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By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street closed out a winning April with gains Friday after more companies said their profits at the start of the year weren’t as bad as expected. The S&P 500 rose 34.13, or 0.8%, to 4,169.48. Despite some sharp swings this week, it still clinched

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The Associated Press Wall Street closed out a winning April with gains Friday as more companies say their profits at the start of the year weren’t as bad as expected. The S&P 500 rose 0.8% Friday. The Dow and the Nasdaq also rose. Exxon Mobil and Intel climbed after reporting better results for the latest

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Amazon.com Inc., down $4.37 to $105.45. The retail giant reported strong financial results, but growth for its cloud computing unit continued to slow. T-Mobile US Inc., down $6.04 to $143.90. The wireless carrier’s first-quarter revenue fell short of Wall Street forecasts.

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By DAVID BRANDT AP Sports Writer PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA’s Phoenix Suns and WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury announced a media rights deal on Friday that could pave the way for local sports broadcasts following the much-publicized struggles of regional sports networks. The Suns have partnered with Gray Television Inc., which includes three local TV affiliates,

By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Congressional investigators said in a report Friday that an increase in flight cancellations as travel recovered from the pandemic was due mostly to factors that airlines controlled, including cancellations for maintenance issues or lack of a crew. The Government Accountability Office also said airlines are taking longer to recover

By The Associated Press This week’s new entertainment releases include an album from Ed Sheeran, Woody Harrelson and Justin Theroux co-starring in the comic Watergate-era series “White House Plumbers” for HBO, and Netflix hoping to convince Jewish singles to settle down in the series “Jewish Matchmaking.” Pete Davidson stars in a semi-autobiographical comedy series about

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is closing out a winning April with modest gains Friday as more companies say their profits at the start of the year weren’t as bad as expected. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in late trading. Despite some sharp swings this week, it’s

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By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer ChatGPT’s maker said Friday that the artificial intelligence chatbot is available again in Italy after the company met the demands of regulators who temporarily blocked it over privacy concerns. OpenAI said it fulfilled a raft of conditions that the Italian data protection authority wanted satisfied by an April 30

By ELLIOT SPAGAT Associated Press BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — The number of applications for visas used in the technology industry soared for a second straight year, raising “serious concerns” that some are manipulating the system to gain an unfair advantage, authorities said Friday. There were 780,884 applications for H-1B visas in this year’s computer-generated lottery,

By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Oregon should prepare for the U.S. government eventually legalizing marijuana and position the state, with its huge stockpiles of the drug, as a national leader in the industry, state auditors said Friday. Oregon, long known for its potent marijuana, would be competing with other pot-producing states

By SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Fuel stations throughout the country will be able to sell gasoline blended with 15% ethanol during the summer under an emergency waiver issued by the Environmental Protection Agency. The move announced Friday could reduce prices at the pump and boost demand for the Midwest-based ethanol

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is rising Friday, as the market winds down a week of sharp swerves with another batch of corporate profit reports that mostly topped expectations. The S&P 500 was 0.7% higher in afternoon trading. Despites its big swings earlier this week, it’s still on

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A lobbyist pleaded guilty Friday to conspiring to pass bribes to the head of a Michigan marijuana licensing board, the third conviction since charges were announced just a few weeks ago. Vincent Brown acknowledged that he had a role in getting $42,000 and other benefits to Rick Johnson before the

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The tech entrepreneurs who flocked to San Francisco two decades ago bringing jobs and wealth, and also soaring housing prices and gentrification, are becoming a rising political force in a city they say is woefully off track. They are forming advocacy organizations — among them

By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge has rejected a motion from Google to toss out the government’s antitrust case against it. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled Friday that the lawsuit alleging Google wields monopolistic power in the world of online advertising can proceed in its entirety. Her ruling is

By ANDREA ROSA, HANNA ARHIROVA and DAVID RISING Associated Press UMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired more than 20 cruise missiles and two drones at Ukraine early Friday, killing at least 23 people, almost all of them when two missiles slammed into an apartment building in a terrifying nighttime attack, officials said. Three children were

By FARAI MUTSAKA Associated Press HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) — Zimbabwe has announced the launch of a gold-backed digital currency in a bid to stabilize its faltering dollar. Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe Gov. John Mangudya said Friday that the gold tokens will start circulating on May 8. He said they will be “fully backed” by the