Consumer products multinational Unilever's turnover rose 2% in 2019 to 52 billion euros ($57.3 billion), the company said Thursday as it also announced a major review of its tea division....
January 30, 2020
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has invested $55.3 million in four high-speed broadband projects that will benefit rural residents of Kentucky and Tennessee. Deputy Under Secretary for Rural Development Donald...
January 30, 2020
Germany's jobless rate climbed above 5% in January, pushed higher largely by seasonal factors while also reflecting slower growth in Europe's biggest economy, official data showed Thursday. The unadjusted unemployment...
January 30, 2020
Swedish low-cost fashion brand Hennes & Mauritz AB says its net sales have increased by 11% to 232.7 billion kronor ($24.2 billion) last year “in an ever-changing fashion industry.” The...
January 30, 2020
A West Virginia pharmacist has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for illegally distributing oxycodone and filing a false tax return. Scott D. Tingler, 41, was sentenced Wednesday...
January 30, 2020
The border was drawn in 1921, splitting communities and sometimes property, as the British government sought to create a home for the majority Protestant population of Northern Ireland at a...
January 30, 2020
Losses from the closures of Libya's major oil fields and production facilities have continued to increase, surpassing $560 million for a 10-day period, the country's national oil company said. The...
January 30, 2020
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is in London on the cusp of Britain's departure from the European Union for talks focused on a post-Brexit free trade deal and the...
January 30, 2020
An amusement park in Kentucky has begun looking for seasonal help. Kentucky Kingdom just opened its application process, news outlets reported Thursday. The park said it is looking to fill...
January 30, 2020
An American husband and wife have now both died from injuries suffered in a New Zealand volcanic eruption, authorities said Thursday, leaving behind twin 6-year-old girls and an 11-year-old boy....
January 30, 2020
For many Britons living in towns and villages across Europe, the stroke of midnight Friday will mean losing the right to vote and run for office, with Brexit acting as...
January 30, 2020
If you can make smartphone apps, Chinese tech giant Huawei wants you. The No. 2 global smartphone brand is struggling to hold onto its market after Washington accused Huawei of...
January 30, 2020
Among Chicago's many notable histories, one narrative in particular stems from real estate. Issues like redlining (the practice of systematizing discrimination based on where one lives), housing projects and segregation...
January 30, 2020
Medical professionals have been storing personal health information in electronic form for more than a decade, but it is cumbersome for patients to gather disparate computer and paper records scattered...
January 30, 2020
Hailing from Chicago's western suburbs, Naul Valdez, 30, and his fiancee, Lily Flores, 30, started their house hunting last year looking for a single-family home with a backyard and a...
January 30, 2020
NBA NEW YORK (AP) — Vanessa Bryant spoke publicly Wednesday for the first time since the helicopter crash that killed her husband Kobe Bryant, one of their daughters and seven...
January 30, 2020
Leaders of Germany's governing coalition agreed Thursday to provide 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) over four years to help farmers as they adapt to new environmental regulations. The decision to...
January 30, 2020
Lawmakers from Maine are helping lead a charge for an increase of a cap on work visas this year. Independent Sen. Angus King and Democratic Rep. Chellie Pingree said Tuesday...
January 30, 2020
Germany's Deutsche Bank said Thursday that its net loss widened in the fourth quarter as a result of charges related to a sweeping restructuring program. Germany's biggest bank reported a...
January 30, 2020
A 25-story West Los Angeles apartment tower that caught fire, forcing firefighters to pluck stranded people from the rooftop and a ledge, had no sprinklers even though the same building...
January 30, 2020
After a day of intense testimony at Harvey Weinstein's rape trial, prosecutors are expected to shift gears Thursday with a slate of ancillary witnesses. Two aspiring actresses testified Wednesday that...
January 30, 2020
An arrest warrant was issued Thursday for Nissan's former chairman Carlos Ghosn, who skipped bail while awaiting trial in Japan, and is now in Lebanon. There is little chance for...
January 30, 2020
Shares tumbled in Asia on Thursday as concern over the impact of the virus outbreak in China deepened. Taiwan's benchmark dived 5.8% as its market reopened after the Lunar New...
January 30, 2020
A federal jury on Wednesday decided that Apple Inc. and Broadcom Inc. must pay $1.1 billion to the California Institute of Technology for infringing on patents. Apple was on the...
January 30, 2020
President Donald Trump had plenty to talk about during his latest big campaign rally, regaling a friendly crowd in New Jersey with his thoughts about impeachment, the economy, the border...
January 30, 2020
German automaker Volkswagen has kept its lead as the world's largest automaker after Japanese rival Toyota announced it sold fewer vehicles last year. Toyota Motor Corp. said Thursday it sold...
January 30, 2020
Most U.S. universities made money on their financial investments last year, but their returns were tempered by a global economic slowdown fueled by America's trade war with China, according to...
January 30, 2020
A New Mexico man charged with rape after authorities checked DNA evidence against a genealogy website has been ordered held pending trial. State District Court Judge Cindy Leos ruled Wednesday...
January 30, 2020
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft say they won't change their service at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport until Arizona's highest court rules on proposed fee increases that prompted threats to...
January 30, 2020
New Mexico legislators could receive state salaries for the first time as the result of a newly proposed constitutional amendment. A panel of legislators led by state Democratic Sen. Linda...
January 30, 2020
Shares tumbled in Asia on Thursday as concern over the impact of the virus outbreak in China deepened. Taiwan's benchmark dived 5.3% as its market reopened after the Lunar New...
January 30, 2020
A referendum question on a tax overhaul package in the Utah Legislature will not be put to voters in November because state lawmakers have removed reforms that prompted opposition. The...
January 30, 2020
Samsung Electronics Co. said Thursday its operating profit for the last quarter fell 33.7% from a year earlier but it predicted earnings will improve in 2020, driven by a gradually...
January 30, 2020
One worker was killed and three others were injured Wednesday during the blowout of a Central Texas oil well. All four were contractors working at a Chesapeake Energy well site...
January 30, 2020
Delaware's Supreme Court has overturned a judge's ruling that an insurance company must extend liability coverage to a teenager who was convicted of criminally negligent homicide after a school bathroom...
January 30, 2020
California lawmakers have failed to pass the most ambitious proposal yet to combat a growing housing crisis in the nation's most populous state, voting down legislation Wednesday that would have...
January 30, 2020
Details from Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's second annual State of the State address: ROADS She announced a plan to borrow $3.5 billion to rebuild state roads and bridges over five...
January 30, 2020
Bickering over Major League Baseball's proposal to cut 42 farm teams escalated Wednesday with the exchange of acrimonious letters by the commissioner's office and the governing body of the minor...
January 30, 2020
Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren joined former Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday in a presidential campaign pledge to avoid the use of fake news, manipulated images or online misinformation. The...
January 30, 2020
At last during the impeachment trial, they got to do what comes naturally in their native habitat: speak on the Senate floor. But when senators engaged in a bit of...
