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The attack spurred fears over the monitoring of livestreams and radicalization.
May 18, 2022Big tech deals keep coming: Broadcom buys VMware for $61B
Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company VMware, one of the biggest deals of the year despite rising inflation and some economic uncertainty
May 26, 2022
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Better results from retailers help send stock market higher
Stocks are ending higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors cheered a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other retailers
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Correction: Starbucks-Union-Bargaining story
In a story published May 25, 2022, about Starbucks and unionization, The Associated Press erroneously reported the number of stores and workers that could be represented by a union
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Twitter shareholders sue Musk, say he 'deflated' stock price
Twitter shareholders have filed a lawsuit against billionaire Elon Musk, accusing him of unlawfully sowing doubt about his bid to buy Twitter
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How major US stock indexes fared Thursday
Stocks are ending higher on Wall Street Thursday as investors cheered a strong set of quarterly results from Macy’s and other retailers
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Macy's, Dollar Tree rise; Nutanix, Medtronic fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Macy’s, Dollar Tree rise; Nutanix, Medtronic fall
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More Memorial Day travel expected, despite high gas prices
Pandemic-weary U.S. residents are confronting high gas prices as they decide whether to travel this Memorial Day weekend
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Worry about stagflation, a flashback to '70s, begins to grow
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels
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Justices won't block Biden policy on 'social cost of carbon'
The Supreme Court has allowed the Biden administration to use a higher estimate than Republican-led states want for calculating damages to people and the environment from greenhouse gas emissions
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Southwest, JetBlue boost forecasts on strong travel demand
Airline stocks are soaring, with Southwest and JetBlue saying revenue this summer will be even stronger than they were expecting
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Sri Lanka PM stresses urgency for economic reform plan
Sri Lanka’s prime minister says that he will quickly prepare an economic reform program and seek approval from the International Monetary Fund
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Iraqi lawmakers pass bill criminalizing any ties with Israel
Iraqi lawmakers have passed a bill criminalizing any normalization of ties and any relations, including business ties, with Israel
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May 26
West mulls having Russian oligarchs buy way out of sanctions
Government officials familiar with the matter say Western allies are considering whether to allow Russian oligarchs buy their way out of western sanctions and using the money to rebuild Ukraine
May 26
May 26
At Davos, climate activists say major issues ignored
Climate activists are reflecting on discussions during this week's World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland
May 26
May 26
Davos ends with Germany pushing global work on climate, war
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed hopes for global cooperation on climate change, hunger and war as dozens of climate activists demonstrated in the Swiss town of Davos
May 26
May 26
Macy's raises annual profit outlook on strong Q1 results
Shoppers’ return to occasion dressing helped to power Macy’s fiscal first-quarter results, and the department store chain raised its annual earnings outlook even as surging inflation is crimping Americans’ budgets
May 26
May 26
CEO pay up 17% as profits, stocks soar; workers fall behind
Pay for CEOs who run the biggest U.S. companies soared 17.1% last year, up to a median of $14.5 million
May 26
May 26
Big tech deals keep coming: Broadcom buys VMware for $61B
Computer chip and software maker Broadcom will spend about $61 billion to acquire the cloud technology company VMware, one of the biggest deals of the year despite rising inflation and some economic uncertainty
May 26
May 26
Alibaba reports slowest growth yet amid COVID-19 outbreaks
Alibaba Group Holding on Thursday reported a single-digit increase in its fourth-quarter revenue, its slowest quarter yet as its online services and e-commerce businesses took a hit amid COVID-19 lockdowns across China
May 26
May 26
Live updates | Putin says West will fail in isolating Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin says the West will fail in its attempts to isolate Russia and face growing economic problems
May 26
May 26
US economy shrank by 1.5% in Q1 but consumers kept spending
The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year even though consumers and businesses kept spending at a solid pace, the government reported Thursday in a slight downgrade of its previous estimate for the January-March quarter
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May 26
Germany: G-7 nations can lead the way on ending coal use
Germany’s energy and climate minister says the Group of Seven wealthy nations can lead the way on ending the use of coal
May 26
May 26
Fewer Americans apply for jobless benefits last week
Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week as the number of Americans collecting unemployment benefits remains near five-decade lows
May 26
May 26
Retailers' troubles sound the alarm for rest of economy
