Business

Amazon is raising free-shipping for some customers who don’t have Prime

Amazon has been quietly raising the amount some customers must spend on its site to get free shipping
16:51 26 August 2023

"Adapt or die" - Restaurants find ways to evolve

When the coronavirus roared into New York, chef Anna Klinger wouldn’t let it put a fork in her restaurant
14:55 18 August 2023

Southwest says flights are more full and fares are rising

DALLAS (AP) — Southwest Airlines said Wednesday that bookings are improving and leisure-travel fares for June are approaching pre-pandemic levels, fur...
12:35 1 August 2023

Target’s profit surges as Americans cast restrictions aside

Target’s sales and profits surged in the first quarter as Americans emerged from the pandemic eager to spend
12:02 30 July 2023

ECB sees elevated risks to financial stability in Europe

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Central Bank says risks to the stability of companies, banks and financial markets remain “elevated” due to the...
11:31 19 May 2021

Indian navy recovers 22 bodies from barge that sank in storm

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian navy ships recovered 22 bodies of people who were aboard a barge that sank off Mumbai as a cyclone blew ashore this week, offi...
9:47 19 May 2021

AP Interview: Disinformation concerns mail voting expert

ATLANTA (AP) — Amber McReynolds, CEO of The National Vote at Home Institute, helped state and local election officials prepare for the record number o...
5:18 19 May 2021

‘City in transition’: New York vies to turn page on pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — More than a year after coronavirus shutdowns sent “the city that never sleeps” into a fitful slumber, New York could be wide awake aga...
4:14 19 May 2021

Can monthly cash payments cut child poverty by nearly half?

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The check won’t arrive until mid-July, but Katrina Peters already knows what she’ll do with her Child Tax Credit payments. Th...
4:07 19 May 2021

NY attorney general says Trump Org probe is now criminal

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York attorney general’s office said Tuesday that it is conducting a criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’...
3:16 19 May 2021

California readies to prevent blackouts, but threats remain

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California’s top energy regulators on Tuesday said the state is better prepared to avoid last summer’s rotating blackouts, b...
0:13 19 May 2021

Broncos waive 2nd veteran who got hurt training on his own

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — The Denver Broncos waived receiver DaeSean Hamilton on Tuesday, four days after he seriously injured a knee while working out ...
23:18 18 May 2021

Unions want priority rehiring of workers as Nevada reopens

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — Laid-off casino and hotel workers picketed at the Nevada statehouse on Tuesday to demand state lawmakers pass a bill to requi...
22:44 18 May 2021

Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest Tuesday as Israeli mi...
21:31 18 May 2021

Biden back behind the wheel, zooming away in electric truck

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Joe Biden is back behind the wheel. And now he’s gone, bolting down the track....
20:55 18 May 2021

AP FACT CHECK: Hyperbole from Biden, GOP on state of economy

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and House Republicans alike are revising history when asserting that the new administration set records in U.S. ...
19:52 18 May 2021

Georgia nuclear plant now delayed until 2022 as costs mount

ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia Power Co. said Tuesday that delays in completing testing means the first new unit at its Vogtle plant is now unlikely to start ...
19:07 18 May 2021

Florida Senate passes gambling agreement with Seminole Tribe

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Sports betting in Florida is a step closer to legalization after the Senate overwhelmingly passed a bill Tuesday approving a ...
18:44 18 May 2021

US Space Force missile-warning satellite rockets into orbit

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A $1 billion missile-warning satellite for the U.S. Space Force rocketed toward orbit Tuesday....
18:23 18 May 2021

Bill Gates’ leadership roles stay intact despite allegations

SEATTLE (AP) — Despite allegations suggesting Bill Gates inappropriately pursued women who worked for him, don’t expect changes to his roles at the tw...
18:19 18 May 2021

Rocket from Gaza kills 2; Israel topples 6-story building

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A rocket launched from Gaza killed two Thai workers in southern Israel on Tuesday, police said, hours after Israeli airst...
17:26 18 May 2021

US envoy: Fear of Taliban conquering Kabul are overblown

WASHINGTON (AP) — Predictions that the Taliban will quickly overrun Afghan government forces and conquer Kabul once U.S. and coalition forces have ful...
17:16 18 May 2021

‘Shared roots’: West Virginia senators key to Biden agenda

WASHINGTON (AP) — He’s known her for as long as he can remember, once challenging “Shel” to a heart-pumping zipline race down a rugged mountaintop....
16:36 18 May 2021

Vote? Not yet. Invest? Yes. Fidelity launches teen accounts

NEW YORK (AP) — Looking to draw in the next generation of investors, Fidelity Investments is launching a new type of account for teenagers to save, sp...
14:29 18 May 2021

UK job market improving as lockdown measures are eased

LONDON (AP) — Further evidence emerged Tuesday to show that the British economy is recovering strongly, with the number of people on payroll increasin...
14:13 18 May 2021

Israeli police: 2 killed in strike launched from Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday killed two Thai workers inside a packaging plant in southern Israel, police said, ...
12:30 18 May 2021

Israeli medics: 10 wounded, 4 seriously, in strike from Gaza

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — A strike launched from Gaza on Tuesday wounded 10 people in southern Israel, four of them seriously, Israeli medics repor...
11:57 18 May 2021

Palestinians go on strike as Israel, Hamas trade fire

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective action against Israel’s polic...
10:23 18 May 2021

Report says Myanmar internet a ‘virtual battlefield’

BANGKOK (AP) — Myanmar’s military rulers are seeking to limit access to the internet to an internal network of only “whitelisted” sites to quash oppos...
10:11 18 May 2021

Israel, Hamas trade fire in Gaza; Palestinians go on strike

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel carried out a wave of airstrikes on what it said were militant targets in Gaza, leveling a six-story building, and...
9:14 18 May 2021