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Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed after Wall St powers to more records

Asian shares are mixed, with Hong Kong's benchmark down more than 4%, after Wall Street rolled to more records
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FILE -A passerby moves past an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index and stock prices outside a securities building Friday, Oct. 11, 2024 in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama, File)
October 15

King Charles III set to visit Australia and Samoa on a trip spanning a dozen time zones

King Charles III will travel halfway around the world to Samoa this month to take his seat as the head of the Commonwealth and highlight the existential threat climate change poses for Pacific island nations
October 15
FILE - Britain's Prince Charles, right, and his wife, Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, pose for photographs at the Mt Adelaide lookout in Albany, Australia, on Nov. 14, 2015. (Tracey Nearmy/Pool Photo via AP, File)
October 14

Campaigning begins for Japan's parliamentary election

Official campaigning has begun for Japan's Oct. 27 parliamentary election
October 14
Yoshihiko Noda, leader of Japan's opposition Constitutional Democratic Party delivers a speech in Hachioji, outskirts of Tokyo as official campaigning for a parliamentary election later this month officially kicked off Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (Kyodo News via AP)
October 14

Arkansas Supreme Court rejects challenge to ballot measure that would revoke casino license

The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected part of a lawsuit challenging a ballot measure that would revoke the license for a planned casino
October 14
FILE - Boxes of petitions for proposal aimed at blocking a planned casino are delivered to the Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., on July 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew DeMillo, File)
October 14

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a law aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking at the pump
October 14
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks as he signs legislation at the state Capitol on Monday, Oct. 14, 2024, aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking at the pump. (AP Photo/Sophie Austin)
October 14

Trump's economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say

Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.”
October 14
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
October 14

Trump's economic plans would worsen inflation, experts say

Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.”
October 14
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks along the southern border with Mexico, on Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)
October 14

Permits put on hold for planned pipeline to fuel a new Tennessee natural gas power plant

A federal appeals panel has temporarily halted two permits needed to begin construction on a pipeline that will supply a natural gas plant planned in Tennessee
October 14
FILE - Electrical power lines string across the landscape near downtown Sunday, Aug. 11, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn, as Nashville Electric Service distributes power to surrounding communities and is supplied their electricity from The Tennessee Valley Authority. (AP Photo/John Amis, File)
October 14

Here's where inflation stands in the cities that could decide the election

Inflation has returned to normal but varies widely in major swing-state cities.
October 14
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Sept. 10, 2024, in Philadelphia.
October 14

How major US stock indexes fared Monday, 10/14/2024

U.S. stock indexes closed higher on Wall Street, adding to their all-time highs
October 14
October 14

Dozens of pro-Palestinian protesters arrested outside New York Stock Exchange

Dozens of people protesting Israel’s war in Gaza have been arrested in a sit-in outside the New York Stock Exchange
October 14
Anti-Israel protesters occupy an area in front of the New York Stock Exchange, left, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
October 14

Stellantis CEO: Company on pace to fix sales problems after poor performance

Stellantis is fixing its slowing U.S. sales at the right pace after fumbling a marketing plan earlier this year, CEO Carlos Tavares told reporters Monday
October 14
FILE - Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares speaks during a news conference following a meeting with unions, March 31, 2022, in Turin, Italy. Tevares will retire in early 2026 and Chief Financial Officer Natalie Knight is stepping down as the world's fourth biggest automaker contends with ongoing sales difficulties in North America. (Fabio Ferrari/LaPresse via AP, File)
October 14

Lilly Ledbetter, an icon of the fight for equal pay, has died at 86

Lilly Ledbetter, a former Alabama factory manager whose lawsuit against her employer made her an icon of the equal pay movement and led to landmark wage discrimination legislation, has died at 86
October 14
FILE - Lilly Ledbetter watches as President Barack Obama signs executive actions, with pending Senate legislation, aimed at closing a compensation gender gap that favors men, at the White House in Washington, April 8, 2014, during an event marking Equal Pay Day. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
October 14

