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  • Drug distributor shares jump after settlement report

    Shares of big drug distributors soared in early trading Wednesday after The Wall Street Journal reported that they were in talks to settle litigation...

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  • US retail sales dip 0.3% in September

    US retail sales fall 0.3% in September, biggest decline in 7 months

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  • Worried about flying on a 737 Max? Your options may be few

    Passengers who refuse to fly on a Boeing Max won't be entitled to compensation if they cancel

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  • Worried about flying on a 737 Max? Your options may be few

    Passengers who refuse to fly on a Boeing Max won't be entitled to compensation if they cancel

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  • Spain: government readies measures amid Catalan violence

    Spain's government says it will do whatever it takes to stamp out violence in Catalonia, where clashes between regional independence supporters and...

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  • Markets Right Now: Stocks modestly lower as earnings ramp up

    Stocks are opening lower on Wall Street Wednesday as investors assess a fresh batch of earnings and a weak report on retail sales.

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  • The Latest: Catalan leader takes part in separatist march

    The regional leader of restive Catalonia is participating in one of five large marches by separatists that plan to cross Spain's northeast corner in...

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  • Grind, grind, grind: Brexit talks soldier on, summit looms

    The European Union and Britain have seen their chances of reaching a full Brexit divorce deal by Thursday's EU summit diminish by the hour, as legal...

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  • Italy's government to avoid widely criticized sales tax rise

    Italy's new government has reached agreement on a set of budget measures to avoid a hike in value-added tax that many feared would hurt the economy by...

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  • Brexit ignites fears of renewed violence in Northern Ireland

    The peace process ushered in by the Good Friday accord is jeopardy, under pressure as never before as negotiators try to sort out the impasse over...

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  • Dutch farmers protest efforts to cut emissions, reduce herds

    Dutch farmers are driving their tractors in slow-moving convoys across the country - to protest their treatment by the government as it seeks to rein...

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  • 'Amazing': Meet the woman behind Jeep's rugged, boulder-climbing new pickup

    Elizabeth Krear oversaw the engineering team behind the new pickup truck.

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  • Bank of America hit by $2B charge, still tops expectations

    Bank of America 3Q profits fall 19%, largely due to one-time charge, still beating analysts' forecasts

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  • Global shares mixed as investors await more earnings

    Global shares mixed as investors await more earnings reports from U.S. companies

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  • EU orders chipmaker Broadcom to change business practices

    European regulators have ordered chipmaker Broadcom to change the way it does business with key customers because it hurts competition

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  • Eurozone inflation revised down to near 3-year lows

    Inflation in the 19-country eurozone has fallen to its lowest rate since November 2016

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• Oct 16

  • Jury selection set to begin in landmark federal opioid trial

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the first federal trial over the opioids epidemic

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Jury selection set to begin in landmark federal opioid trial

    Jury selection is scheduled to begin in the first federal trial over the opioids epidemic

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Pope on World Food Day laments paradox of hunger, obesity

    Pope Francis is calling for lifestyle and dietary changes to address the paradox of people suffering from malnutrition in some parts of the world and...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • UK inflation unexpectedly holds steady at 1.7% in September

    Official figures show that falling fuel and second-hand car prices helped keep consumer price inflation in Britain September unchanged at 1.7%, its...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • China's Huawei reports sales gain despite US sanctions

    Chinese tech giant Huawei says sales in first nine months of 2019 up 24.4% despite U.S. sanctions

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Dutch lighting company Signify buying Cooper from Eaton Corp

    Signify, the Dutch company formerly known as Philips Lighting, says it is buying Cooper Lighting Solutions from Eaton Corp. for $1.4 billion (1.27...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Chinese snooping tech spreads to nations vulnerable to abuse

    Huawei deploys its facial recognition surveillance cameras in Serbia amid protests by rights groups

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • NKorea seen as weak link in swine fever's spread across Asia

    Snipers, drones, traps part of SKorean effort to stop spread of swine fever across border with North

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

    Australia's trade minister says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year, adding that the...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • Australia wants trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia, Peru

    Australia's trade minister says he wants bilateral free trade deals with Hong Kong, Indonesia and Peru to take effect early next year, adding that the...

