US economy shrinks, threats loom, but growth likely to last
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy shrank in the first three months of the year, and faces threats from high inflation and rising interest rates,…
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MidWestOne: Q1 earnings snapshot
IOWA CITY — MidWestOne Financial Group Inc. today reported first-quarter net income of $13.9 million. The bank said it had earnings of 88 cents per…
Caterpillar sales rise in 1Q on continued equipment demand
Caterpillar’s first-quarter sales climbed with demand for construction equipment surging in the face of supply chain challenges that continue to plague businesses from car and…
Twitter, in possibly last quarterly report, sees user growth
LONDON (AP) — Twitter’s quarterly profit, revenue and the number of daily users on its platform are rising but its quarterly report, released days after…
Surging sales at McDonald’s offsets trouble in China, Russia
Higher U.S. menu prices and easing COVID-19 restrictions elsewhere helped McDonald’s offset troubled markets like China and Russia in the first quarter. Revenue rose 11%…
MasterCard: Q1 Earnings Snapshot
PURCHASE, N.Y. — MasterCard Inc. today reported first-quarter net income of $2.63 billion. The company said it had profit of $2.68 per share. Earnings, adjusted…
Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids
Moderna today asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots…
Ideas on mute? Study: Remote meetings dampen brainstorming
Video meetings dampen brainstorming because we are so hyper-focused on the face in that box that we don’t let our eyes and minds wander as…
China, Russia, five others make US property rights blacklist
WASHINGTON — The United States has put China, Russia and five other countries on its annual blacklist for lax enforcement of intellectual property rights that…
Older people fret less about aging in place: AP-NORC Poll
WASHINGTON — The older you are, the less you fret about about staying in your home or community as you age. That’s a key insight…