Paris Motor Show opens during a brewing EV trade war between the EU and China

Auto manufacturers competing to persuade drivers to go electric are rolling out cheaper, more tech-rich models at the Paris Motor Show
October 14
A man looks at the engine of a THK LSR-05 electric prototype at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 14

Bath & Body Works apologizes for candle packaging that sparked controversy

Bath & Body Works is apologizing for selling a candle that had packaging that some people said looked like Ku Klux Klan hoods
October 14
FILE - A Bath & Body Works store is shown on May 21, 2020, in Mayfield Heights, Ohio. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
October 14

Congo cancels an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration

The government of Congo has canceled an auction for 27 sites earmarked for oil exploration, citing late submissions and a lack of competition
October 14
FILE—A burning flare is visible at an oil extraction area located in Moanda, Democratic Republic of the Congo, on Dec. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy, File)
October 14

Hedge fund Elliott calls for Southwest shareholders to meet and vote on its slate of directors

The second largest shareholder of Southwest Airlines is calling for special meeting of shareholders to vote on its slate of eight new directors, which would represent a majority of the struggling airline’s board
October 14
October 14

AP PHOTOS: Likely in its last decade, a Czech coal mine provides fuel for electricity and heat

Deep underground in northeastern Czech Republic, workers in the region's last-functioning coal mine drill, load and haul the fuel up to the surface. The CSM mine is part of the Upper Silesian Coal Basin, a region straddling the Czech-Polish border with a 250-year history of mining because of its rich coal deposits and factories that produce steel and energy. With just the light of a headlamp, workers — their bodies and clothes covered in soot and dust — effortlessly navigate the mines, drilling the deposits underground. Others load cars to take the rocks to the surface, where huge piles of it lie ready to be transported to power plants. The work comes with a price: A 2021 study of more than 800 European cities by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health puts the regional capital of Ostrava and the nearby towns where the mine is located among the top 10 most polluted European cities. And when burned for energy, coal contributes to the carbon dioxide emissions warming up the...
October 14
Miners sit on a bench before going down to the CSM coal mine in Stonava, Czech Republic, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
October 14

Trump's campaign crowdfunded millions online in an untraditional approach to emergency relief

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is using GoFundMe to rally its donor network around the survivors of his July assassination attempt and Hurricane Helene’s destruction
October 14
FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump gestures as he concludes speaking at a campaign event at the Butler Farm Show, Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)
October 14

Tips for keeping your wedding from becoming a political battleground

Uncle Jim is profoundly red, politically speaking
October 14
FILE - A couple exchanges wedding bands at City Hall in Philadelphia on Oct. 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
October 14

Nile basin nations say water-sharing accord has come into force without Egypt's backing

A regional partnership for Nile River basin countries says an agreement on the equitable use of water resources has come into force despite the notable opposition of Egypt
October 14
FILE - A fisherman's boat sails along the River Nile in Cairo, Egypt, Saturday, Sept. 3, 2011. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
October 14

Britain hosts an international investment summit and denies snubbing Elon Musk

Britain’s new Labour Party government is announcing $82 billion in investment in U.K. artificial intelligence, life sciences, infrastructure and technology at a business summit
October 14
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer, right, sits in conservation with former CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt, center, and Emma Walmsley the CEO of GSK, during the International Investment Summit in London, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Jonathan Brady/Pool Photo via AP)
October 14

A Tesla car crashes and catches fire in France, killing 4

Police in France say four people have died in a car crash after their Tesla vehicle reportedly hit a road sign and caught fire
October 14
The logo of Tesla car is pictured at the Paris Auto Show, in Paris, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
October 14

China’s exports slow sharply in September, adding to worries over the economy

China’s exports slowed sharply in September as global demand weakened, adding to worries over how to recharge growth in the world's second-largest economy
October 14
FILE - A woman carrying her belonging walks by a luxury housing construction site in Beijing, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
October 14

