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Starbucks founder Schultz says company needs to refocus on coffee as sales struggle
Former Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales
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Hospital operator Steward Health Care files for bankruptcy protection
Hospital operator Steward Health Care has filed for bankruptcy protection, but pledged to maintain the eight hospitals it operates in Massachusetts
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New Liberia forest boss plans to increase exports, denies working with war criminal Charles Taylor
In an interview with The Associated Press, the new head of Liberia's forest management authority, Rudolph Merab, said he would work to increase timber exports and cut regulations
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Robinhood receives SEC notice for alleged securities violations at crypto unit
Robinhood Markets Inc. has received a notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission about alleged securities violations at its crypto division
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For farmers, watching and waiting is a spring planting ritual. Climate change is adding to anxiety
As climate change drives an increase in spring rains across the Midwest, it can mean more anxiety for farmers eager to carry out the ritual of spring planting
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May 06
How Rita Moreno uses honors like an upcoming public television award to further her philanthropy
Rita Moreno says it was always in her nature to be generous – to hold doors for people and help lighten a mother’s load if she was struggling with shopping bags and children
May 06
May 06
Money isn't enough to smooth the path for Republican candidates hoping to retake the Senate
Senate Republicans are returning to a strategy they hope could neutralize their Democratic rivals' financial edge: Find rich people to run
May 06
May 06
Hungary and Serbia's autocratic leaders to roll out red carpet for China's Xi during Europe tour
Chinese leader Xi Jinping will spend most of his five-day tour in Europe this week in two small countries at the continent’s eastern half
May 06
May 06
Stock market today: Wall Street rises to add to last week’s gains
U.S. stocks are rising as last week’s rush of market-moving events gives way to what could be a quieter week
May 06
May 06
Macron puts trade and Ukraine as top priorities as China's Xi opens European visit in France
French President Emmanuel Macron has put trade disputes and Ukraine-related diplomatic efforts on top of the agenda for talks with visiting Chinese President Xi Jinping
May 06
May 06
Nervous about falling behind the GOP, Democrats are wrestling with how to use AI
The Biden campaign and top Democrats are wrestling with how best to use artificial intelligence, exposing the party’s anxiety over falling behind Republicans in the race to deploy technology that could transform the future of elections
May 06
May 06
What to know about Trump strategist's embrace of AI to help conservatives
Brad Parscale, the digital guru behind Donald Trump's surprise 2016 presidential victory, has become an evangelist about the power of artificial intelligence to transform how Republicans campaign for office
May 06
May 06
Brad Parscale helped Trump win in 2016 using Facebook ads. Now he’s back, and an AI evangelist
The digital campaign operative who helped engineer Donald Trump’s 2016 presidential victory with the heavy use of Facebook ads is back working for Trump and is an evangelist for artificial intelligence
May 06
May 06
Celebrating excellence in journalism and the arts, Pulitzer Prizes to be awarded Monday
Text journalism's biggest day of the year has arrrived with the annual announcement of the Pulitzer Prizes
May 06
May 05
Qantas agrees to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling seats on canceled flights
Qantas Airways has agreed to pay $79 million in compensation and a fine for selling tickets on thousands of cancelled flights
May 05
May 05
Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief
Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division
May 05
May 05
Berkshire Hathaway event gives good view of Warren Buffett's successor but also raises new questions
This year’s Berkshire Hathaway meeting gave shareholders their best chance yet to hear from the man who will one day take over as CEO when Warren Buffett is gone
May 05
May 05
Commercial jet maker Airbus is staying humble even as Boeing flounders. There's a reason for that
Europe’s Airbus had established a clear sales lead over Boeing even before the American company encountered more fallout from manufacturing troubles and ongoing safety concerns
May 05
May 05
China's president arrives in Europe to reinvigorate ties at a time of global tensions
Chinese President Xi Jinping is kicking off a three-country trip to Europe with the continent divided over how to deal with Beijing’s growing power and the U.S.-China rivalry
May 05
May 05
Israel orders Al Jazeera to close its local operation and seizes some of its equipment
Israel has ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close
May 05
May 04
Warren Buffett's company rejects proposals, but it faces lawsuit over how it handled one last year
Shareholder proposals are usually uneventful at Berkshire Hathaway’s annual meeting, but Warren Buffett and the company are now facing a lawsuit over the way one presenter was treated last year
May 04
May 04
Angel Reese, Cardoso debuts watched widely on fan's livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast
The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in when the league’s app couldn’t broadcast the game
May 04
May 04
I-95 overpass in Connecticut scorched during a fuel truck inferno has been demolished
Workers have demolished a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck
May 04
May 04
Berkshire's profit plunges 64% on portfolio holdings as Buffett sells Apple
Berkshire Hathaway says its first quarter profit plummeted on the paper value of its investments
May 04
May 04
Madonna's biggest-ever concert transforms Rio's Copacabana beach into a massive dance floor
Madonna has put on a free concert in Rio de Janeiro, turning the vast stretch of sand of Copacabana beach into an enormous dance floor teeming with a multitude of her fans
May 04
May 04
Boeing locks out its private firefighters around Seattle over pay dispute
Boeing has locked out its private force of firefighters who protect its aircraft-manufacturing plants in the Seattle area and brought in replacements after the latest round of negotiations with the firefighters’ union failed to deliver an agreement on ...