    Oct 16

• Oct 16

  • AP FACT CHECK: Dems debate on guns, Syria, health care

    AP FACT CHECK: Democrats Examining claims from the Democrats in their latest presidential debate

    Oct 16

• Oct 15

  • Stocks move higher as companies report solid earnings

    Asian shares are higher after a gain on Wall Street boosted by healthy earnings reports from U.S. companies

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • AP FACT CHECK: Claims from the Democratic debate

    AP FACT CHECK: Examining claims from the Democrats in their latest presidential debate

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • EU: Brexit deal in sight but UK must still do more

    EU officials are hoping a Brexit deal with Britain may be sketched out within hours, but negotiations have stretched into early Wednesday in the...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Only 3 returning big network shows see rise in live viewers

    Of the 49 returning shows on the big broadcast networks, only three have more live viewers this season than they had in 2018

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Google touts privacy options, but still depends on your data

    Google says it cares about your privacy. Does it?

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Catalan protesters, police clash for second straight night

    Violent clashes have erupted for a second night in Barcelona between police and protesters angry about the conviction of a dozen Catalan separatist...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • New study: Opioid crisis cost US economy $631B over 4 years

    A new study finds that the opioid crisis cost the U.S. economy $631 billion over the past four years

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Nielsen's top programs for Oct. 7-13

    A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for Oct. 7-13

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • United Airlines posts $1 billion profit on summer travel

    United says strong demand from leisure and business travelers is pushing its third-quarter profit to $1 billion

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Justices seem likely to uphold Puerto Rico oversight board

    The Supreme Court seems likely to leave in place the oversight board established by Congress in response to Puerto Rico's financial crisis

    Oct 15

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  • The Latest: Imprisoned Catalan activist aims for amnesty law

    The former head of a pro-independence group in Spain's Catalonia region says he will fight to get the European Court of Human Rights to overturn his...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

    Stocks notched solid gains on Wall Street Tuesday as investors welcomed surprisingly good quarterly results from some of the nation's biggest...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • JPMorgan, J&J rise; American Tower, Whiting Petroleum fall

    JPMorgan, J&J rise; American Tower, Whiting Petroleum fall

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • End in sight? GM CEO Barra joins talks with striking union

    General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined negotiators at the bargaining table, an indication that a deal may be near to end a monthlong strike by the...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Markets Right Now: Solid earnings send stocks higher

    Stocks notched solid gains on Wall Street as investors welcomed surprisingly good quarterly results from some of the nation's biggest companies.

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • German 5G rules avoid Huawei ban; US warns on intel sharing

    Germany has released draft security guidelines for next generation wireless networks that stop short of banning Huawei

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • Trump's sanctions won't bite a vulnerable Turkish economy

    U.S. sanctions announced against Turkey fall well short of doing serious damage to an economy still healing from a recession and currency collapse

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • JPMorgan Chase 3Q profits up 8% but loan growth slows

    JPMorgan Chase 3Q profits rise by 8% from a year earlier, beating analysts' expectations, helped partly by higher interest rates

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • French firefighters protest working conditions, low pay

    Thousands of French firefighters are protesting low pay and difficult working conditions and say they want to know they have the government's support

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • The Latest: Scottish party won't accept Brexit plans

    The leader of the independence-minded Scottish National Party says her party will never accept British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's Brexit plans

    Oct 15

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  • WeWork takes more than 2,000 phone booths out of service over potential hazard

    The co-working startup has had a rocky month.

    Oct 15

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  • France OKs bill legalizing IVF for lesbians, single women

    France's lower house of parliament approves a bill that would give single women and lesbian couples legal access to in vitro fertilization, egg...

    Oct 15

• Oct 15

  • UnitedHealth hikes annual forecast, offers glimpse into 2020

    UnitedHealth sees strong revenue growth and ups outlook for 2019

    Oct 15