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FILE - Logo of Nissan is seen at the Japan Mobility Show in Tokyo on Oct. 26, 2023. Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen ($2.7 billion) as sales grew in all major global markets except China, the Japanese automaker said Thursday, May 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Japanese automaker Nissan reports 92% jump in profit as sales surge
Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automaker’s sales grew in all major global markets except China. Nissan … more
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FILE - Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., June 17, 2023. Norfolk Southern shareholders will decide Thursday, May 9, 2024, whether to back an activist investor’s bid to take over the railroad’s board and replace management. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Norfolk Southern shareholders to decide Thursday whether to back investors who want to fire the CEO
Norfolk Southern shareholders will decide Thursday morning whether to back an activist investor’s bid to take over the railroad’s board and replace management. Ancora Holdings picked up … more
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FILE - The then Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Former Prime Minister Bainimarama was sentenced on Thursday, May 9, 2024, to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government of his South Pacific island nation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)
Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation
Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation. The … more
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Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden, another unreported in Indian Ocean
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. The claims Thursday by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree come as the … more
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FILE - A group stands under an election banner outside the European Parliament in Brussels on April 29, 2024. The European Union marks Europe Day on Thursday, May 9, but instead of the traditionally muted celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in one month time which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from its global trendsetting climate policies. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)
Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible
The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday. But instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time. They portend a steep rise of the extreme right … more
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FILE - Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022. A battle between The Wonderful Co. which grows pistachios, pomegranates, citrus and other crops and United Farm Workers is over new rules in California aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to form unions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)
Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business
A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and United Farm Workers over how a group of workers organized under a recently-enacted labor law. Since the law took effect, … more
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FILE - Local residents sing a theme song written by protesters "Glory to Hong Kong" at a shopping mall in Hong Kong on Sept. 11, 2019. An appeals court Wednesday, May 8, 2024 granted the Hong Kong government's request to ban a popular protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the once-freewheeling global financial hub. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Protest song 'Glory to Hong Kong' now banned in city after appeals court overturns ruling
An appeals court has granted the Hong Kong government’s request to ban a protest song, overturning an earlier ruling and deepening concerns over the erosion of freedoms in the city. “Glory to … more
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FILE - Medical staff prepares an AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine during preparations at the vaccine center in Ebersberg near Munich, Germany, Monday, March 22, 2021. The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that its European authorization for its COVID vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator on Wednesday, May 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)
AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market
The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled. In an update on the European Medicines Agency’s website Wednesday, the regulator said … more
FILE - Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Kenya's public hospital doctors union on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, signed a return to work agreement with the government, ending a national strike that began in mid-March and had left patients in limbo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)
Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months
Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months. The union secretary general Davji Atellah on Wednesday said they had … more
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File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. Prices have surged so dramatically that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest banknote in circulation to 10,000 peso note, five times the value of the previous biggest bill, according to the central bank on May 8, 2024, and the new bill is expected circulate in June. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
With inflation soaring, Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes
Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10. The central bank … more
Undercover operation nets arrests as New Mexico's top prosecutor blames Meta for online predators
New Mexico’s top prosecutor has announced charges against three men who are accused of using Meta’s social media platforms to target and solicit sex with underage children. The arrests made … more
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Airbnb shares slide on lower revenue forecast despite a doubling of net income
Airbnb's profit more than doubled last quarter, but management's disappointing revenue forecast sparked a roughly 7% drop in its stock in after-market trading. The San Francisco-based short-stay home … more
FILE - People try out iPhone products at an Apple Store in Beijing, Sept. 28, 2021. A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital services. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)
Judge grills Apple exec about whether company is defying order to enable more iPhone payment options
A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking … more
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Beyond Meat revenue falls in Q1 on weak demand for plant-based meat in US and abroad
Beyond Meat is reporting higher-than-expected revenue in the first quarter despite lower demand for its plant-based meats in the U.S. and abroad. The El Segundo, California-based company said … more
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FILE - Las Vegas Aces forward Candace Parker reacts during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, May 20, 2023, in Seattle. The three-time WNBA champion has announced she's retiring. Parker, a two-time league MVP, announced in a social media post on Sunday, April 28, 2024 that she's ending her career after 16 seasons. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
Candace Parker takes a new job with Adidas after retiring from a 16-year WNBA career
Candace Parker has a new job as president of women’s basketball at Adidas. The three-time WNBA champion announced her retirement as a player on April 28 after 16 seasons. Adidas says Parker will … more
FILE -- A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new and expanding data centers. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)
Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break
Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax … more
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FILE - The sign for Norwood Hospital, a Steward Health Care hospital, is seen, June 29, 2020, in Norwood, Mass. Steward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing on Monday, May 6, 2024, that it filed for bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)
Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates nationwide
Steward Health Care says it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based company said it does not expect interruptions in … more
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FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to spend on charitable causes. This week, the Internal Revenue Service held a public hearing to discuss plans to regulate DAFs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
The $230 billion donor-advised fund industry gets an IRS hearing
Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to … more
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FILE - Elaine Vallaster reacts to a winning spin while playing an internet slots game on her tablet in Hazlet, N.J. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Internet gambling is currently offered in seven states but has been slow to catch on more widely in the U.S. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
Slow to expand, internet casino gambling is the future of US betting, industry execs say
Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos. Speaking Wednesday … more
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FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The exchange estimates that it has between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion to distribute to them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)
A timeline of the collapse at FTX
FTX, once among the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, said this week that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after its monumental … more
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