May 04
May 04
Boeing locks out union firefighters in Washington state
The union consists of 125 members in Washington state.
May 04
May 04
Boeing is on the verge of launching astronauts aboard new capsule, the latest entry to space travel
Boeing is finally poised to launch astronauts to the International Space Station for NASA after years of delays and stumbles
May 04
May 04
Harlem legend Dapper Dan continues to grow brand world wide
Dapper Dan plans a fashion renaissance after losing everything.
May 04
May 04
South Sudan removes newly imposed taxes that had triggered suspension of UN food airdrops
South Sudan has removed recently imposed taxes and fees that had triggered the suspension of U.N. food airdrops
May 04
May 04
Cyclone Hidaya weakens as it moves toward Tanzania's coastline, officials say
Tanzania's meteorology department says Cyclone Hidaya has significantly weakened as it approaches Tanzania’s coastline
May 04
May 04
Warren Buffett says AI may be better for scammers than society. And he's seen how
Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders at his annual meeting.
May 04
May 03
Trump Media's newly hired auditing firm was just busted by the SEC for 'massive fraud'
The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged the auditing firm hired by Trump Media and Technology Group just 37 days ago with “massive fraud” — though not for any work it performed for former President Donald Trump's media company
May 03
May 03
Safety lapses contributed to patient assaults at Oregon State Hospital, federal report says
A federal report says safety lapses at the Oregon State Hospital contributed to recent patient-on-patient assaults
May 03
May 03
Boeing threatens to lock out its private firefighters in a dispute over pay
Boeing is already facing questions about quality and safety of its aircraft, and now it has a labor showdown on its hands in Seattle
May 03
May 03
MLB and Nike announce 2025 uniforms will have larger jersey lettering and custom-fit pants
Major League Baseball uniforms will have larger lettering on the back of jerseys and individual pant customization will be available to all players beginning in 2025
May 03
May 03
How major US stock indexes fared Friday, 5/3/2024
Stocks closed sharply higher on Wall Street, erasing their losses for the week, after the government reported a cooldown in hiring last month
May 03
May 03
Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
Benchmark U.S. crude oil for June delivery fell 84 cents to $78.11 per barrel Friday
May 03
May 03
Three groups are suing New Jersey to block an offshore wind farm
Three anti-wind power groups are suing New Jersey to overturn a key environmental approval for a wind energy farm planned off the coast of Long Beach Island
May 03
May 03
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers
The health insurer Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit over whether its fertility treatment coverage discriminates against LGBTQ+ patients
May 03
May 03
This Week: Disney, Papa John's earnings; University of Michigan consumer sentiment report
The Walt Disney Co. issues its latest quarterly earnings report on Tuesday; pizza maker Papa John’s offers up its first-quarter financial results on Thursday and on Friday the University of Michigan releases its preliminary May index of consumer sentiment
May 03
May 03
Self-exiled Chinese businessman's chief of staff pleads guilty weeks before trial
The chief of staff of a Chinese businessman sought by the government of China has pleaded guilty to conspiracy charges weeks before her boss goes to trial in New York in a fraud case
May 03
May 03
Apple, Amgen rise; Expedia, Fortinet fall, Friday, 5/3/2024
Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Apple, Amgen rise; Expedia, Fortinet fall
May 03
May 03
April jobs report misses expectations, signaling a possible slowdown
U.S. employers added 175,000 jobs in April.
May 03
May 03
Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giant’s search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly
May 03
May 03
Traffic snarled as workers begin removing I-95 overpass scorched in Connecticut fuel truck inferno
Workers have begun removing a bridge over a Connecticut highway that was damaged in a fiery crash involving a gasoline tanker truck
May 03
May 03
US loosens some electric vehicle battery rules, potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits
West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin says new rules governing electric vehicle tax credits are a giveaway to China
May 03
May 03
US employers scaled back their hiring in April, adding 175,000 jobs in the face of higher borrowing rates
US employers scaled back their hiring in April, adding 175,000 jobs in the face of higher borrowing rates
May 03
May 03
The UK government acted unlawfully in approving a climate plan, a High Court judge has ruled
A U.K. High Court judge has ruled that the government acted unlawfully when it approved a plan to meet climate targets without evidence it could be delivered
May 03
May 03
Yellen says threats to democracy risk US economic growth, an indirect jab at Trump
Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen argues that a fractured democracy can have destructive effects on the economy
May 03