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Macy’s swung to a profit in the fourth quarter, though sales dipped with shoppers still cautious about spending. The strength of the quarterly profit surprised Wall Street Thursday, but sales were …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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3/6/25
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Turkey’s central bank has lowered its key interest rate by a further 2.5 percentage points days after official figures indicated a slowdown in inflation that has eroded households’ purchasing …
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3/6/25
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Japan's Seven & I, the parent company of the Japanese 7-Eleven convenience store chain, says it is selling its supermarket store assets to Bain Capital for about $5.4 billion. The company announced …
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By ELAINE KURTENBACH
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3/6/25
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It’s the smallest change President Donald Trump wants from his second term in office. Getting a penny in your pocket costs the government almost 4 cents. Trump ordered the Treasury Department to …
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By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and JOSEPH B. FREDERICK
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3/6/25
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Utah has become the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify users’ ages and get parental consent for minors to download apps to their devices. The bill headed to the desk of …
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By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM
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3/5/25
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Haitian officials say an airport in the country’s southwest region is ready to receive international flights for the first time. No commercial flights are able to land at Haiti's main airport in …
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By DÁNICA COTO
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3/5/25
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Panama President José Raúl Mulino has accused U.S. President Donald Trump of lying when Trump said in his address to Congress the night before that his administration was “reclaiming” the …
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3/5/25
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Tom Llamas will succeed Lester Holt as NBC “Nightly News” anchor this summer, but he'll be working double duty. Llamas will also continue hosting a one-hour newscast on the NBC News Now streaming …
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By DAVID BAUDER
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3/5/25
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Google is updating its ubiquitous search engine with the next generation of its artificial intelligence technology as part of an effort to provide instant expertise amid intensifying competition from …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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3/5/25
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Farmers and meat producers across the U.S. can expect the new tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China and the retaliation to hurt their bottom lines by billions of dollars if they stay in place a while. …
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By JOSH FUNK and MELINA WALLING
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3/5/25
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Makers of the popular obesity treatments Wegovy and Zepbound are cutting prices for people without insurance. Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk said Wednesday that it will drop prices 23% for all doses …
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By The Associated Press
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3/5/25
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Some retailers are beginning to take a more cautious approach with their financial forecasts as they keep a closer eye on signs of a pullback in consumer spending. Among the retailers being a bit …
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN
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3/5/25
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The two political parties expected to form the next German government have agreed to significantly loosen the country’s constitutional restriction on deficits, enabling 1 trillion euros ($1.08 …
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By DAVID McHUGH
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3/5/25
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NASCAR has filed a counterclaim against Michael Jordan-owned 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports alleging they “willfully” violated antitrust laws in connection with the most recent charter …
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By JENNA FRYER
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3/5/25
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Britain’s competition watchdog says it has dropped its review of Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI. The watchdog said Wednesday it's satisfied that the deal doesn’t need a closer …
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3/5/25
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An insider account being billed as an “explosive” memoir about “seven critical years” at Facebook/Meta will be published next week. Flatiron Books announced Wednesday that “Careless …
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By HILLEL ITALIE
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3/5/25
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The Supreme Court will hear arguments in a fight over plans to store nuclear waste at sites in rural Texas and New Mexico. The Justice Department and a private company with a license for the Texas …
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By MARK SHERMAN
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3/5/25
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Teaching machines in the way that animal trainers mold the behavior of dogs or horses has been an important method for developing artificial intelligence and one that was recognized Wednesday with …
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By MATT O'BRIEN
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3/5/25
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Electric vehicle shoppers could be thrown a couple of curve balls in 2025 if the Trump administration goes through with some of its plans. Potential tariffs will raise prices, and an end to federal …
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By MICHAEL CANTU
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3/5/25
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Before Reddit there was Digg, which popularized up- and down-votes on online posts. Now the founders of both platforms — social media veterans Kevin Rose and Alexis Ohanian — are relaunching the …
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By BARBARA ORTUTAY
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3/5/25
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