NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks opened higher Friday after several companies reported solid earnings and upbeat forecasts. Technology companies and consumer-focused companies were leading the gains. Optimism over economic growth is...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 3:30 p.m. France’s government has held a meeting with about 60 representatives of French businesses to detail a readiness plan as the risk of a no-deal Brexit is...
Read MoreNEW YORK (AP) — The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m. Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street after several companies released solid earnings and forecasts. Starbucks rose 2.5...
Read MoreLONDON (AP) — Japanese brewer Asahi is buying the beer business of Britain’s Fuller Smith & Turner’s for 250 million pounds ($327 million), in a deal that includes its flagship London Pride. The deal announced...
Read MoreDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — The Latest on the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland (all times local): 2:00 p.m. Aging populations threaten to slow economic growth in the world’s advanced economies and destabilize the...
Read MoreDAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — World Bank chief Kristalina Georgieva urged the global elites to take a simple step to understand the urgency of combating climate change: “Get the picture of your children, your grandchildren in...
Read MoreTHE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — An environmental research institute says that the Netherlands is not doing enough to cut greenhouse gas emissions to levels ordered in a landmark court ruling. The Dutch Environmental Assessment...
Read MoreCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The Latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local): 7:50 a.m. Germany says it favors recognizing Venezuela’s opposition leader as the country’s interim president unless there...
Read MoreCARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Backed by Venezuela’s military, President Nicolas Maduro went on the offensive against an opposition leader who declared himself interim president and his U.S. supporters, setting up a potentially...
Read MoreBOSTON (AP) — Drug company executives weren’t satisfied with sales for their powerful painkiller, so they devised a plan, prosecutors say: Offer cash to doctors in exchange for prescriptions. Soon, the highly addictive...
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