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  • World shares mostly higher; China plans stimulus measures

    World shares are mostly higher though many markets are closed for Christmas holidays

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  • West Coast fishery rebounds in rare conservation 'home run'

    A feel-good environmental story is unfolding in the Pacific Ocean

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• Dec 25

  • Rwanda avoids US-style opioids crisis by making own morphine

    Rwanda doesn't have access to costly opioids from big pharmaceutical companies, so the African country has come up with a solution

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Rust Belt region banks on becoming hub for electric vehicles

    A long-struggling Rust Belt community stung by the loss of a massive auto plant is trying to carve out a new economy

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Algeria buries military chief, de facto ruler amid protests

    Algeria has held an elaborate military funeral for the general who was the country's de facto ruler amid political turmoil this year

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Erdogan in Tunisia for surprise visit to discuss Libya

    Turkey’s president has met with Tunisia’s president in a surprise visit to discuss the conflict in neighboring Libya

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Utility finishes removing toxic coal ash from SC power plant

    A utility company in South Carolina has finished removing all the coal ash from the site of a nearly 50-year-old power plant on the Wateree River

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Saudi Arabia, Kuwait end dispute over shared oil fields

    Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have ended a nearly five-year-long dispute over shared oil fields and have agreed to resume oil production from the divided...

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • President of Dubai-based carrier Emirates to retire in June

    The president of Dubai-based airline Emirates will retire in June after 17 years at the helm of the Middle East's biggest carrier

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • Japan stocks lower, China little-changed on Christmas Day

    Japanese stocks have declined while Chinese prices are little-changed and trading in most other global markets is closed for Christmas Day

    Dec 25

• Dec 25

  • China, Japan stocks lower on Christmas

    Japanese stock prices have declined while Chinese markets are little-changed and trading in most other Asian countries is closed for Christmas Day

    Dec 25

• Dec 24

  • China, Japan stocks lower on Christmas

    Chinese and Japanese stocks have declined on Christmas Day while most other Asian markets are closed

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • Wildfires cause turmoil in CA property insurance market

    Thousands of California homeowners have lost their insurance policies as insurers pull out of areas that are at risk of fire damage or stop insuring...

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • Former Uber CEO Kalanick to resign from company's board

    Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is severing ties to the ride-hailing company he co-founded a decade ago

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • Eddie Murphy's "Saturday Night Live" return is a ratings win

    Eddie Murphy delivered an early holiday gift to “Saturday Night Live

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday

    Major U.S. stock indexes ended nearly flat Tuesday after an abbreviated trading session ahead of Christmas Day

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  • Uber, Lennar and Freeport-McMoRan rise

    Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Tuesday: Uber, Lennar and Freeport-McMoRan rise

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  • San Francisco cafes are banishing disposable coffee cups

    A new cafe culture is brewing in San Francisco, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with...

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • On the Money: Tips to make the best of post-holiday shopping

    Holiday shopping doesn't end with Christmas

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • Bankruptcy judge thrust into spotlight in Purdue Pharma case

    The judge overseeing the bankruptcy of OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma is known for his deep experience handling big, complicated corporate cases

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • Turkey keeps businessman jailed despite European ruling

    A Turkish court has ruled that a businessman be kept in jail despite a European court judgement that called for his immediate release

    Dec 24

• Dec 24

  • AP PHOTOS: In despair, French hospital interns go on strike

    French hospital interns are holding an exceptional, open-ended strike to demand a better future

    Dec 24

• Dec 23

  • Goldman Sachs policy change may end business with Alaska

    Alaska's governor says the state may stop working with Goldman Sachs after the bank announced it would not finance future Arctic oil exploration

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Australia fines Sackler-owned opioid maker over advertising

    Australia’s drug regulator has fined a pharmaceutical company owned by the billionaire Sackler family over what it dubbed misleading advertising for...

