Business Stories from December 18, 2015 (Change date)
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Report: Coal demand stalls for 1st time since '90sDec 19, 2015 5:44 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - The International Energy Agency says global demand for coal, the biggest source of man-made carbon emissions, stalled last year for the first time since...
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FDA proposes ban on indoor tanning for minorsDec 18, 2015 11:30 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Anyone under the age of 18 would be barred from using indoor tanning equipment, under a federal proposal to help reduce skin cancer linked to the devic...
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Company settles complaint over Indian workers after KatrinaDec 18, 2015 1:31 pm - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - The government says an Alabama-based company will pay about $5 million to settle discrimination claims involving nearly 500 Indians forced to liv...
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Last defendant gets prison in $1.2B Florida Ponzi scamDec 18, 2015 9:30 am - MIAMI (AP) - A former bank executive who is the last remaining defendant in imprisoned ex-lawyer Scott Rothstein's $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme has been sentenced to more t...
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AP PHOTOS: Major moments in the business world in 2015Dec 18, 2015 7:30 am - LONDON (AP) - 2015 ends with the global economy at a juncture and markets a bit edgy. The main engines of the global economy are not in sync and the markets know it. Tha...
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US stocks slide on global economic worriesDec 18, 2015 8:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - U.S. stocks were trading lower across all sectors in early trading as investors continue to worry about global economic growth. Shippers Ryder System, J....
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Pride vies with sadness as Britain's last coal pit closesDec 18, 2015 8:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Coal once fueled the British Empire, employed armies of men and shook the power of governments. On Friday, workers at Britain's last operating deep coal mi...
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EU leaders say Russia-Germany gas line could break EU rulesDec 18, 2015 9:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - European Union leaders raised objections on Friday to a massive new pipeline project that would pump natural gas directly from Russia to Germany, claimin...
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Hasbro hits back in lawsuit over The Game of LifeDec 18, 2015 2:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Hasbro hit back Friday in a lawsuit over who owns the rights to The Game of Life, flatly denying claims by a toy inventor's widow who says her hu...
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At a glance: 10 highest-paid female CFOsDec 18, 2015 1:00 pm - Here are the top 10 highest-paid female chief financial officers at S&P 500 companies for the 2014 fiscal year, according to an analysis by Equilar and the Associated Pr...
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