Mexico’s remittances surged 27% in 2021 to $51.6 billion
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s central bank says the money migrants send home to their relatives grew 27.1% in 2021, totaling $51.6 billion. That is…
Continue Reading Native American tribes reach $590 million opioid settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL and FELICIA FONSECA Associated Press Native American tribes have reached opioid settlements worth over a half-billion dollars with…
Continue Reading Manchin, key Dem, says Build Back Better bill is ‘dead’
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Joe Manchin says that President Joe Biden’s vast social and environment bill is “dead.”…
Continue Reading Mediator: Purdue Pharma close to reaching a new settlement
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press With a settlement possibly near, a judge is giving the family that owns OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 16 more…
Continue Reading Montana coal mine fined $1M for violating safety regulations
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A central Montana coal mine has been fined $1 million for failing to report worker injuries and improperly disposing of mine…
Continue Reading Union vote by GM workers in Mexico a test for labor rights
By MARK STEVENSON Associated Press MEXICO CITY (AP) — Workers at a GM plant in northern Mexico are voting on whether to form one of the first…
Continue Reading US road deaths rise at record pace as risky driving persists
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The government has reported that U.S. traffic deaths surged in the first nine months of 2021 to…
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