JERUSALEM (AP) — Beverage giant PepsiCo has bought Israel’s fizzy drink maker SodaStream for $3.2 billion. PepsiCo said on Monday it’s acquiring all SodaStream’s outstanding shares at $144 per share, a 32...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The bull market in stocks is poised this week to break the record as the longest in the history of U.S. trading. If the market doesn’t drop significantly in the three days through Wednesday, the bull market...
Read MoreATHENS, Greece (AP) — There’ll be no dizzy dancing in the moonlit streets of Athens. For all the official pronouncements that Greece’s eight-year crisis will be over as its third and last bailout program ends Monday,...
Read MoreATHENS, Greece (AP) — The Latest on Greece’s exit from its bailout program (all times local): 12:05 p.m. The European Union is welcoming Monday’s end to Greece’s bailout program and says it hopes it is the...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — Fishermen off the Alaskan coast. A Florida maker of boat trailers. A building materials distributor in Tennessee. Those and hundreds of other American businesses are delivering the same plea to President Donald...
Read MoreTOKYO (AP) — Asian stocks are mostly higher Monday as investors welcomed signs of progress in resolving the trade dispute between the U.S. and China. The Wall Street Journal reported the countries hope to have a resolution by...
Read MoreConcerned that expanded sports gambling will bring additional costs for ensuring their games are on the up-and-up, college athletic departments are looking for a way to get a piece of the action. A U.S. Supreme Court decision in...
Read MoreRALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republicans have infuriated liberal activists by slashing income-tax rates, defending illegally gerrymandered districts and passing a now-partially repealed “bathroom bill” aimed...
Read MoreBEIJING (AP) — Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad says he hopes China will sympathize with his country’s fiscal problems as he meets with Chinese leaders after suspending multibillion-dollar Beijing-backed projects...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. business economists are concerned about the risks of some of President Donald Trump’s economic policies, saying they fear his tariffs and higher budget deficits could eventually slow the economy....
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