Southern law firms combine to create coast-to-coast offices
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Two major Southern law firms are merging into one firm that will have offices on both…
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Wall Street braces for earnings to get hit by inflation
By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street expects companies to face a reckoning with the realities of hot inflation, a…
Continue Reading Ukraine to get French combat vehicles in key move by West
By SYLVIE CORBET The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The French Defense Ministry says it will hold talks “very quickly” with its Ukrainian…
Continue Reading India approves $2.3 billion to develop green hydrogen
By SIBI ARASU Associated Press BENGALURU, India (AP) — Marking its biggest effort yet to make India a global hub for production, use and export of…
Continue Reading Hong Kong to start reopening border with China on Sunday
By KANIS LEUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will start to reopen its border with mainland China on Sunday and allow tens of…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly rise in muted trading on bargain-hunting
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday after Wall Street benchmarks fell on worries that the U.S.…
Continue Reading Biden agenda, lithium mine, tribes, greens collide in Nevada
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Opponents of the largest lithium mine planned in the U.S. urged a federal judge in Nevada on…
Continue Reading Sony unveils prototype EV, Afeela, to be made with Honda
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sony unveiled a new high-tech prototype car it will produce in partnership with Honda at the CES tech show Wednesday. The vehicle,…
Continue Reading Supply chain woes caused US auto sales to fall 8% last year
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Shortages of computer chips and other parts continued to hobble the U.S. auto industry last year,…
Continue Reading CES 2023: Russian exhibitors barred from displaying tech
The Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES is not allowing Russian exhibitors to display their products at the annual tech show because of the…
Continue Reading Best of CES 2023: Wireless TV, delivery robots and in-car VR
By JAMES BROOKS, ADRIANA MORGA and RIO YAMAT Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tech companies of all sizes are showing off their latest products at…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 1/4/2023
The Associated Press Stocks ended higher on Wall Street after a day of wavering as minutes from the Federal Reserve’s last meeting of policymakers…
Continue Reading Salesforce, Coinbase rise; Microsoft falls
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Salesforce Inc., up $4.81 to $139.59. The cloud computing…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for February delivery fell $4.09 to $72.84 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for March delivery fell…
Continue Reading Newly empowered Minnesota Democrats pledge to move swiftly
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota’s Democratic leaders pledge to use their new control of the state…
Continue Reading Fed minutes: Officials cited strong hiring to justify hikes
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve officials suggested at their most recent meeting that a continuing…
Continue Reading Russia’s hypersonic missile-armed ship to patrol global seas
The Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday sent a frigate armed with the country’s latest Zircon hypersonic missile on…
Continue Reading Germany likely missed climate target again, activists angry
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany likely missed its target for reducing greenhouse gas emissions last year, despite a massive…
Continue Reading James ‘Buster’ Corley of Dave & Buster’s chain dead at 72
DALLAS (AP) — James “Buster” Corley, a co-founder of the restaurant and entertainment chain Dave & Buster’s, has died. He was 72. Corley…
Continue Reading Oklahoma AG announces 4 new opioid settlements worth $226M
By SEAN MURPHY Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma has entered into four new settlements with opioid makers and distributors totaling…
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