Chevron’s buyback boosts stock, get rebuke from White House
By The Associated Press Shares of Chevron climbed Thursday after the oil company announced that it would repurchase $75 billion of its stock, one of…
Continue ReadingBy The Associated Press Shares of Chevron climbed Thursday after the oil company announced that it would repurchase $75 billion of its stock, one of…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — A federal grand jury in Los Angeles is gathering evidence in a criminal investigation of Goodyear…
Continue ReadingBy DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Tyson Foods Chief Financial Officer John R. Tyson __ a great-grandson of the company’s founder __ has settled…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell to its lowest level in more than four months, giving some relief to…
Continue ReadingBy GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer The need to increase funding for Black feminist organizations is urgent, according to an open letter from some of…
Continue ReadingBy JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America DENVER (AP) — A year after the most destructive wildfire in the state’s history scorched…
Continue ReadingBy ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart said Thursday it plans to open more than 30 Sam’s Club locations in the next…
Continue ReadingBy ERIC TUCKER and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General Merrick Garland and other U.S. officials say the FBI and…
Continue ReadingBy JIM HEINTZ and DASHA LITVINOVA Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — An independent news website that has been critical of Russia’s military action…
Continue ReadingBy JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — A lawyer for Eva Green alleged Thursday that producers of a collapsed film tried to damage the…
Continue ReadingBy ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Homeowners who held off on selling their home in 2022 as the housing market slowed missed out…
Continue ReadingSARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Pramod Mittal, the younger brother of Indian steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal, has been charged in Bosnia with…
Continue ReadingBy MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as the labor market remains tight, even…
Continue ReadingBy GERALD IMRAY Associated Press CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Germany has apologized for using a leopard emoji in a jibe at Russian Foreign…
Continue ReadingBy CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The second consecutive quarter of economic growth that the government reported…
Continue ReadingBy THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The experimentalism and audacity of 1980s club kids inspired Valentino in one of the last…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG and MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writers American Airlines have given more proof of the recovery in air travel, posting a…
Continue ReadingMaterials science company Dow is cutting about 2,000 jobs, or approximately 5% of its global workforce, as part of an effort to reach $1 billion in…
Continue ReadingBy SALLY FRENCH of NerdWallet Airline and hotel elite status extensions due to the COVID-19 pandemic are expiring this year, and the companies are…
Continue ReadingBy SHEIKH SAALIQ and KRUTIKA PATHI Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Days after India banned a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister…
Continue ReadingBy MOGOMOTSI MAGOME and GERALD IMRAY Associated Press PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) — U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen watched Ford cars and…
Continue ReadingISLAMABAD (AP) — Cash-strapped Pakistan’s currency has plunged against the dollar after the government indicated it was ready to comply with…
Continue ReadingBy JARI TANNER Associated Press HELSINKI (AP) — Wireless and fixed-network equipment maker Nokia is reporting strong fourth-quarter results on the…
Continue ReadingBERLIN (AP) — Germany-based software company SAP says it’s cutting up to 3,000 jobs worldwide, or about 2.5% of its workforce. The…
Continue ReadingBy MARI YAMAGUCHI and YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. has announced that its CEO and president, Akio Toyoda, will…
Continue ReadingBy TIA GOLDENBERG Associated Press TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israel’s tech industry has long been the driving force behind the country’s economy.…
Continue ReadingBy YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares advanced Friday, tracking a rally on Wall Street following reports suggesting the…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY TANG and DEEPA BHARATH Associated Press MONTEREY PARK, Calif. (AP) — For decades, Monterey Park has been a haven for Asian immigrants…
Continue ReadingBy PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.9% annual pace from October through December, ending 2022…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Boeing has pleaded not guilty to a criminal charge in a case revolving around two…
Continue ReadingBy SCOTT SONNER Associated Press SPARKS, Nev. (AP) — Tesla said it intends to invest $3.6 billion to expand manufacturing capabilities in Nevada…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID RISING Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — The United Nations says the production of opium in Myanmar has flourished since the military’s…
Continue ReadingBy DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Southwest Airlines knowingly scheduling more…
Continue ReadingBy BARBARA ORTUTAY and JILL COLVIN The Associated Press Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump ‘s…
Continue ReadingBy JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX railroad says it hauled in 9% more fourth-quarter profit even though it carried less cargo…
Continue ReadingBy MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s impulsive and sometimes inflammatory usage of Twitter took…
Continue ReadingBy TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Tesla on Wednesday posted record net income in the fourth quarter of last year, and the company…
Continue ReadingBy KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s attorney general has warned Madison Square Garden that it may be violating…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Justin Bieber’s record-breaking pop hits from “Baby” to “Sorry” are no longer his after the superstar sold the rights…
Continue ReadingBy HANNAH SCHOENBAUM Associated Press/Report for America RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer representing the leaders of North Carolina’s state…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Stocks shook off an early slide and wound up little changed as worries about corporate profits weighed on the market. The…
Continue ReadingNEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Boeing Co., up 70 cents to $212.68. The aerospace-defense…
Continue ReadingBy TERRY SPENCER Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The leader of Florida’s primary electric company is stepping down after it…
Continue ReadingBy STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — When U.S. Rep. Jake Auchincloss decided to deliver a speech on a bill that would create a…
Continue ReadingBy BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For decades, work on a massive rail project has been grinding 15 stories below the shuffling…
Continue ReadingThe Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for March delivery rose 2 cents to $80.15 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for March delivery fell 1…
Continue ReadingWASHINGTON (AP) — A system that sends alerts to pilots, and broke down earlier this month, is causing delays for some users again. But federal…
Continue ReadingBy ADRIANA MORGA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For many people filing U.S. tax returns — especially those doing it for their first time — it…
Continue ReadingBy KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Goldman Sachs spent eight years attempting to expand its business beyond corporations and the…
Continue ReadingBy JUAN ZAMORANO Associated Press PANAMA CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department has banned former Panama President Ricardo Martinelli from ever…
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