The Nobel economics prize is awarded to 3 experts for research into differences in prosperity between nations

The Nobel economics prize is awarded to 3 experts for research into differences in prosperity between nations
October 14
October 14

China's premier inaugurates a Beijing-funded airport at the start of a Pakistan trip

China’s Premier Li Qiang has inaugurated a Beijing-funded airport built in restive southwestern Pakistan as he arrived for a regional security meeting in the capital, Islamabad
October 14
In this photo released by the Press Information Department, visiting China's Premier Li Qiang, left, and Pakistan's Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attend a attends a welcome ceremony, in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (Press Information Department via AP)
October 14

Nobel economics prize goes to 3 economists who found that freer societies are more likely to prosper

The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to three U.S.-based academics who studied why some countries are rich and others poor and have documented that freer, open societies are more likely to prosper
October 14
Nobel prize winner in Economics, James A. Robinson, gives an interview to the Associated Press from his home in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Chicago, Monday, Oct. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
October 14

Murder trial of tech consultant in death of Cash App founder Bob Lee begins

A tech consultant has gone on trial over a year after the stabbing death of Cash App founder Bob Lee in San Francisco
October 14
FILE - Flowers sit at a tree in front of the building where a technology executive was fatally stabbed outside of in San Francisco, April 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
October 14

Asian shares gain after China says more help is needed for its slowing economy

Wall Street rolled to more records as U.S. stocks added to their all-time highs
October 14
FILE - People pass the entrance for the Wall Street subway station on Sept. 2, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan, File)
October 13

‘Terrifier 3’ slashes ‘Joker’ to take No. 1 at the box office, Trump film ‘The Apprentice’ fizzles

The choices on the movie marquee this weekend included Joaquin Phoenix as the Joker, a film about Donald Trump, a “Saturday Night Live” origin story and even Pharrell Williams as a Lego
October 13
Joaquin Phoenix, left, and Todd Phillips arrive at the premiere of "Joker: Folie a Deux" on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024, at TCL Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
October 13

'We're on a journey': How Volvo is disrupting the auto industry again

The auto industry "needs to transform," says Volvo exec Vanessa Butani.
October 13
Volvo is expanding its electric vehicle lineup with its new EX90 SUV.
October 13

China's Premier Li talks trade in Vietnam despite differences over South China Sea

China has agreed to assist Vietnam on cross-border railway development and take steps to expand agricultural imports from its smaller neighbor
October 13
Chinese Premier Li Qiang, left, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hug each other before a meeting in Hanoi, Vietnam, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024. (Duong Van Giang/VNA via AP)
October 12

Macao's former top judge is chosen as the Chinese casino hub's first leader born in mainland China

Macao’s former top judge has been chosen the Chinese casino hub’s next leader
October 12
Election committee members queue to vote during the chief executive election, Sunday, October 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Bertha Wang)
October 12

Ex-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, who nearly got Scotland's independence from UK, dies at 69

Scotland's former first minister Alex Salmond has died at age 69
October 12
FILE - Alex Salmond stands at Stirling Castle to mark the start of the party's Mid Scotland and Fife campaign, ahead of the Scottish Parliamentary election on April 13, 2021 (Andrew Milligan/PA via AP)
October 12

Powerful storm knocks out power to 1.4 million homes in Brazil's largest city

Around 1.4 million homes in Sao Paulo, Brazil, are without power almost 24 hours after a brief but powerful storm swept through South America’s largest city
October 12
October 12

Changing OpenAI's nonprofit structure would raise questions about its future

The artificial intelligence maker OpenAI may face a costly and inconvenient reckoning with its nonprofit origins even as its valuation recently exploded to $157 billion
October 12
FILE - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman attends an Apple event announcing new products in Cupertino, Calif., June 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
October 12

