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NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. antitrust regulators have cleared T-Mobile’s $26.5 billion takeover of rival Sprint, leaving just three major cellphone companies, while creating a smaller competitor in satellite-TV company Dish....

CRANSTON, R.I. (AP) — The jewelry maker Alex and Ani, which once had a publicly cozy relationship with Bank of America, is now suing the institution for $1.2 billion, arguing that gender bias and greed have led it into a...

U.S. stocks pushed to record heights Friday following strong profit reports from Google’s parent company, Twitter and other big corporations. Companies are nearly midway through earnings reporting season, and results have...

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Friday: Alphabet Inc., up $109.28 to $1,245.22. The parent company of Google bounced back from a rough first quarter and blew past analysts’ profit...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A U.S. Environmental Protection Agency official says a Montana area emitting toxic vapors is a candidate to become a federal Superfund site. The Billings Gazette reports contaminants from old dry cleaning...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Black rag dolls meant to be abused have been pulled from three stores in New Jersey after customers and a state lawmaker said they were offensive. The “Feel Better Doll” featured instructions to...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Rhode Island has enacted a student loan bill of rights to protect borrowers from deceptive lending practices. The law took effect with the governor’s signature last week. Treasurer Seth Magaziner...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s foreign minister plunged immediately into the divisive question of Venezuela on Friday as he launched a meeting of senior officials preparing for a BRICS nation summit, urging his...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Elizabeth Warren became a household name thanks to her prescient warning of what became a global financial crisis. Now she’s staking her credentials on another forecast of fiscal trauma ahead. But even...