Business Stories from September 21, 2021 (Change date)
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ADB: Asia below pre-pandemic levels as variants slow reboundSep 22, 2021 1:00 am - Developing economies in Asia will likely grow at a slower pace than earlier expected due to prolonged COVID-19 outbreaks and uneven progress in vaccinations, the Asian D...
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Google to spend $2.1 billion on Manhattan campus acquisitionSep 22, 2021 7:09 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Google is planning to buy New York City's St. John's Terminal for $2.1 billion, making it the anchor of its Hudson Square campus. The announcement Tuesd...
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Gillian Flynn, Lena Waithe to head their own book imprintsSep 21, 2021 8:30 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œGone Girl'ť author Gillian Flynn is a familiar name on bestseller lists, but her personal reading tastes run to books most haven't heard about. 'œI st...
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House to vote on government funding, debt as GOP digs inSep 22, 2021 8:22 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is expected to vote as soon as Tuesday on legislation to fund the government, provide federal disaster aid and suspend the government's debt ...
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EXPLAINER: Chinese builder's debt struggle rattles investorsSep 22, 2021 7:09 am - BEIJING (AP) - Global investors are watching nervously as one of China's biggest real estate developers struggles to avoid defaulting on tens of billions of dollars of d...
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Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commoditiesSep 21, 2021 2:30 pm - Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 27 cents to $70.56 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude oil for November delivery rose 44 cents to $74.36 a barrel. Wholesale...
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Global Citizen's Hugh Evans hoping music can mobilize worldSep 22, 2021 7:09 am - Hugh Evans started his fight against extreme poverty by mobilizing his friends when he was growing up in Australia. On Saturday, Evans will try to mobilize the world to ...
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Lennar, Cracker Barrel fall; AutoZone, Nektar riseSep 21, 2021 3:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: ConocoPhillips, up $2.26 to $59.33. The oil company is buying Shell's Permian Basin...
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Asian shares mostly lower after mixed trading on Wall StreetSep 21, 2021 10:30 pm - Asian shares were mostly lower on Wednesday after major indexes ended mixed on Wall Street. Benchmarks fell in Tokyo, Shanghai and Taiwan but rose in Sydney. Markets in ...
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Tight job market is causing costs to rise at FedExSep 21, 2021 5:30 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - FedEx is getting hurt by the tight job market. The package delivery company said Tuesday that its costs are up $450 million in the most recent quarter, a...