AP National Business

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Global stock markets are mostly higher after Wall Street hit a record and Japan’s Cabinet approved a record stimulus package worth nearly a half-billion dollars. Market benchmarks in London, Frankfurt, Shanghai and Tokyo advanced. Hong Kong declined. Wall Street futures were up after a 0.3% gain

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s Cabinet has approved a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package, including cash handouts and aid to ailing businesses, to help the economy out of the doldrums worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. The plan includes doling out 100,000 yen, or $880, each in

By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Afghanistan is facing a looming humanitarian crisis as aid organizations struggle with ways to pay doctors, nurses and others on the ground because there is currently no way to transfer salaries to bank accounts there. The head of the International Committee of the Red

By CARA ANNA Associated Press NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ethiopia’s once rapidly growing economy is taking another hit tied to its yearlong war, with global clothing manufacturer PVH Corp. saying it’s closing its facility there because of the “speed and volatility of the escalating situation.” The company’s statement to The Associated Press comes two weeks

By SHEIKH SAALIQ Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi says his government will withdraw the controversial agriculture laws that prompted yearlong protests from tens of thousands of farmers and posed a significant political challenge to his administration. Modi made the announcement during a live televised speech. He urged the protesters

By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s prime minister has outlined a record 56 trillion yen, or $490 billion stimulus package, including cash handouts and aid to ailing businesses, to help the economy out of the doldrums worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. The plan includes doling out 100,000 yen, or $880, each

By MORGAN LEE Associated Press SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A federal raid on a small household marijuana garden on tribal land in northern New Mexico is sowing confusion and resentment about U.S. drug enforcement priorities on Native American lands, as more states roll out legal marketplaces for recreational pot. Bureau of Indian Affairs officers

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets are higher after Wall Street hit a record and Japanese inflation eased. Market benchmarks in Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney advanced. Hong Kong declined. Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index advanced 0.3%, putting it on track for a weekly gain. Investors are shifting focus

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — A Fortune Magazine reporter whose story helped turn Elizabeth Holmes into a Silicon Valley sensation came to court Thursday to explain why he felt like he became a pawn in her attempts to hype a blood-testing technology she promised would revolutionize health care.  Roger

By AAMER MADHANI, ROB GILLIES, and MARIA VERZA Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has joined with the leaders of Canada and Mexico to revive what used to be a North American tradition before the Trump presidency. Together they made the case Thursday that their nations can work together and show that “democracies

By STEVE LeBLANC Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Charlie Baker is abandoning his administration’s ambitious plan to create a multi-state compact aimed at dramatically reducing transportation pollution after the deal failed to gain traction. The announcement comes after Democratic Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, who supported the initiative, indicated this week he was backing away

By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have brushed aside monthslong divisions and are approaching House passage of their expansive social and environment bill. Final approval has been delayed by House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, who spoke for more than eight hours criticizing the legislation, President Joe Biden and Democrats. But passage is

BOSTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has joined with Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker to mark the groundbreaking of the first commercial-scale offshore wind farm in the United States. Haaland said Thursday on Cape Cod that the Vineyard Wind 1 project is the first of many that will contribute to President Joe Biden’s goal

By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A group that oversees the reliability of the nation’s electrical sector says Texas is again at risk of blackouts this winter because of extreme weather like the catastrophic February storm that buckled the state’s electricity grid. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation issued a report

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on the employment market. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a new high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%,

By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer A group of state attorneys general are investigating Instagram and its effects on children and young adults, saying its parent company Facebook — recently renamed Meta Platforms — ignored research about the harms it causes to young people. The investigation is led by a bipartisan coalition of attorneys general

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Helmerich & Payne, Cisco fall; Macy’s, Nvidia rise.

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks closed mixed on Wall Street Thursday as investors reviewed the latest earnings reports from retailers and an update on the employment market. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% to a new high, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.2% and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%,

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) — California has a new $419 million research facility that will allow state air quality regulators to expand emissions testing for heavy duty vehicles. Officials on Thursday dedicated the center in the city of Riverside that will allow for more checks on heavy duty vehicles such as trucks, buses and bulldozers in