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Grains lower, Livestock higher
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were lower Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Dec. declined 34.25 cents at $8.3625 a bushel; Dec. corn was of...
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Report: Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian's high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable a...
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'~Bad situation': Soaring U.S. dollar spreads pain worldwide
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa Gamal had to send his wife and year-old daughter to live with his parents in a village 70 mile...
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Goldman Sachs, Lockheed Martin rise; Hasbro, Conn's fall
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., up $7.14 to $313.85. The investment bank's third-quarter p...
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Gates Foundation boosts GivingTuesday with $10M donation
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of the hashtag #GivingTuesday in part to fund a database of cha...
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Asian shares mostly gain after rally on Wall Street
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - Stocks were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday after Wall Street rallied in its latest about-face in recent topsy-turvy trading. Oil prices and U.S. futures...
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United Airlines reaps $942 million profit on strong summer
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - United Airlines earned $942 million in the third quarter as vacationers paid higher fares and packed planes over the summer, and the airline offered an upbeat forecast o...
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Millions of cookies: MacKenzie Scott gives Girl Scouts $85M
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local branches, the 110-year-old organization said Tuesday, ...
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Semafor news site makes debut, intent on reinventing news
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The media organization Semafor launched on Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the news story. Semafor is the brainchild of Ben Smith - for...
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Some risks too big: Insurers withdraw from fossil projects
Oct 18, 2022 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Insurance companies that have long said they'll cover anything, at the right price, are increasingly ruling out fossil fuel projects because of climate cha...