April 27, 2021

Oil spill reported off China coast after tanker, bulk carrier collide

Tankers unload imported crude oil at the Qingdao crude oil terminal in east China’s Shandong Province in February. A tanker anchored off the port was […]
April 27, 2021

VW Mexico sets production suspensions over chip shortages

MEXICO CITY — Volkswagen de Mexico said Monday it will suspend production of Jetta models in Mexico for two weeks next month and will pause […]
April 27, 2021

Did emergency PPP loans work? Nearly $800 billion later, we still don't know

A closed sign is displayed in the window of a business in a nearly deserted lower Manhattan on April 17, 2020, in New York. Many […]
April 27, 2021

Tesla posts $438M 1Q profit on strong electric vehicle sales

DETROIT — Charged up by strong sales of its electric cars and SUVs, Tesla on Monday posted its seventh-straight profitable quarter. The company made $438 […]
April 27, 2021

US weighs policy on Venezuela as Maduro signals flexibility

MIAMI — Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government is intensifying efforts to court the Biden administration as the new U.S. president weighs whether to risk a […]
April 27, 2021

Mayo Clinic's New Research Building Growing to 11 Floors

ROCHESTER, Minn. — The long tradition of biomedical innovation that makes up Mayo Clinic’s DNA will continue with the Anna-Maria and Stephen Kellen Building on […]
April 26, 2021

US marks slowest population growth since the Depression

WASHINGTON — U.S. population growth has slowed to the lowest rate since the Great Depression, the Census Bureau said Monday, as Americans continued their march […]
April 26, 2021

Continental Europe could allow US tourists back this summer

BRUSSELS — American tourists could soon be visiting continental Europe again, more than a year after the European Union restricted travel to the 27-nation bloc […]
April 26, 2021

Labor union study says St. Paul Park refinery becoming less safe

A large labor union says Marathon Petroleum has increasingly compromised safety at its St. Paul Park refinery, including dismantling part of its in-house fire department. […]
April 26, 2021

Kansas City Southern in talks on dueling rail takeover bids

OMAHA, Neb. — As deal talks begin, Canadian National railroad said Monday it is receiving broad support for its $33.7 billion bid to buy Kansas […]