Finance

Mississippi residents don’t have to leave the state to buy lottery tickets anymore By ROGELIO SOLIS and REBECCA SANTANA Associated Press November 25, 2019, 8:29 PM 4 min read People across Mississippi got into the scratch-off fever Monday as lottery tickets went on sale for the first time in the state. For decades Mississippi was […]

With a little over 1 month to go in 2019, small business owners should think about purchases or investments that make good business sense and will give them a break on taxes By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer November 25, 2019, 5:57 PM 4 min read With a little over one month to go

French luxury group LVMH has agreed to buy New York jeweler Tiffany & Co. for $16.2 billion, adding a famed star to its portfolio that already boasts Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Bulgari. LVMH said in a statement Monday it will take over the 182-year old Tiffany and its 300 boutiques worldwide at $135 a

With the echo of African drums, Fairfield Avenue comes alive. Men, women and children, drawn to their front porches by the pulsing beat, witness an impromptu parade led by 60-year-old Hasan Smith. A long line of well-wishers follows him to the home that he helped rebuild — the first home he has ever owned. “Hello,

Charles Schwab buys rival TD Ameritrade in an approximately $26 billion all-stock deal, a blockbuster deal accelerated by disruption in the online brokerage industry By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer November 25, 2019, 12:24 PM 3 min read Charles Schwab is buying rival TD Ameritrade in a $26 billion stock swap, a blockbuster agreement accelerated

London’s transit operator says it is not renewing Uber’s license to operate in the British capital November 25, 2019, 10:19 AM 1 min read London’s transit authority says it is not renewing Uber’s license to operate in the British capital. Transport for London cited “several breaches that placed passengers and their safety at risk.” The

China’s leaders have issued new, tougher guidelines for protection of patents, copyrights and other intellectual property November 25, 2019, 7:29 AM 1 min read China’s leaders have issued new, tougher guidelines for protection of patents, copyrights and other intellectual property. The rules announced late Sunday appear timed to help along halting progress in trade talks

Trees toppling onto above-ground power lines spark wildfires, more than 1,000 of them in the last decade in California alone. The wires snap in blizzards and hurricanes, causing dayslong outages. Everywhere, power poles topple in all kinds of disasters, blocking escape routes. Around the U.S., dealing with the vulnerability of overhead power lines — one

Asian shares are mostly higher amid some optimism that the U.S. and China may edging closer to a trade deal By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer November 25, 2019, 2:31 AM 3 min read Asian shares were mostly higher Monday amid some optimism that the U.S. and China may edging closer to a trade deal.

The next time you get sick, your care may involve a form of the technology people use to navigate road trips or pick the right vacuum cleaner online. Artificial intelligence is spreading into health care, often as software or a computer program capable of learning from large amounts of data and making predictions to guide