Germany’s record contraction in 2nd quarter slightly less than feared
BERLIN — The German economy, Europe’s biggest, shrank by slightly less than originally estimated during the second quarter, the country’s official statistics agency said today…
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Best Buy: Fiscal 2nd quarter earnings snapshot
RICHFIELD, Minn. — Best Buy Co. today reported fiscal second-quarter earnings of $432 million. On a per-share basis, the company said it had profit of…
Fierce storm surge feared as Laura bears down on Gulf Coast
NEW ORLEANS — Tropical Storm Laura entered the warm and deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico today, gathering strength on a path to hit…
UN: Global tourism lost $320 billion in 5 months from virus
UNITED NATIONS — The tourism global industry has been devastated by the coronavirus pandemic, with $320 billion lost in exports in the first five months…
US stocks join global rally amid COVID treatment hopes
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks plowed higher on Wall Street Monday, as hopes for a COVID-19 treatment and vaccine had investors looking ahead to the…
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app
NEW YORK — Video app TikTok is suing the Trump Administration over its efforts to ban the popular Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns. TikTok, which…
Zoom suffers outage as students start classes online
NEW YORK — Zoom is experiencing partial outages during the first day of school for thousands of students who are relying on the video conferencing…
Thousands allowed to bypass environmental rules in pandemic
Thousands of oil and gas operations, government facilities and other sites won permission to stop monitoring for hazardous emissions or otherwise bypass rules intended to…
U.S. stocks join global rally amid COVID treatment hopes
NEW YORK — Stocks are climbing in early trading on Wall Street, adding to their record-breaking run from last week. The S&P 500 was up…
Fiat Chrysler recalls diesel engines to fix stalling problem
DETROIT — Fiat Chrysler is recalling nearly 132,000 vehicles worldwide to fix a problem that could cause some diesel engines to stall. The recall covers…