July 24, 2020

Simon-backed venture makes offer to buy Brooks Brothers

NEW YORK — A retail venture owned by licensing company Authentic Brands Group and mall owner Simon Property Group has entered into an agreement to […]
July 24, 2020

Goldman Sachs and Malaysia reach $3.9B settlement over 1MDB

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysia’s government said Friday it has reached a $3.9 billion settlement with Goldman Sachs in exchange for dropping criminal charges against […]
July 24, 2020

Barack Obama to appear on Michelle Obama's podcast debut

LOS ANGELES — The first guest of Michelle Obama’s new podcast will have a familiar presidential voice: Barack Obama. The former United States president is […]
July 24, 2020

AP-NORC poll: Optimism fades jobs lost to virus will return

WASHINGTON — Nearly half of Americans whose families experienced a layoff during the coronavirus pandemic now believe those jobs are lost forever, a new poll […]
July 24, 2020

Airbus moves to end 16 years of litigation, end US tariffs

European planemaker Airbus says it is taking the last step to end 16 years of litigation with the United States at the World Trade Organization […]
July 24, 2020

The Latest: Virus infects Cambodians who went on UN mission

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Cambodia’s Health Ministry announced Friday it has confirmed four new cases of the coronavirus, all members of a Cambodian military force […]
July 24, 2020

US mulls endangered status for Nevada plant in mine fight

RENO, Nev. — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says there’s enough scientific evidence that two rare plants in Nevada’s desert could go extinct to […]
July 24, 2020

Joe Biden has a long to-do list if he wins the White House

WASHINGTON — Joe Biden wants to address health care disparities, toughen gun control, overhaul policing, provide free community college, erase student loan debt, invest in […]
July 24, 2020

Q&A: What charges might longest serving US speaker face?

CHICAGO — Federal prosecutors recently answered the question about whether Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, the nation’s longest serving statehouse speaker, is a subject of […]
July 24, 2020

Larry Johnson, Minnesota farmer known as the 'Ethanol Answer Man,' dies at 76

In the early 1980s, the nascent days for the ethanol industry, there were a multitude of questions about its use. They poured in from farmers […]