The corporate owner of a New Orleans horse racing track appeared before Louisiana's Racing Commission on Monday to address a surge in horse deaths there. Mike Ziegler, executive director of...
January 28, 2020
After more than a year and $100 million upgrading restaurants, guest rooms, the casino floor and more, The Strat in Las Vegas is nearing the end of its renovation project....
January 28, 2020
The amount of cargo moving through Georgia's seaports reached record levels in the past year, in part because of continued growth fueled by larger ships traversing the expanded Panama Canal,...
January 28, 2020
The independent consultant hired to study the proposed no-bid, 20-year extension of International Game Technology's contract to run gambling operations in Rhode Island is questioning the length of the contract,...
January 28, 2020
Grain futures were higher Tuesday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Mar. delivery advanced 8.20 cents at $5.7040 a bushel; Mar. corn rose 5.40 cents...
January 28, 2020
Dozens of customers are fighting back against a proposed rate increase for a water and sewer utility in South Carolina. Two public hearings are being held this week to discuss...
January 28, 2020
President Donald Trump has nominated a former Tennessee House speaker to serve on the board of directors of the nation's largest public utility. In a news release Tuesday, Republican U.S....
January 28, 2020
A Florida judge freed NFL free agent Antonio Brown from house arrest Tuesday, allowing him to travel freely as he awaits trial on charges that he attacked the driver of...
January 28, 2020
U.S. consumer confidence showed a strong gain in January, bolstered by continued strength in the job market. The Conference Board said Tuesday that its consumer confidence index rose to a...
January 28, 2020
Lucky's Market says it's in negotiations to sell 11 of its stores to Aldi and Publix — and most are reportedly in Florida. Aldi, a German discount grocery chain, and...
January 28, 2020
As the British MEPs head back to London from Brussels for the final time on Friday, they leave behind not just a fractured European Union still tortured over Brexit, but...
January 28, 2020
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum is expected to highlight progress in the past year and remaining challenges in his State of the State address. Burgum will give his speech Wednesday...
January 28, 2020
A South African billionaire businessman has apologized for telling U.S. President Donald Trump that "Africa loves you" during the World Economic Forum in Davos last week. A video of Patrice...
January 28, 2020
Stocks are opening broadly higher on Wall Street a day after the S&P 500 had its biggest drop since early October. Technology companies were putting up some of the biggest...
January 28, 2020
After nearly 11 months in orbit, the astronaut holding the record for the longest spaceflight by a woman can't wait to dig into some salsa and chips, and swim and...
January 28, 2020
U.S. home prices rose at a faster pace in November than the previous month as lower mortgage rates and a sharp drop in available properties have pushed would-be buyers to...
January 28, 2020
The Delaware City Refining Company will pay $70,000 in a settlement involving months of air pollution violations, state officials said. The settlement announced Monday would resolve the refinery's air pollution-related...
January 28, 2020
Orders to U.S. factories for big-ticket manufactured goods rose in December as a big jump in demand for military aircraft offset a sharp decline in commercial aircraft. A key category...
January 28, 2020
A panel of immigration experts says Britain should lower the salary threshold for immigrants after Brexit and urged the government to quickly set up new migration rules once the U.K....
January 28, 2020
A Connecticut businessman who cheated hundreds of his employees out of more than $3.3 million through phony administrators' fees on their pension plans has been sentenced to 20 months in...
January 28, 2020
Plans for a new psychiatric hospital in Greenville are on hold. Executives of Prisma Health-Upstate said last year that the $34.7 million hospital was set to open in the winter...
January 28, 2020
Auto parts supplier BorgWarner is acquiring Delphi Technologies in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $3.3 billion, partly to help strengthen its power electronics products. Delphi Technologies PLC shareholders will...
January 28, 2020
Drugmaker Pfizer reported a $306 million loss in its fourth quarter after it shifted its consumer health business into a joint venture last year. The company narrowly missed Wall Street's...
January 28, 2020
Anxious, angry, abandoned. Brexit elicits strong emotions, and as Britain's departure from the European Union approaches, more than 3 million U.K. residents who are citizens of EU countries are feeling...
January 28, 2020
At least six former Shopko locations across Iowa will reopen as Hy-Vee Dollar Fresh stores, officials said. Hy-Vee announced purchase agreements Monday for Shopko buildings in Cresco, Dyersville, Hampton, Oelwein,...
January 28, 2020
Even just talk of a possible recession can trigger anxiety for anyone who associates it with the major economic downturn of a dozen years ago. But history doesn't always repeat...
January 28, 2020
Melanie Musson in Belgrade, Montana, does a lot of driving with her four girls. Juggling a broad age range, 1 to 9, she's forever searching for ways to keep them...
January 28, 2020
Greece has launched an auction for a 15-year bond, aimed at taking advantage of low interest rates and a recent sovereign credit rating upgrade. The Public Debt Management Agency is...
January 28, 2020
Drugmaker Pfizer reported a $306 million loss in its fourth quarter after it shifted its consumer health business into a joint venture last year. The company narrowly Wall Street's profit...
January 28, 2020
The Sunny Isles project Residences by Armani/Casa is debt free. And that, say developers, is likely to encourage more sales. The developers Bal Harbour-based Related Group and Sunny Isles-based Dezer...
January 28, 2020
For home-buyers seeking single-family homes, South Florida remained a sellers' market in December, as the inventory of single-family homes continued to tighten in both Miami-Dade and Broward. But when it...
January 28, 2020
A French climate alliance of charity groups and local authorities launched an unprecedented legal action Tuesday against Total, hoping to make the French energy company drastically reduce its greenhouse gas...
January 28, 2020
An Orlando gun store and shooting range will pay $30,000 to an employee it fired after he reported $8,500 worth of workplace safety violations. This U.S. Department of Labor announced...
January 28, 2020
Britain officially leaves the European Union on Friday after a debilitating political period that has bitterly divided the nation since the 2016 Brexit referendum. Difficult negotiations setting out the new...
January 28, 2020
Two animal groups plan to help a southwestern Alaska village clear out all its stray dogs, officials said. Bethel Friends of Canines and Alaskan Animal Rescue Friends hope to catch...
January 28, 2020
A federal agency has proposed designating habitat areas for two protected crayfish species in the coalfields of Kentucky, Virginia and West Virginia. The proposal announced in a statement Monday by...
January 28, 2020
Britain's National Security Council is poised to decide whether to allow Chinese tech giant Huawei to build aspects of its new high speed mobile network, a pivotal decision with implications...
January 28, 2020
Last Wednesday evening, top officials in the central Chinese city of Wuhan settled into their seats at an auditorium for a Lunar New Year gala — even as a new...
January 28, 2020
An 8,300-foot-long levee is coming to the flood-prone city of Milton under an agreement between West Virginia officials and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers signed Monday. The structure will...
January 28, 2020
The Kentucky House voted unanimously to approve $2.5 million for design and preliminary work for a veterans nursing home in Bowling Green. The funding would be in addition to the...
