OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The price of a private lunch with investor Warren Buffett has already topped $3.5 million and the weeklong auction is just getting started. The online auction that raises money for a California homeless...
Read MoreBOURG-EN-BRESSE, France (AP) — Across France, activists have been taking down official portraits of President Emmanuel Macron to protest what they consider his “inaction” against climate change. Now they face up to...
Read MoreNORMAN, Okla. (AP) — The nation’s first state trial against drugmakers blamed for contributing to the opioid crisis is underway in Oklahoma. Opening arguments started Tuesday with Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter...
Read MoreBERLIN (AP) — The International Energy Agency says the premature closure of nuclear power plants and failure to build new ones could make it harder to meet global targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. The Paris-based...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher on Wall Street Tuesday, picking up where they left off before the long holiday weekend. Technology stocks led the early gains. Microsoft rose 1.3% and Cisco rose 1.8%. A mix of...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — American consumers felt more confident this month, shrugging off a rocky stock market and heightened trade tensions between the United States and China. The Conference Board, a business research group, says its...
Read MoreWASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. home prices rose at the slowest pace in more than six years in March, a sign weaker sales are keeping a lid on price increases. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller 20-city home price index rose 2.7% from a...
Read MoreMEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities have frozen the bank accounts of Emilio Lozoya, the former head of Mexico’s state-owned oil company. The Financial Intelligence Unit said Monday that “there were various...
Read MoreMacKenzie Bezos is pledging half her fortune to charity, following in the footsteps of billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill Gates. The ex-wife of Amazon founder and CEO Jeff Bezos finalized her divorce in April and reportedly...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — Global Payments is buying Total System Services in an all-stock deal valued at $21.5 billion, the third major acquisition in the payment processing sector this year. TSYS shareholders will receive 0.8101 Global...
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