Incoming CEO at Southwest Air faces numerous challenges
DALLAS — Robert Jordan will inherit a long list of challenges when he becomes the sixth CEO of Southwest Airlines, which is struggling to recover…
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Technology sector leads stocks lower again on Wall Street
Stocks fell broadly in morning trading on Wall Street today and bond yields continued rising as investors anticipate moves by the Federal Reserve to raise…
Medicare told to reassess premium hike for Alzheimer’s drug
WASHINGTON — U.S. health secretary Xavier Becerra today ordered Medicare to reassess a big premium increase facing millions of seniors this year, attributed in large…
Grand Theft Auto in Farmville after $12.7 billion gaming deal
Take-Two Interactive, maker of “Grand Theft Auto” and “Red Dead Redemption,” is buying Zynga, maker of “FarmVille” and “Words With Friends,” in a cash-and-stock deal…
Tech Q&A: Why Microsoft Word might stop printing, and how to fix it
Question: Several months ago, my copy of Microsoft Word 2010 ceased being able to print documents. I get the error message “There is insufficient memory…
Treasury broadens COVID relief uses for states, localities
State and local governments will have greater flexibility to spend $350 billion of federal COVID-19 aid under new rules from President Joe Biden’s administration. The…
EXPLAINER: What does record inflation mean for the eurozone?
LONDON — Inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro currency hit its highest level on record, led by surging food and energy costs,…
White House highlights effort to cover winter heating bills
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is distributing an additional $4.5 billion in funds to help low-income Americans cover heating costs during a second pandemic winter,…
Supreme Court weighs vaccine rules affecting more than 80M
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking up two major Biden administration efforts to bump up the nation’s vaccination rate against COVID-19 at a…
US hiring may have rebounded last month before omicron surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation is surging and new omicron infections are spiking, but America’s employers are thought to have kept right on hiring in December…