The fastest inflation in 40 years squeezed retailers during the first quarter, alarming investors worried about the broader economy’s outlook
May 26
May 26
How much the top-paid male, female CEOs made in 2021
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May 26
May 26
Davos updates | Scholz doesn't think Putin will win war
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reiterated his conviction that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not win the war in Ukraine
May 26
May 26
Davos Voices: What leaders say about climate change, war
The World Economic Forum’s annual gathering of CEOs, government leaders and other elites this week in the Swiss town of Davos may seem full of important but impersonal announcements
May 26
May 26
Female CEO’s pay rose 26% in 2021, but ranks remain small
Pay packages for the women who run S&P 500 companies jumped in 2021 as the economy recovered and stock prices and profits soared
May 26
May 26
Turkish central banks keeps rate at 14% despite inflation
Turkey’s central bank kept its main interest rate unchanged for a fifth month running despite an annual inflation rate of nearly 70%
May 26
May 26
Japan's troubled Toshiba proposes outside directors to board
Troubled Japanese technology giant Toshiba has announced some additions to its proposed leadership ahead of a shareholders’ meeting next month
May 26
May 26
US making COVID antiviral drug more available at test sites
The White House has announced more steps to make the antiviral treatment Paxlovid more accessible across the U.S. as it projects COVID-19 infections will continue to spread over the summer travel season
May 26
May 26
UK foreign secretary visits Bosnia to pledge support
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is visiting Sarajevo to reaffirm the U.K.’s commitment to peace and stability in Bosnia amid growing fears of malign influence from Russia in the ethnically-divided Balkan country
May 26
May 26
Housekeepers struggle as US hotels ditch daily room cleaning
Many hotels across the United States have done away with daily housekeeping service, making what was already one of the toughest jobs in the hospitality industry even more grueling
May 26
May 26
Asian stocks mixed after Fed confirms rate hike plans
Asian stock markets are mixed after notes from the Federal Reserve’s latest meeting confirmed expectations of more interest rate hikes but contained no surprises to rattle investors
May 26
May 26
Goodbye NYC; Estimates show big city losses, Sunbelt gains
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic
May 26
May 26
Goodbye NYC; Estimates show big city losses, Sunbelt gains
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic
May 26
May 26
Goodbye NYC; Estimates show big city losses, Sunbelt gains
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic
May 26
May 26
Goodbye NYC; Estimates show big city losses, Sunbelt gains
Eight of the 10 largest cities in the U.S. lost population during the first year of the pandemic
May 26
May 25
Workers' advocates turned away at Dollar General meeting
A civil rights advocate says he and two Dollar General store workers were denied access to the company’s shareholder meeting in Tennessee where they had been outside protesting for better pay and workplace safety improvements
May 25
May 25
Twitter to pay $150M penalty over privacy of users' data
Twitter will pay a $150 million penalty and put in new safeguards to settle federal regulators’ allegations that the social platform failed to protect the privacy of users’ data over a six-year span
May 25
May 25
Administration opposes airlines in lawsuit over crew breaks
The Biden administration is siding against the airline industry in a case that involves whether California-based flight crews should get the rest breaks that are required under state law
May 25
May 25
Russia takes steps to bolster army, tighten grip on Ukraine
Russian President Vladimir Putin is trying to strengthen his control of southern Ukraine by giving residents of two regions a fast path to Russian citizenship
May 25
May 25
How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday
Stocks rose broadly on Wall Street Wednesday after minutes from the Federal Reserve’s most recent meeting indicate the central bank intends to move “expeditiously” to raise interest rates back to more neutral levels in its fight to tame inflation
May 25
May 25
Nordstrom, Caleres rise; Mr. Cooper, Raymond James fall
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: Nordstrom, Caleres rise; Mr. Cooper, Raymond James fall
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May 25
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities, and foreign exchange levels
May 25
May 25
Fed officials signal rates may head to 'restrictive' levels
Federal Reserve officials agreed when they met earlier this month that they might have to raise interest rates to levels that would weaken the economy as part of their drive to curb inflation, which has reached a four-decade high
May 25
May 25
Scars of war seem to be everywhere in Ukraine after 3 months
No matter where Ukrainians live, the 3-month-old war never seems to be far away
May 25
May 25
Twitter shareholders meet amid Elon Musk's takeover drama
Twitter’s regularly scheduled shareholder meeting Wednesday didn't include a vote on Tesla billionaire Elon Musk’s $44 billion bid for the social platform
May 25
May 25
Unionized Starbucks stores face hard work of bargaining
It’s become a common sight: jubilant Starbucks workers celebrating after successful votes to unionize at dozens of U.S. stores
May 25
May 25
Davos updates | VW: Supply chain woes ease; orders backed up
Executives with German automaker Volkswagen say at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos that supply chain problems exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine war are easing but they’re dealing with a huge backlog of orders
May 25