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Markets Right Now: Stocks trading higher on Wall Street
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:49am
The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local):
New York developer's 600-foot tower plan meets resistance
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:39am
A New York developer has unveiled his design for what would be the tallest building in Rhode Island, but he still faces strong opposition from Providence community groups.
Iraq awards UAE, China rights to develop oil in northeast
Sinan Salaheddin, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:37am
A United Arab Emirates energy company and two Chinese firms emerged Thursday as the only winners in Iraq's rushed bidding round for nearly a dozen hydrocarbon-rich areas.
Facebook leads technology stock rally as US indexes climb
Marley Jay, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:35am
U.S. stocks are rising Thursday as Facebook leads a big rally for technology companies. The social media platform jumped after its recent data privacy scandal didn't appear to affect business in the first quarter. Other big technology companies also moved higher, as did retailers. Chipotle Mexican Grill, Ford and Visa also rose after they gave strong first-quarter reports.
The state that wants to spend more, not less, on prison food
Susan Haigh, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:35am
Dropped onto Connecticut inmates' food trays in recent days was a concoction called chilitos, consisting of a cup of meatless chili mix, one slice of cheese, brown rice, refried beans and two tortillas, along with a half-cup of pudding and an 8-ounce drink.
US durable goods orders up 2.6 percent in March
Martin Crutsinger, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:24am
Orders for long-lasting manufactured goods rose 2.6 percent in March, but a key category that tracks business investment spending fell for the third month out of the past four.
EPA chief faces Capitol Hill grilling over ethical missteps
Michael Biesecker and Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:23am
Lawmakers assailed Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Thursday for the ethics and spending scandals that have prompted bipartisan calls for his ouster. On the defensive, the EPA chief blamed "half truths" and "twisted" allegations, an effort to undermine the Trump administration's anti-regulatory agenda.
AP FACT CHECK: Romney didn't illegally gather voter info as Dem opponent claimed
Brady McCombs, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:22am
Republican Mitt Romney's likely Democratic opponent in the Utah Senate race has accused the former presidential candidate of improperly gathering voter information, the latest attack from challengers who aren't letting him just cruise to victory.
European Central Bank still confident despite slower growth
David McHugh, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 9:03am
The head of the European Central Bank says recent signs of weakening economic growth are grounds for caution but not worrisome enough yet to consider changing the bank's stimulus and interest rate policy.
The Latest: 70 countries commit to combat terror financing
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:59am
The Latest on the Paris conference on combating terror financing (all times local):
UK parliamentary committee grills Facebook executive
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:51am
The U.K. parliament's media committee has criticized Facebook's response to allegations that data from millions of accounts was misused during elections in the United States and Britain as they grilled one of the company's senior executives about the scandal.
Bookings for Southwest fall after fatal accident
David Koenig, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:49am
Southwest Airlines says bookings are down since the fatal accident on one of its planes last week.
US mortgage rates highest since 2013; 30-year at 4.58 pct.
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:39am
Long-term U.S. mortgage rates continued to climb this week, reaching their highest level in more than four years and denting prospective home purchasers' prospects amid the spring buying season.
Patrons visit Waffle House to support shooting survivors
Sheila Burke, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:31am
Tennessee residents living near a Waffle House where a gunman fatally shot four people have been filing into the restaurant to grab a meal and show their support for employees determined to carry on after the attack.
2 black men 'humiliated' when gym staffers call police
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:14am
Two black men who were wrongly accused of not paying to work out at a gym in New Jersey say they were humiliated when staffers there twice called police on them .
American Airlines CEO warns that higher fares are coming
David Koenig, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:09am
Rising fuel costs are eating into airline profits, dampening expectations for the rest of 2018, and setting the stage for higher fares.
Oregon marijuana: Lots of data, few to analyze and check it
Andrew Selsky, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 8:01am
To the beat of electronic dance music, men and women inside a slate-gray building harvested marijuana plants festooned with radio-frequency identification tags. In another room, an employee entered the tag numbers into a government database.
GM 1Q earnings fall 60 pct. but company beats estimates
Tom Krisher, Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 7:47am
General Motors' first-quarter net income fell 60 percent from a year ago, but the company handily beat Wall Street estimates as U.S. sales rose.
Thousands of Romanian health workers protest salary cuts
The Associated Press | Posted Apr 26th - 7:29am
Thousands of Romanian health care workers on Thursday protested wage cuts outside the government offices in the capital.
