January 6, 2021

For first time in 5 years, US gas mileage down, emissions up

DETROIT — A new government report says gas mileage for new vehicles dropped and pollution increased in model year 2019 for the first time in […]
January 6, 2021

Most stocks rally, yields rise as market eyes Democratic DC

NEW YORK — Wall Street is piling into stocks of smaller companies, banks and other businesses that would be winners if Washington can prop up […]
January 6, 2021

Minnesota former medtech exec Root sells his electric-pontoon boat firm to Seattle maker

Howard Root, a retired Minnesota med-tech executive who started a company to build electric-powered pontoon boats, said he has sold that firm, Elux Marine, to […]
January 6, 2021

Target recalls Cloud Island baby clothes, Cat & Jack swimsuits

Nearly half a million Cloud Island infant rompers and Cat & Jack swimsuits sold by Target have been recalled because their snaps can break off […]
January 6, 2021

On the llam: 'Very chill' llama found wandering off highway

NEWBURYPORT, Mass. — A passerby spotted a wandering llama in a field off an interstate in Massachusetts and with the help of an animal control […]
January 6, 2021

Park and vote: New Hampshire House holds drive-in session

DURHAM, N.H. — The usual shoulder-to-shoulder was more like bumper-to-bumper for the New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday as one of the world’s largest […]
January 6, 2021

UnitedHealth to pay nearly $8B for technology company Change

UnitedHealth Group will spend nearly $8 billion in cash to add a health care technology company to its growing Optum business. UnitedHealth said Wednesday that […]
January 6, 2021

UK watchdog investigates chip maker Nvidia's takeover of Arm

LONDON — British regulators are investigating graphics chip maker Nvidia’s $40 billion purchase of chip designer Arm over concerns about its effect on competition. The […]
January 6, 2021

Small stocks rally, yields rise as market eyes Democratic DC

NEW YORK — Wall Street is piling into stocks of smaller companies, banks and other companies that would be winners if Washington can prop up […]
January 6, 2021

Sudan says it signs pact on normalizing ties with Israel

CAIRO — Sudan on Wednesday said it had signed an agreement with the United States that paves the way for the cash-strapped African nation to […]