March 26, 2021

Stocks climb on Wall Street; S&P 500 on pace for weekly gain

NEW YORK — U.S. stocks are ticking higher Friday, erasing the market’s losses from earlier in the week and setting Wall Street up to avoid […]
March 26, 2021

EXPLAINER: What's a SPAC, the latest craze on Wall Street?

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — WeWork will finally go public this year, allowing investors to buy and sell its shares. But not through a traditional IPO. In […]
March 26, 2021

US court sides with photographer in fight over Warhol art

NEW YORK — A U.S. appeals court sided with a photographer Friday in her copyright dispute over how a foundation has marketed a series of […]
March 26, 2021

India, S. Korea discuss maritime cooperation, defense issues

NEW DELHI — Indian and South Korean defense ministers met Friday to discuss maritime cooperation as part of the Indo-Pacific strategy and also cooperation in […]
March 26, 2021

How two friends made art history buying a $70M digital work

It took a few minutes for Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran to realize that they’d parted with $69.3 million for a digital artwork stored in […]
March 26, 2021

Evers signs bill designed to lower prescription drug costs

MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Tony Evers on Friday signed into law a plan designed to lower prescription drug costs in Wisconsin. The bill Evers signed […]
March 26, 2021

The Latest: WH: 3 cities to become mass vaccination centers

WASHINGTON — The White House announced three cities will become federally run mass vaccination centers as part of President Joe Biden’s new goal of vaccinating […]
March 26, 2021

Stocks rise on broad gains driven by banks, tech companies

Stocks rose in morning trading on Wall Street Friday with technology companies and banks leading the way higher. The broad gains, if they hold, could […]
March 26, 2021

Maritime traffic jam grows outside blocked Suez Canal

SUEZ, Egypt — A maritime traffic jam grew to more than 200 vessels Friday outside the Suez Canal and some vessels began changing course as […]
March 26, 2021

Trains collide in southern Egypt, killing at least 32

CAIRO — Two trains collided on Friday in southern Egypt, apparently after someone activated the emergency brakes, killing at least 32 people and leaving 108 […]