Finance

Sports betting giant DraftKings plans to merge with two other firms and go public By PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press December 23, 2019, 7:11 PM 3 min read BOSTON — Sports betting giant DraftKings plans to merge with two other firms and go public, the Boston-based company announced Monday. DraftKings said it will complete its merger […]

California is proposing to restrict auto insurance practices that regulators say benefit those who have more money, more education and are white By DON THOMPSON Associated Press December 24, 2019, 12:22 AM 4 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California is proposing to restrict auto insurance practices that regulators say benefit those who have more money,

SAN FRANCISCO — A new cafe culture is brewing in the San Francisco area, where a growing number of coffee houses are banishing paper to-go cups and replacing them with everything from glass jars to rental mugs and BYO cup policies. What started as a small trend among neighborhood cafes to reduce waste is gaining

BANGKOK — Asian stocks were mixed on Tuesday after stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 shed 10 points to 23,811.93. Shanghai Composite index gained 0.25% to 2,970.19. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng edged 0.2% down to 27,864.10. Seoul’s Kospi dropped 0.5% to 2,193.49 while Sydney’s S&P-ASX

Australia’s drug regulator has fined a pharmaceutical company owned by the billionaire Sackler family over what it dubbed misleading advertising for one of its opioid painkillers By KRISTEN GELINEAU Associated Press December 24, 2019, 1:15 AM 5 min read SYDNEY — Australia’s drug regulator has fined a pharmaceutical company owned by the billionaire Sackler family over

Alaska’s governor says the state may stop working with Goldman Sachs after the bank announced it would not finance future Arctic oil exploration December 24, 2019, 1:32 AM 2 min read ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska’s governor said the state may stop working with Goldman Sachs after the bank announced it would not finance future Arctic

Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Monday, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run December 23, 2019, 10:03 PM 1 min read Stocks closed modestly higher on Wall Street Monday, extending the major indexes’ milestone-shattering run. The S&P 500 index notched its third-consecutive all-time high. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and Nasdaq composite also set

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Boeing and Apache rose; Disney and Hovnanian moved lower December 23, 2019, 9:48 PM 2 min read NEW YORK — Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Boeing Co., up $9.55 to $337.55. The aerospace manufacturer said its CEO has resigned amid ongoing problems

As rents approach the stratosphere, people are leaving some of the most expensive places, Census Bureau data suggests. Cities like Charlotte, N.C. — nicknamed the Queen City — and Boston might just emerge as the winners. Search activity for those two places coming from New York is way up, based on data from the real

Sears says it sold the DieHard car battery brand to Advance Auto Parts for $200 million, as the struggling retailer seeks to raise cash By JOSEPH PISANI AP Retail Writer December 23, 2019, 7:29 PM 1 min read NEW YORK — Sears has sold the DieHard car battery brand as the struggling retailer continues to