Documents show OpenAI's long journey from nonprofit to $157B valued company

Back in 2016, the artificial intelligence maker OpenAI had just incorporated as a nonprofit and applied to the Internal Revenue Service for tax-exempt status
October 12
FILE - The OpenAI logo appears on a mobile phone in front of a computer screen with random binary data, March 9, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)
October 12

China's finance minister says there is room for more economic stimulus but offers no plan

China's finance minister says the government is looking at additional ways to boost the economy, but he didn't unveil a major new stimulus plan at a news conference Saturday
October 12
In this image made from a video, China's Finance Minister Lan Fo'an speaks during a new briefing in Beijing Saturday, Oct. 12, 2024. (AP Photo)
October 12

Data shows migrants aren’t taking jobs from Black or Hispanic people, despite what Trump says

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump promises the biggest deportation event the U.S. has ever seen if he is elected
October 12
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Grand Sierra Resort and Casino, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Reno, Nev. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
October 12

UK leader Keir Starmer is marking 100 days in office. It has been a rocky ride

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer marks 100 days in office on Saturday with little cause for celebration
October 12
FILE - Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer speaks uring a visit at a factory in Chester, England, Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.(AP Photo/Darren Staples, Pool, File)
October 11

Drought is parching the world's largest man-made lake, stripping Zambia of its electricity

Zambia’s worst electricity blackouts in memory have been caused by a severe drought in the region that has left the critical Kariba dam with insufficient water to run its hydroelectric turbines
October 11
Salim Zulu, a businessman, works on his laptop and charges devices at Mercato Cafe in Lusaka, Zambia, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
October 11

Appeals court revives lawsuit in fight between 2 tribes over Alabama casino

A federal appeals court revived a lawsuit filed by one Native American tribe over another’s construction of a casino on what they said is sacred land
October 11
October 11

TikTok was aware of risks kids and teens face on its platform, legal document alleges

TikTok has been aware that its design features are detrimental to its young users and that publicly touted tools aimed at limiting kids’ time on the site were largely ineffective
October 11
FILE - The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, in Marple Township, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
October 11

Eggnog before Thanksgiving? Shoppers eager for a new season scramble retail calendars

Inflationary-weary shoppers still may wait until the first weather snap to get a basic sweater
October 11
An arrangement of holiday themed scented candles is shown at a Bath and Body Works store on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)
October 11

Boeing to cut approximately 17,000 jobs over the coming months

CEO Kelly Ortberg announced the plans in a letter to employees on Friday.
October 11
Boeing logo is seen during defense industry exhibition in Kielce, Poland, on Sept. 3, 2024.
October 11
FILE - Unpainted Boeing 737 Max aircraft are seen on Sept. 24, 2024, at the company's facilities in Renton, Wash. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)
October 11

Boeing says it will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production

Boeing says it will lay off 10% of its employees as a strike by factory workers cripples airplane production
October 11
October 11

Oregon's most populous county adds gas utility to $51B climate suit against fossil fuel companies

Oregon's Multnomah County, home to Portland, has added the state's largest natural gas utility to its $51.5 billion climate lawsuit against fossil fuel companies
October 11
FILE - Chris Cowan with Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare's street outreach team loads water and other cooling supplies before visiting homeless camps, Aug. 12, 2021, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)
October 11

California Senate passes bill aimed at preventing gas price spikes

The California state Senate has passed a bill aimed at preventing gas prices from spiking at the pump
October 11
FILE - The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge rises behind the price board of a gas station in San Francisco on July 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
October 11

Profiles in clean energy: Once incarcerated, expert moves students into climate-solution careers

In a converted warehouse in the poorest zip code in Philadelphia, students are learning to work on older homes, improve the heating and cooling, and at the same time make them more climate-friendly
October 11
A student works on a training unit during one of Jackie Robinson's classes at the Energy Coordinating Agency, a nonprofit focused in part on energy equity, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)