Business
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Can an American pope apply U.S.-style fundraising to fix Vatican finances?
As a bishop in Peru, Robert Prevost was often on the lookout for used cars that he could buy cheap and fix up himself for use in parishes around...
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Jack Daniel’s maker reveals surprising reason why Americans are drinking less whiskey
Brown-Forman provided a gloomy forecast for the coming year.
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Southern California air regulators reject rules to phase out gas furnaces and water heaters
Air quality regulators in Southern California voted 7 to 5 to reject rules that would have curbed harmful emissions from gas-powered furnaces and...
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Trump orders federal government to help bulk up U.S. drone industry
President Trump has ordered the federal government to invest in and streamline the U.S. domestic drone industry, which has struggled to compete...
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U.S., China set to meet on trade in London, Trump says
President Trump says his top trade negotiators will meet with their Chinese counterparts on Monday in London to discuss the next steps in settling...
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Met singers' union gets 5% increase partly funded by $5M appropriation from New York state
The Metropolitan Opera and the union for its soloists and chorus announced a one-year agreement Friday on a contract.
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A British TV art expert who sold works to a suspected Hezbollah financier is sentenced to prison
An art expert who appeared on the BBC's Bargain Hunt show was sentenced Friday to two and a half years in prison for failing to report his sale of...
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Government moves to drop Sheetz race case after Trump halts use of key civil rights tool
Federal authorities moved Friday to drop a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Sheetz convenience store chain, part of a broader effort by...
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Planet-warming emissions dropped when companies had to report them. EPA wants to end that
On the ceiling of Abbie Brockman's middle school English classroom in Perry County, the fluorescent lights are covered with images of a bright blue...
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Billion-dollar battery plant pauses construction amid electric vehicle and tariff uncertainty
A Japanese company has halted construction on a $1.6 billion factory in South Carolina to help make batteries for electric BMWs, citing "policy and...
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Walmart's army of bakery decorators take the cake when it comes to hourly store pay
Inside a Walmart store in New Jersey, a worker puts the finishing touches on a cake with an edible ink Sponge Bob on top. A colleague creates a...
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Lambda Legal, a nonprofit supporting LGBTQ+ rights, exceeded fundraising goal by $105M
The nonprofit legal aid group Lambda Legal, which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights, has raised $285 million at a time when attacks on the rights of gay,...