The generic drugmaker Mallinckrodt has a tentative $1.6 billion deal to settle lawsuits over its role in the U.S. opioid crisis, it announced Tuesday. The company said that it had...
February 25, 2020
A research report has predicted Hawaii may be hit by the economic fallout of a new virus,,negatively affecting the tourism industry. The University of Hawaii Economic Research Organization said the...
February 25, 2020
Saudi Arabia's monarch Tuesday appointed as the country's new minister of investment a prominent figure in the kingdom who previously served as energy minister and board chairman of Saudi oil...
February 25, 2020
Stocks opened slightly higher on Wall Street as the market claws back some of the ground it lost in a dramatic sell-off a day earlier. Home Depot and Macy's rose...
February 25, 2020
Since recreational use became legal in Alaska, marijuana businesses have joined other state industries such as oil and fishing in working to influence how their sector is regulated. Marijuana businesses...
February 25, 2020
A U.S. military airstrike has killed a worker for a telecom company in Somalia, officials in the country said Tuesday. Mohamud Haji Sirad, 55, a local manager of Hormuud, Somalia's...
February 25, 2020
Ford is recalling more than 217,000 pickup trucks mainly in North America to fix a problem with the daytime running lights. The recall covers certain F-150 trucks with LED headlights...
February 25, 2020
The Kansas City Star, Feb. 23 Is it fair that Kansans who work on the Missouri side of Kansas City pay a 1% earnings tax there — but it doesn't...
February 25, 2020
The Jefferson City News-Tribune, Feb. 23 Lincoln University's police chief is right: We don't need guns on college campuses. Gary Hill, LU's police chief, testified last week to a Senate...
February 25, 2020
U.S. home prices rose at a faster pace in December as mortgage rates remained low and a falling supply of available properties set off bidding wars between buyers. The S&P...
February 25, 2020
Thomson Reuters says Steve Hasker will become its new CEO, succeeding Jim Smith. The company also announced Tuesday that Mike Eastwood, senior vice president and head of corporate finance, will...
February 25, 2020
Amazon is aiming to kill the supermarket checkout line. The online retailing giant is opening its first cashier-less supermarket, the latest sign that Amazon is serious about shaking up the...
February 25, 2020
The drugmaker Moderna has shipped a potential coronavirus vaccine for humans to government researchers for testing. Shares of the biotech company soared early Tuesday, a day after the company said...
February 25, 2020
The governing body of British cycling will lose its main sponsor after the Tokyo Olympics, potentially harming the long-term strength of the country's top-performing sport at recent games. HSBC has...
February 25, 2020
Here are the biggest five residential sales in Miami-Dade for the week of Feb. 16-22. The data was compiled by Condo.com and does not include off-market or new construction pre-sales....
February 25, 2020
The owner of four Pittsburgh area grocery stores has admitted pocketing hundreds of thousands of dollars by claiming customers used coupons he had employees take out of unsold newspapers. Michael...
February 25, 2020
Mastercard is naming an insider as its new CEO. Michael Miebach, who is currently the company's chief product officer, will takeover for CEO Ajay Banga to start 2021. Banja will...
February 25, 2020
American Airlines and Qatar Airways said Tuesday they will put aside past hostilities and revive a partnership selling seats on some of each other's flights and splitting the revenue. American...
February 25, 2020
The benefits of gentrification, the process of repairing and rebuilding deteriorated neighborhoods, are often lost in the misunderstandings and negative connotations surrounding the term. Gentrification is good. The opposite of...
February 25, 2020
Just one day after the Blue Lagoon office district announced a $10 million makeover, a new apartment building in the area is ready for tenants. Soleste Blue Lagoon, an eight-story,...
February 25, 2020
Macy's is reporting stronger-than-expected sales and profits for the fourth quarter. Shares are up 3% before the opening bell Tuesday. The quarterly report comes three weeks after the department store...
February 25, 2020
Jacksonville roofer Travis Slaughter earned a federal contempt of court order by not paying $2.2 million in OSHA fines. The federal agency has hit another Slaughter business with $1,007,717 in...
February 25, 2020
There is only one Grand Hyatt hotel in Florida. The second one is planned for South Beach — and it comes with a “sky bridge.” The 800-room luxury hotel planned...
February 25, 2020
Read almost any article about millennials and you'll come away with the distinct impression that this generation is royally screwing up. That they're suffocated by student debt. That they spend...
February 25, 2020
Home Depot reported a better-than-expected fourth quarter with strong comparable-store sales. The home improvement retailer also boosted its quarterly dividend by 10%. Shares rose 2% in premarket trading Tuesday. For...
February 25, 2020
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the urgent $2.5 billion plan for coronavirus he sent to lawmakers will prepare the nation in case of an outbreak in the U.S. and...
February 25, 2020
More than three dozen Nebraska State Patrol troopers joined prison personnel in searching for contraband in the wake of assaults on two staffers at the Nebraska State Penitentiary in Lincoln....
February 25, 2020
Financial losses over a protracted blockade of Libya's vital oil fields and ports have rapidly swelled, surpassing $2 billion on Tuesday, the country's National Oil Corporation said. Oil supplies have...
February 25, 2020
New violence erupted in the Indian capital on Tuesday, a day after at least seven people, including a police officer, were killed and more than 100 others were reportedly injured...
February 25, 2020
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he's optimistic about the prospects of inking a trade deal with India despite moves by both sides that created doubt about the ability to reach...
February 25, 2020
Three Rhode Island group homes have been put on probation and two others have closed following a scathing report detailing how the homes' operator was treating troubled youths in its...
February 25, 2020
New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy is set to unveil his third state budget on Tuesday. The first-term governor will present the fiscal year 2021 spending plan before a joint...
February 25, 2020
India feels the sideshow of violence in the capital, even as the United States president Donald Trump wraps up his two-day visit on Tuesday, is nothing but an 'orchestrated' tragedy....
February 25, 2020
Factories that make the world's smartphones, toys and other goods are struggling to reopen after a virus outbreak idled China's economy. But even with the ruling Communist Party promising help,...
February 25, 2020
A measure in Maryland to redevelop Pimlico Race Course to keep the second leg of horse racing's Triple Crown in Baltimore is scheduled for a hearing before state lawmakers. The...
February 25, 2020
Japanese carrier ANA is ordering 20 Boeing 787 Dreamliner jets, bringing its fleet of the planes to 103 by 2025. The latest order will consist of 11 787-10 aircraft, set...
February 25, 2020
European Union ministers are set to approve a tough mandate for its negotiations with the United Kingdom on a free trade deal in the wake of Britain's departure last month...
February 25, 2020
The Latest on President Donald Trump's visit to India (all times local): 1:45 p.m. President Donald Trump is calling his trip to India “unforgettable,” “extraordinary” and an expression of “love”...
February 25, 2020
Jelly shoes. JNCO jeans. Juicy Couture tracksuits. Ugg boots. Over the decades, any number of fashion pieces have enjoyed their moment as an "it" item. Now we're in the era...
February 25, 2020
Last winter, James Mark was a 2018 James Beard Award finalist. A few months later, both GQ and Bon Appetit ranked Big King, his newest Rhode Island restaurant, as one...
