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NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks around the world have pushed higher today as markets gain strength following a shaky run the last couple of weeks. Shares of technology companies, retailers and metals miners helped lead the way in the United States. With less nervousness in the market, prices for Treasury bonds, gold and other go-to investments for turbulent times fell.
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The company that built the disputed Dakota Access oil pipeline is suing Greenpeace and other groups, alleging they disseminated false information about the project and interfered with construction. Texas-based Energy Transfer Partners alleges the groups' actions interfered with the company's business, facilitated crimes and acts of terrorism, and violated racketeering and defamation laws. The lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in North Dakota seeks unspecified damages.
DETROIT (AP) — A lawsuit claims that a dangerous, recalled Takata airbag went from a salvage yard to a 19-year-old woman's 2002 Honda Accord. The suit claims that Karina Dorado's trachea was punctured by shrapnel that was sent flying by the faulty Takata airbag inflator. She survived. It's unclear how many recalled Takata inflators are being used in refurbished vehicles. Honda says it's bought 75,000 of them from salvage yards to keep them off the road. Federal officials are investigating the Dorado case.
LONDON (AP) — The British subprime lender Provident Financial saw two-thirds of its market value wiped out today after the company issued another profit warning and revealed that its chief executive quit. Provident Financial's share price closed down a whopping 66 percent, meaning the company isn't even worth 1 billion pounds ($1.29 billion) anymore. Its stock market retreat stands to be one of the largest daily falls in the 33-year history of the FTSE (FOOT'-see) 100 index of leading British shares.
NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Wahlberg has become Hollywood's highest-paid actor. Forbes magazine says that in the past year, the star of "Transformers: The Last Knight" earned an income of $68 million. Wahlberg beat out Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, who earned $65 million. Johnson's "The Fate of the Furious" co-star Vin Diesel comes in next at $54.5 million.
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