Finance

Shares are mostly higher in quiet Asian trading as China closes down for its week-long Lunar New Year festival By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 24, 2020, 7:31 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival […]

Shares are mostly higher in quiet Asian trading as China closes down for its week-long Lunar New Year festival By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer January 24, 2020, 5:08 AM 4 min read BANGKOK — Shares were mostly higher in quiet trading on Friday in Asia as China began a week-long Lunar New Year festival

Marijuana shops in Alaska will be among the first nationally where onsite use would be permitted By BECKY BOHRER Associated Press January 24, 2020, 4:53 AM 2 min read JUNEAU, Alaska — Marijuana shops in Alaska will be among the first nationally where onsite use would be permitted. Alaska’s legal marijuana industry hit the milestone

A bill in the California Legislature would require electric companies to reimburse customers when the utilities turn off power to prevent wildfires By ADAM BEAM Associated Press January 24, 2020, 1:19 AM 4 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Californians left in the dark by electric companies that shut off their power to prevent wildfires could

Harry Potter and Hulk: Welcome your new neighbors, Mario and Pokemon By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press January 23, 2020, 11:11 PM 2 min read ORLANDO, Fla. — Harry Potter and Hulk: Welcome your new neighbors, Mario and Pokemon. A fourth park at Universal Orlando is being created based on characters from Nintendo, the park’s owners

New York City lawmakers have voted to require stores and restaurants to take cash as payment By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press January 23, 2020, 10:34 PM 3 min read NEW YORK — New York City lawmakers voted Thursday to require stores and restaurants to accept cash for payment, saying businesses that accept only credit and

U.N. human rights experts are asking Washington to investigate a suspected Saudi hack that may have siphoned data from the personal smartphone of Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and owner of The Washington Post By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer January 23, 2020, 8:27 PM 5 min read BOSTON — U.N. human rights experts are asking

Union Pacific’s fourth-quarter profit fell 10% as the railroad hauled 11% less freight, but the recent U.S.-China trade deal is helping boost the outlook for the year By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer January 23, 2020, 5:42 PM 3 min read OMAHA, Neb. — Union Pacific’s fourth-quarter profit fell 10% as the railroad hauled 11%

Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill has become law, removing the last U.K. obstacle to the country leaving the European Union in just over a week By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press January 23, 2020, 4:12 PM 4 min read LONDON — Britain’s delayed and disputed Brexit bill became law on Thursday, removing the last U.K.

The European Central Bank is launching a review of how it steers the eurozone economy By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press January 23, 2020, 1:48 PM 4 min read FRANKFURT, Germany — The European Central Bank has decided to launch a top-to-bottom review of how it steers the economy for 342 million people in the 19