AP National Business

By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Iowa would become the first state in the nation to require that gas stations have pumps selling fuel with at least 15% ethanol under a bill that received final legislative approval Tuesday. When signed into law by Gov. Kim Reynolds, who initially proposed the mandate,

By CLAUDIA TORRENS The Associated Press HICKSVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — A New York couple who endured the war on drugs is eager to open a recreational marijuana dispensary. The state plans to reserve the first 100 retail cannabis licenses for people with marijuana-related convictions. Eladio Guzmán spent two years in jail for selling drugs, missing

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — ABC’s ‘black-ish’ ended its eight-season run with a relatively modest audience of 2.52 million viewers last week. The Nielsen company says that was its most-watched live episode since the season began in September. The final episode featured the Johnson family moving out of a predominantly

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Payment processing giant Visa’s profits rose 21% in the first three months of the year fueled by a large jump in spending on the company’s namesake credit and debit card network. The San Francisco-based company reported its earnings adjusted to exclude one-time items amounted to

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced that lawmakers will return to the Capitol in late May for a special session to deal with the state’s rising property insurance rates. The Republican governor on Tuesday set the session for May 23 to May 27. He has tasked the GOP-controlled statehouse with considering

By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday its investigation into the deadly collapse of an Amazon warehouse has “raised concerns about the potential risk to employees” during weather emergencies. Six people died and another was critically wounded after a tornado struck a delivery station located in Edwardsville,

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — Google’s corporate parent has posted its slowest quarterly revenue growth since 2020, the latest sign that the huge gains enjoyed by technology companies during the pandemic are fading into the rear-view mirror. For most companies, the numbers announced Tuesday would be a cause for

By VANESSA GERA and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Officials in Poland and Bulgaria said Tuesday that Russia is suspending their countries’ natural gas deliveries after they refused to pay for their supplies in Russian rubles. The governments of the two European Union and NATO members said Russian energy giant Gazprom informed

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: General Electric, Zions Bancorp fall; Whirlpool, Axalta rise.

By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has issued a decision to limit roughly half of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska to oil and gas leasing. It is a rollback of an approach adopted under the prior Trump administration. The decision states that it would prevent oil and gas development

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks closed broadly lower on Wall Street Tuesday, weighed down by sharp declines in Big Tech stocks that also left the Nasdaq with its worst drop since September 2020. Investors are busy reviewing the latest round of corporate earnings and are facing a particularly

NEW YORK (AP) — Dean Baquet, outgoing executive editor of The New York Times, will lead a fellowship program at the newspaper for local and state journalism projects. The newspaper announced that Baquet and other investigative editors will help train selected journalists and the work they produce will be offered to news publications in the

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate on Tuesday confirmed the nomination of Lael Brainard to a four-year term as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, elevating her to the Fed’s No. 2 post in the midst of the central bank’s toughest fight against inflation in four decades. Her confirmation came

By MATT O’BRIEN and TOM KRISHER Associated Press Coming up with $44 billion to buy Twitter was the easy part for Elon Musk. Next comes the real challenge for the world’s richest person: fulfilling his promise to make Twitter “better than ever” as a lightly regulated haven for free speech. Many of Musk’s proposed changes

By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer COVID-19 patients have two treatment options that can be taken at home. But that convenience comes with a catch: The pills have to be taken as soon as possible once symptoms appear. The challenge is getting tested, getting a prescription and starting the pills within five days of the

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs, speeding an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools and businesses billions of dollars a year. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell energy-efficient light bulbs, accelerating a

By MARK PRATT Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — A former top security executive at eBay Inc. has pleaded guilty to his role in a campaign to harass and intimidate a Massachusetts couple who published an online newsletter he perceived as critical of the company. James Baugh is eBay’s former senior director of safety and security.

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials say Russia is suspending natural gas deliveries to Poland after they refused to pay in Russian rubles. Poland’s state gas company said it was notified by Russian gas giant Gazprom that deliveries through the Yamal-Europe pipeline would stop Wednesday. Poland has been a strong supporter of neighboring Ukraine during

By MATTHEW DALY Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is scrapping old-fashioned incandescent light bulbs. The aim is to speed an ongoing trend toward more efficient lighting that officials say will save households, schools and businesses billion of dollars a year. Rules finalized by the Energy Department will require manufacturers to sell energy-efficient