NEW YORK (AP) — Avoid all romaine lettuce, but don’t worry about your turkey. With two food poisoning outbreaks making headlines before Thanksgiving, the messages about what’s safe to eat can be hard to keep...
Read MoreThe commissioner of the Esports Integrity Coalition says skill-based betting on battle royale games like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battleground could be vulnerable to cheating. Esports gambling website Unikrn announced...
Read MoreCorporations’ appetite for buying back their own stock has hit a record high. Stock buybacks by companies in the benchmark S&P 500 index climbed to $194.07 billion in the third quarter, according to data from S&P...
Read MoreJUBA, South Sudan (AP) — South Sudan is making its first big foreign investment pitch since declaring an end to civil war, but the oil-rich nation faces hesitation from some companies that want to make sure the fragile new peace...
Read MoreLAS VEGAS (AP) — Regulations and paperwork are driving up costs for financial institutions serving marijuana companies doing business in states with legal pot sales, a cannabis banker told a conference in Las Vegas. Sundie...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — A nearly silent, drone-sized aircraft has shown it can fly, thanks to a scientist who was inspired by watching “Star Trek” as a child. With neither propellers nor jets, the airplane gets its thrust by...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Toys R Us and Bon-Ton may be gone but they haven’t been forgotten. Companies like Target and online mattress company Casper are creating playbooks to pick up market share that those and other defunct or...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Facebook has appealed its 500,000-pound ($644,000) fine for failing to protect the privacy of its users in the Cambridge Analytica scandal, arguing that U.K regulators failed to prove that British users were...
Read MoreLong-term U.S. mortgage rates slid this week but are still much higher than they were a year ago, according to mortgage giant Freddie Mac. This week Last week Year ago 30-year fixed 4.81 percent 4.94 percent 3.92 percent 15-year...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. long-term mortgage rates recorded the biggest drop in nearly four years this week, but remain much higher than they were a year ago. Mortgage giant Freddie Mac says the average rate on the benchmark...
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