Microsoft says it warned Bill Gates about flirting in 2008
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft has confirmed that executives in 2008 warned Bill Gates to stop sending flirtatious emails to a female employee but…
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How major US stock indexes fared Monday
The Associated Press Wall Street wobbled to a mixed finish Monday as the market’s momentum slowed following its best week since July. The S&P…
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 New Jersey has its first $1 billion month in sports betting
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey’s sports betting industry has become the first in the United States to take…
Continue Reading Bitcoin investing could get boost from exchange-traded fund
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest milestone for Bitcoin, the country’s first exchange-traded fund linked to the most…
Continue Reading Tennessee considering $900M Ford incentive package
By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and JONATHAN MATTISE Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee is poised to spend approximately $900 million of its…
Continue Reading Mexico City lowers pandemic alert to lowest level
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s capital has returned to the lowest level on its COVID-19 pandemic warning system for the first time since June. In…
Continue Reading Sweden’s Volvo Cars launches IPO, seeks Stockholm listing
HELSINKI (AP) — The Chinese-controlled Swedish car maker Volvo Cars will make a return as a listed company after a hiatus of more than two decades…
Continue Reading EU mulling ways to end jet lease to Belarus’ airline
LUXEMBOURG (AP) — European Union foreign ministers have looked at ways to stop illegal migration into the 27-nation bloc from neighboring Belarus…
Continue Reading Disney delays ‘Indiana Jones 5,’ ‘Black Panther 2’ releases
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Walt Disney Co. is pushing back the release dates of many of its upcoming titles, including the untitled Indiana Jones movie…
Continue Reading Pro-business party OKs formal talks on new German government
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s pro-business Free Democrats on Monday became the last of three parties to back the start of formal coalition talks on…
Continue Reading Lawmakers give Amazon ‘final chance’ to clear up testimony
By MATT OTT and MARCY GORDON AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — House lawmakers are threatening to seek a criminal investigation of Amazon,…
Continue Reading Rights watchdog faults Malta for abortion, journalist safety
By KEVIN SCHEMBRI ORLAND Associated Press VALLETTA, Malta (AP) — A European human rights watchdog is recommending that Malta legalize abortion,…
Continue Reading EU commissioner on climate action: ‘Leave no one behind’
By VICTORIA MILKO AP Science Writer JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Frans Timmerman, the European commissioner for climate action, is urging that all…
Continue Reading Restaurants closed in parts of Slovakia amid COVID-19 surge
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (AP) — Slovakia has reimposed coronavirus restrictions in the hardest-hit parts of the country amid the latest surge of…
Continue Reading Why COVID boosters weren’t tweaked to better match variants
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer COVID-19 booster shots are an extra dose of the original vaccine, and some experts wonder why they…
Continue Reading Belarus suspends routine medical care to focus on COVID-19
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Belarus has ordered a halt to routine medical care at state clinics in order to devote more resources to coronavirus patients.…
Continue Reading Ford Foundation to divest millions from fossil fuels
The Ford Foundation, one of the largest private foundations in the United States, announced Monday that it will divest millions from fossil fuels,…
Continue Reading Insurer sues Georgia warehouse operator over $4.5M fire loss
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) — An insurer is suing the operator of a coastal Georgia warehouse where 50,000 tons of biofuel wood pellets went up in smoke…
Continue Reading Industrial production falls 1.3% as effects from Ida linger
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — The Federal Reserve reported Monday that U.S. industrial production fell 1.3% in…
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