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Asian shares mostly lower after retreat on Wall Street
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Asian shares fell in cautious trading on Wednesday after stocks on Wall Street sank to a new low for the year. Tokyo, Shanghai, Seoul and Sydney were lower...
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Donors to launch Houston newsroom with $20M in seed funding
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - Five philanthropies plan to spend more than $20 million to bolster news coverage in Houston and create what they say will be one of the largest local nonprofit news orga...
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Grains higher, livestock mixed.
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Grain futures were higher on Wednesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. rose 17 cents at $7.8150 a bushel; Mar. corn was up ...
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UK consumer prices rise at fastest pace in almost 30 years
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Consumer prices in the United Kingdom have risen at the fastest pace in almost 30 years as higher costs for energy, transportation, food and furniture sque...
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Airlines worldwide rush to change flights over US 5G problem
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Airlines across the world, including the long-haul carrier Emirates, rushed Wednesday to cancel or change flights heading into the U.S...
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Starbucks nixes vaccine mandate after Supreme Court ruling
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - Starbucks is no longer requiring its U.S. workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, reversing a plan it announced earlier this month. In a memo sent Tuesday to employee...
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Grains higher, Livestock mixed
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - Wheat for Mar. gained 27.50 cents at $7.9650 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 11 cents at $6.1050 a bushel, Mar. oats was up 8.75 cents at $6.5550 a bushel; while Mar. soybeans ...
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Construction to begin soon on new US offshore wind farm
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - Construction will soon begin on the second commercial-scale, offshore wind energy project to gain approval in the United States, the developers said. The U.S. Departmen...
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Red Cross: Hack exposes data on 515,000 vulnerable people
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - The International Committee of the Red Cross, which is best known for helping war victims, says hackers broke into servers hosting its data and gained acce...
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Morgan Stanley profits climb 9% on asset management business
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Investment bank Morgan Stanley said its fourth-quarter profits rose 9% from a year ago, helped by a big jump in fee revenue from its growing asset and w...