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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Qantas Airways does not expect to resume international travel apart from New Zealand until late October after the Australian population was vaccinated for COVID-19, the …
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By ROD McGUIRK
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2/25/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department's internal watchdog is reviewing a former Boeing engineer's allegations that he was unfairly investigated by the FBI on suspicion that he was spying for …
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By ERIC TUCKER
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2/25/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-led House is poised to pass a bill that would enshrine LGBTQ protections in the nation's labor and civil rights laws, a top priority of President Joe Biden, though …
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By KEVIN FREKING
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2/25/21
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Paramount Pictures is joining other major Hollywood studios in slashing the traditional 90-day theatrical window. ViacomCBS on Wednesday announced that some of the studio’s films, including …
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By LINDSEY BAHR
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2/24/21
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Federal auditors say U.S. regulators didn’t understand a flight-control system that played a role in two deadly crashes of a Boeing jet and must improve their process for certifying new …
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By DAVID KOENIG
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2/24/21
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Wall Street’s mania over GameStop is on again, at least for one afternoon.
Shares in the troubled video game company more than doubled Wednesday to $91.71 apiece, the stock’s best day since …
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By ALEX VEIGA
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2/24/21
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OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Investor Warren Buffett's right-hand man says the U.S. stock market is overvalued, but he doesn't know when the bubble will burst.
Billionaire Charlie Munger is a vice …
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By JOSH FUNK
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2/24/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's pick to be the top U.S. trade envoy is promising to work with America's allies to combat China's aggressive trade policies, indicating a break from the Trump …
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By PAUL WISEMAN
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2/24/21
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday nominated three postal experts to the governing board of the U.S. Postal Service, a move that could alter the course of an agency grappling with delivery delays and …
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By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE
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2/24/21
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Facebook, following in Google's footsteps, says it to "support the news industry” over the next three years.
The social networking giant, which over a law that would make social platforms pay …
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By TALI ARBEL
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2/24/21
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — All the groceries spoiled and the water was out for days. Then Melissa Rogers, a believer in the Texas gospel that government should know its place, woke up to a $6,000 energy …
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By PAUL J. WEBER
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2/24/21
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ROME (AP) — Italy is going after online food delivery companies, with one prosecutor lamenting Wednesday that the cyclists who deliver the food, many of them immigrants, are practically treated …
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By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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2/24/21
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SAN RAMON, Calif. (AP) — A trust representing more than 80,000 victims of deadly wildfires ignited by Pacific Gas and Electric's rickety electrical grid is suing nearly two dozen of the utility's …
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By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
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2/24/21
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — Class action lawsuits were filed in Nevada against 10 major auto insurance companies on Tuesday, contending that the companies charged excessive insurance premiums during the …
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By MICHELLE L. PRICE
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2/24/21
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell told Congress on Wednesday that the central bank will not begin raising interest rates until it believes it has reached its goals on maximum …
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By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
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2/24/21
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NEW YORK (AP) — In November, Paula Mont did something new: The 86-year-old, who hasn't left her New Jersey senior living community in nearly a year, went shopping — online.
Mont used an iPad, …
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By ANNE D'INNOCENZIO
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2/24/21
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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Doctors in Hungary on Wednesday began administering a COVID-19 vaccine developed in China, making the country the first European Union nation to use a Chinese jab as …
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By JUSTIN SPIKE
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2/24/21
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MILAN (AP) — Five designers of African origin making their runway debuts opened Milan Fashion Week on Wednesday under the banner “We are Made in Italy,” having nurtured dreams deemed fanciful …
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By COLLEEN BARRY
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2/24/21
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SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Demand for new homes in the U.S. surged 4.3% in January with the housing market still one of the strongest segments of the economy.
Last month's increase pushed sales …
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By MATT OTT
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2/24/21
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LONDON (AP) — Women now hold more than a third of the seats on the boards of Britain’s biggest companies, meeting a government target set five years ago.
The number of women on the boards of …
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2/24/21
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