Wisconsin lawmakers to sign off on new contracts for building trades
MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin lawmakers were poised today to sign off on new contracts for state carpenters, bricklayers, electricians and plumbers. The deals between the…
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American Express Q4 profits jump 20% on card spending
Credit card company American Express said today that its fourth-quarter profits rose 20% from a year earlier, as eager consumers spent record levels of money…
J&J tops 4Q earnings forecasts but misses on revenue
Johnson & Johnson edged past Wall Street’s fourth quarter earnings expectations, helped by growing pharmaceutical sales, but revenue fell short. The world’s biggest maker of…
German business confidence perks up after 6-month decline
BERLIN — Business confidence in Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, has picked up unexpectedly after a six-month slide, a closely watched survey showed today. The Ifo…
Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults
Pfizer is enrolling healthy adults to test a reformulated COVID-19 vaccine that matches the hugely contagious omicron variant, to see how it compares with the…
Verizon: Q4 earnings snapshot
NEW YORK — Verizon Communications Inc. today reported fourth-quarter net income of $4.61 billion. On a per-share basis, the company said it had profit of…
3M: Q4 earnings snapshot
ST PAUL, Minn. — 3M Co. today reported fourth-quarter profit of $1.34 billion. The company said it had profit of $2.31 per share. The results…
GE: Q4 earnings snapshot
BOSTON — General Electric Co. today reported a fourth-quarter loss of $3.84 billion, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier. On…
Ukrainian leaders: Stay calm, Russian invasion not imminent
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s leaders sought Tuesday to reassure the nation that an invasion from neighboring Russia was not imminent, even as they acknowledged…
Dow drops 1,000 points as markets extend slide in 2022
NEW YORK — The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped more than 1,000 points today as financial markets buckled in anticipation of inflation-fighting measures from the…