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  • EU proposes rules for artificial intelligence to limit risks

    The European Union is unveiling proposals to regulate artificial intelligence that call for strict rules and safeguards on risky applications of the...

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  • Global shares mostly rise while virus fears continue

    Global shares are mostly higher, despite overnight losses on Wall Street and continuing fears about an outbreak of a new virus that began in China

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  • Warnings of 'voodoo statistics' as EU budget battle looms

    The European Union's seven-year budget battle is about to begin in earnest

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• Feb 18

  • Asian shares mostly rise despite continuing virus fears

    Asian shares are mostly rising despite continuing fears about an outbreak of a new virus that began in China, which sent regional indexes mostly lower...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • China turns to internet for food supplies amid virus fears

    Demand for online food vendors has surged since China’s government told the public to stay home as part of the most sweeping anti-disease controls...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Boeing finds a new issue with Max, debris in fuel tanks

    Boeing has a new problem with the grounded 737 Max

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Bloomberg would sell business interests if elected president

    A top campaign adviser says Mike Bloomberg would sell the financial data and media company that bears his name if elected U.S. president

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Air Canada jet lands safely in Toronto after losing a wheel

    Air Canada says everyone is safe after one of its planes landed in Toronto missing a wheel on a main landing gear

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Misguided virus fears hitting Asian American businesses

    Asian-American businesses in major U.S. cities are seeing a remarkable decline in customers amid fears about the viral outbreak that originated in...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • DuPont chairman assuming duties of CEO

    DuPont Co. says its executive chairman is assuming the duties of CEO

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

    Major US stock indexes closed mostly lower Tuesday, erasing some of the market's gains from the past two weeks

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • PG&E banking on big profits after utility leaves bankruptcy

    Pacific Gas and Electric says it expects to become more profitable than ever

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Apple, Fluor fall; Franklin Resources, Advance Auto rise

    Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Tuesday: Apple, Fluor fall; Franklin Resources, Advance Auto rise

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • SpaceX to sell 4 seats on Crew Dragon to launch private astronauts into orbit

    The price was not disclosed, but the mission could take place late 2021.

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • US small businesses are getting upbeat news on the economy

    Small business owners have received some upbeat news on the economy this month

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • A rare miss for Walmart to end the year

    Walmart reported disappointing fourth-quarter profits after a sluggish and shortened holiday shopping season

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Europe resists mounting US pressure on Huawei 5G technology

    The Trump administration is stepping up pressure on European allies to ban Chinese tech firm Huawei from supplying next-generation mobile networks

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Trump opposes possible ban on sale of jet engines to China

    President Donald Trump signaled that he opposes efforts to block the sale of jet engines to China

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • SpaceX aims to launch up to 4 tourists into super high orbit

    SpaceX aims to launch up to four tourists into a super high orbit, possibly by the end of next year

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • US sanctions Russian oil trading firm for role in Venezuela

    The Trump administration is imposing sanctions on the trading unit of Russian state-controlled oil company Rosneft for helping Venezuela skirt an...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Apple warns China virus will cut iPhone production, sales

    Apple Inc. is warning investors that it won't meet its second-quarter financial guidance because the viral outbreak in China has cut production of...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Private jet companies bombarded with questions amid coronavirus outbreak

    With commercial flights in and out of China stalled, many turn to alternatives.

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • HSBC will cut 35,000 jobs as part of massive restructuring

    The investment bank announced its net profits fell by 54% in 2019.

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Franklin Resources buying Legg Mason for $4.5 billion

    Franklin Resources is buying rival investment manager Legg Mason for $4.5 billion

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • In tight vote, Dutch lawmakers approve EU-Canada trade deal

    Lawmakers in the lower house of Dutch parliament have narrowly approved a free trade deal between the European Union and Canada

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • HSBC cuts headcount by 35,000 in deep overhaul

    HSBC, Europe's biggest bank, will cut some 35,000 jobs

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Firm loses compensation claim vs. Norway for spy recruitment

    A Norwegian concrete company has lost a compensation case against its home country, claiming it suffered financial losses after Norway's intelligence...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Farmers block highways in Spain to protest low food prices

    Farmers in fluorescent yellow vests have begun blocking highways in southwestern Spain with tractors and other vehicles in the latest mass protest...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Pier 1 Imports files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

    The company said it will close up to 450 stores, including all of its stores in Canada, as part of the bankruptcy proceedings.

    Feb 18

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• Feb 18

  • Shares take hit as virus outbreak slams profits, events

    Global shares are down as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepens

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Nissan shareholders furious at Ghosn scandal, dismal results

    Nissan shareholders vented their outrage at the Japanese automaker's top management for crashing stock prices, zero dividends and quarterly losses...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Boy Scouts of America files for bankruptcy following sex abuse lawsuits

    The court filing puts a stay on the litigation filed by victims.

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • China virus outbreak chilling recovery for Asian economies

    South Korea's president says the coronavirus crisis has put the economy into an "emergency situation," Japan is on the brink of recession and big...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • France gives backing to Cyprus amid gas search tensions

    France's defense minister says her country supports Cyprus amid tensions over a Turkish search for natural gas inside Cypriot waters

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Court reinstates order for Russia to pay $50 bln over Yukos

    A Dutch appeals court has reinstated an international arbitration panel’s order to Russia to pay $50 billion compensation to shareholders in former...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo offers to buy smaller rival

    Italian bank Intesa SanPaolo has made a 4.9 billion-euro ($5.3 billion) takeover offer for smaller rival UBI Banca

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • Shares fall in Asia as virus outbreak hits profits, events

    Shares have fallen in Asia as the impact from the virus outbreak that began in China deepened, with Apple saying it would fail to meet its profit...

    Feb 18

• Feb 18

  • China's closed: Palestinian traders fear losing a good deal

    The West Bank city of Hebron is separated from the epicenter of China's virus outbreak by more than 4,000 miles and a ring of Israeli checkpoints

    Feb 18

• Feb 17

  • Jeff Bezos commits $10 billion to fight climate change

    Amazon founder Jeff Bezos says he plans to spend $10 billion of his own fortune to help fight climate change

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • AP FACT CHECK: Trump's exaggerations on Roger Stone sentence

    President Donald Trump is misrepresenting the Justice Department's handling of the legal case of his confidant, Roger Stone

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Pier 1 files for bankruptcy protection amid online challenge

    The Texas-based company has been struggling with increase competition.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Former UAW President Owen Bieber dies aged 90

    Owen Bieber, who led the United Auto Workers union from the auto industry's dark days of the early 1980s to the prosperity of the mid-1990s, has died

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos announces $10B pledge to fight climate change

    Bezos has a net worth of more than $129 billion, according to Forbes.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • iPhone supply will be 'temporarily constrained' due to coronavirus, Apple says

    The tech company said production has been slow to resume at its China plants.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Pier 1 Imports files for bankruptcy as it continues search for a buyer

    The home goods store is the latest victim of a changing retail landscape.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Tesla asked by court to stop cutting down trees at site of new factory

    The move comes after legal complaints from an environmental group.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Tech-starved government seeks industry's best, brightest

    Uncle Sam Wants You, techies: A SWAT team of geeks called the U.S. Digital Service wants talented coders, programmers and software engineers to serve...

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Stocks mostly rise but Japan skids on stark economic data

    Global stocks mostly rose on Monday

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Macao casinos to reopen this week after being shuttered amid coronavirus outbreak

    Casinos at the world's biggest gambling hub have been shuttered since Feb. 5.

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • GM plans to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand

    Strategy is to exit markets that don't produce adequate returns on investments.

    Feb 17