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• Dec 23

  • Boeing ousts its CEO after two deadly 737 Max crashes

    Boeing has ousted its CEO over the 737 Max crisis that has engulfed the vaunted American aircraft manufacturer

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Boeing CEO is fired

    David Calhoun was named new CEO.

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • California may limit using jobs, school for insurance rates

    California is proposing to restrict auto insurance practices that regulators say benefit those who have more money, more education and are white

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • How major US stock indexes fared Monday

    Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Monday, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • US stocks set more records after quiet pre-Christmas trading

    Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Boeing and Apache rise; Disney and Hovnanian move lower

    Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Boeing and Apache rose; Disney and Hovnanian moved lower

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• Dec 23

  • Sears sells DieHard brand to Advance Auto for $200 million

    Sears says it sold the DieHard car battery brand to Advance Auto Parts for $200 million, as the struggling retailer seeks to raise cash

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Sports betting giant DraftKings plans merger, to go public

    Sports betting giant DraftKings plans to merge with two other firms and go public

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • American Airlines now offering non-binary booking options for passengers

    American is now the second U.S. carrier to add the gender option.

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Italian budget to avoid sales tax rise gets the go-ahead

    Italian lawmakers have backed a budget for next year that avoids steep sales tax increases but introduces new levies

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Businesses facing new overtime rules in new year

    The new year brings new overtime rules for employers including small businesses and in turn, a pay raise for an estimated 1.3 million workers

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• Dec 23

  • Champagne and shoes: Luxury stores adapt to changing shopper

    Luxury department stores like Neiman Marcus and Saks Fifth Avenue once ruled among the affluent set

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Orders for big-ticket manufactured goods slide 2%

    Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods fell 2% in November, the biggest decline in six months

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Boeing CEO is fired

    Dennis Muilenburg's ousting comes days after the Boeing Starliner’s failed mission to the International Space Station.

    Dec 23

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  • US home sales tumbled 1.7% in November

    Home-buying slumped  1.7% in November as many Americans are getting priced out of the market

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • China announces tariff cuts, more competition in markets

    China plans to reduce tariffs Jan. 1 on more than 850 foreign products including frozen pork, asthma and diabetes medications and some high-tech...

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • Russia to retaliate for US sanctions against Nord Stream 2

    Russia has vowed to retaliate against the U.S. sanctions against a new Russia-Germany pipeline, the work on which was suspended on Saturday

    Dec 23

• Dec 23

  • This Week: New home sales, durable orders, holiday sales

    The Commerce Department issues its November tally of new US home sales Monday and its latest snapshot of durable goods orders Tuesday

    Dec 23

• Dec 22

  • Asian stocks mixed on trade optimism, strong US data

    Asian stock markets are mixed amid optimism about possible progress in U.S.-Chinese trade talks and positive American economic data

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • Joseph Segel, QVC and Franklin Mint founder, dead at 88

    The company that owns QVC has announced the home-shopping network's founder, Joseph Segel, died

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • Cyprus, Greece, Israel to sign pipeline deal on Jan. 2

    Cyprus, Greece and Israel will sign an agreement in the new year to build the eastern Mediterranean natural gas pipeline

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro dies at 86

    French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro has died at the age of 86

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• Dec 22

  • Tesco halts work at Chinese factory over prison labor claim

    The U.K.-based grocery chain Tesco has halted production at a factory in China after a British newspaper reported the factory used forced labor to...

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • Boeing capsule returns to Earth after aborted space mission

    Boeing's crew capsule is back on Earth after an aborted flight to the International Space Station

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • Most US workers still pay price of no paid parental leave

    Federal employees are the latest workers to benefit from paid parental leave. But millions have been left out of the trend, forcing them to make...

    Dec 22

• Dec 22

  • Notre Dame fire wakes the world up to dangers of lead dust

    The blaze that nearly destroyed Paris’ most famous cathedral has revealed a gap in global safety regulations for lead dust. Lead is a toxic building...

    Dec 22