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  • 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...

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  • 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...

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  • HSBC net profit falls 53%, bank to sell assets in overhaul

    Europe's biggest bank has reported that its net profit fell 53% in 2019 to $6 billion

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  • 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

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• 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

  • 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 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

• Feb 17

  • Port operator DP World to delist from Dubai stock exchange

    Port operator DP World says it will delist from the Nasdaq Dubai stock exchange, returning the company to full state-ownership in a move that will...

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Automakers in China gradually reopen after virus shutdown

    Automakers are gradually reopening Chinese factories that were idled by an anti-virus campaign, sending thousands of employees back to work as they...

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • This Week: Walmart earns, Fed meeting minutes, US home sales

    Walmart serves up its fiscal fourth-quarter results Tuesday

    Feb 17

• Feb 17

  • Asian markets mixed: Japan skids; China helped by rate cut

    Markets are mixed in Asia, with Japan's benchmark slipping 0.8% after the government reported the economy contracted in the last quarter

    Feb 17

• Feb 16

  • Japanese economy sinks amid fears about virus impact

    The Japanese economy shrank at an annual pace of 6.3% last quarter as growth was battered by typhoons and crimped consumer spending

    Feb 16

• Feb 16

  • Virus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

    Many people in China are calling for a temporary ban on the wildlife trade.

    Feb 16

• Feb 16

  • Cost of China's anti-virus fight rises with workers idle

    Millions of Chinese workers and entrepreneurs are bearing the rising costs of an anti-virus campaign that has shut down large sections of the economy

    Feb 16

• Feb 15

  • Houston blast prompts safety debate in city with no zoning

    Last month’s explosion at a Houston metal fabricating and manufacturing company that killed two workers and damaged hundreds of structures has renewed...

    Feb 15

• Feb 15

  • Lawmaker questions China's offer to build UK high speed rail

    A prominent British lawmaker has warned that allowing China's state-run railway to build a high-speed rail line linking London with central and...

    Feb 15

• Feb 15

  • What I learned about driving on ice near the Arctic Circle

    Jaguar's Ice Academy lets drivers test their limits on a frozen lake.

    Feb 15

• Feb 14

  • Michael Avenatti is convicted of trying to extort Nike

    A lawyer who gained fame by representing porn star Stormy Daniels in lawsuits against President Donald Trump has been convicted of trying to extort...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Agency memo contradicts Greyhound on bus raids

    A Customs and Border Protection memo obtained by The Associated Press confirms that bus companies such as Greyhound do not have to allow Border Patrol...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • National Black News Channel makes debut

    The nation's only black news network is on the air

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • How major US stock indexes fared Friday

    Stock indexes finished mostly higher on Wall Street Friday as technology, real estate and utilities companies outweighed losses elsewhere in the...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Nvidia, GoDaddy rise; Yelp, CarGurus fall

    Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially on Friday: Nvidia, GoDaddy rise; Yelp, CarGurus fall

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Facebook's influencers nod shows murky side of campaign ads

    Facebook's green light for political campaigns to pay prominent social media users to spread their messages is highlighting the difficulties around...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Trump appointees weigh plan to build pipeline in Oregon

    A three-member federal commission, all appointed by President Donald Trump, has on its agenda a controversial proposed natural gas pipeline and marine...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • US stocks post small gains, major indexes up for the week

    Stocks çlosed slightly higher on Wall Street Friday, as technology shares rose along with lower-risk sectors such as utilities

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • United and American push back expected return of Boeing Max

    United Airlines won’t use the Boeing 737 Max at all this summer, while American Airlines is still holding out hope for a late August return

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Delta says it will invest $1 billion to cut carbon emissions

    Delta Air Lines says it will invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to offset climate-warming emissions from its planes

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Tesla discloses that the SEC is looking into its 'regular financing arrangements'

    The SEC declined ABC News' request for comment.

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Virus renews safety concerns about slaughtering wild animals

    Many people in China are calling for a temporary ban on the wildlife trade to be made permanent as the coronavirus spreads

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Delta Airlines announces $1B pledge to go 'carbon neutral'

    However, "carbon offsets aren't a 'get out of jail free,'" card, critics warn.

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Landfill took 2M pounds of radioactive fracking waste

    Authorities say a chemical waste landfill in Oregon near the Columbia River has been accepting hundreds of tons of radioactive fracking waste from...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • EU chief unveils budget plan setting scene for tense summit

    A top European Union official unveiled Friday his proposal for the bloc's next long-term budget

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • EU chief unveils budget plan setting scene for tense summit

    A top European Union official unveiled Friday his proposal for the bloc's next long-term budget

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Negative interest rates turn saving, borrowing upside down

    These are strange times for borrowers and savers

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • US retail sales up a modest 0.3% in January

    US retail sales up modest 0.3% in January, boosted by strong sales at furniture and hardware stores

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Cyprus struggles to ease problem of bad loans

    Defaulted loans are a prime economic issue for Cyprus, which since a 2013 financial crisis has seen overdue payments weighing on consumers and banks

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • US manufacturing output hit by Boeing troubles, slips 0.1%

    U.S. manufacturing output fell slightly in January, driven lower by Boeing's decision to halt production of its troubled 737 MAX aircraft

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Trump wants $1.5B over 10 years to revive US uranium mining

    The Trump administration wants to spend $1.5 billion over 10 years to create a U.S. uranium reserve, claiming that reliance on cheaper uranium imports...

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • With virus, shops in China suffer a star-crossed Valentines

    In virus-stricken China, couples can celebrate Valentine's Day with a roast beef salad, hot chocolate, a rose and a note, all delivered to their door

    Feb 14

• Feb 14

  • Global shares steady but virus concerns keep buying in check

    Global shares have recovered their poise, though continuing concerns about the economic impact of the virus outbreak that began in China is keeping...

    Feb 14