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By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Voters casting ballots in Tuesday’s pivotal midterms grappled with misleading claims about glitchy election machines and delayed results, the final crest of a wave of misinformation that’s expected to linger long after the last votes are tallied. In Arizona, news of snags with vote tabulators spawned baseless claims about vote

By CARLA BRIDI Associated Press BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — President-elect Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s transition has added a team of economists that includes at least two members likely to allay market worries about potential business and financial policies the incoming leftist leader might be considering. Investors look favorably on both André Lara Resende and

By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has laid out a data-laden case for why she blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster. The ruling handed a victory to the Biden Justice Department in its contention that the joining of two of the world’s biggest publishers could

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — A 24-hour general strike called by Greece’s private and public sector unions is set to shut down most services around the country Wednesday. Late Tuesday, aviation authorities announced that air traffic controllers and civil aviation workers would not join in the strike after all. That means domestic and international flight cancellations

By The Associated Press The Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday posted lower-than-expected profit and revenue for its fiscal fourth quarter even as its streaming services did well, sending its shares lower in after-hours trading. The company said it earned $162 million, or 9 cents per share, in the July-September quarter, nearly flat compared to $160

The Associated Press Election Day brought another tick higher for stocks, as Wall Street braces for the results from the day’s midterm elections and a big update on inflation that’s due later in the week. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% Tuesday, its third straight gain. Trading was tentative through the day, and Wall Street’s benchmark

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Lyft Inc., down $3.24 to $10.90. The ride-hailing app reported disappointing third-quarter rider growth and revenue. Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., down $14.83 to $93.57. The publisher of “Grand Theft Auto” and other video games reported weak fiscal second-quarter financial results. TripAdvisor

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Election Day brought another rise for Wall Street, with stocks climbing Tuesday for a third straight day. The S&P 500 rose 21.31, or 0.6%, to 3,828.11, though it flipped between an even bigger gain and a modest loss to get there.

By SAM MEDNICK Associated press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has told Ukrainian farmers that extending a wartime deal to export Ukrainian grains across the Black Sea is a priority. The agreement, which Russia and Ukraine signed separately with the U.N. and Turkey, is set to expire on Nov.

GENEVA (AP) — A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond billed as a rarity sold at a Geneva auction for 28.4 million Swiss francs ($28.8 million), including fees and taxes, on the lower end of the expected range. The “Fortune Pink” fancy vivid pink stone, said to be the largest of its kind and shape to go

By BRIAN MELLEY Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — The gaming industry and Native American tribes bet big on dueling propositions to legalize sports gambling in California, pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the most expensive ballot question campaigns in U.S. history. But voters casting ballots in the midterm elections that conclude Tuesday may

By DAMIAN J. TROISE and STAN CHOE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are mixed in tentative trading Tuesday as Wall Street braces for the results from the day’s midterm elections and a big update on inflation that’s due later in the week. The S&P 500 was 0.3% lower in afternoon trading after

By RENATA BRITO Associated Press BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Spain’s interior minister is coming under increased pressure to be more transparent about how Spanish security forces responded to a June storming of its border with Morocco that led to the deaths of at least 23 migrants in the North African enclave of Melilla. Spanish members

By STEFANIE DAZIO and SCOTT McFETRIDGE Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot after more than three months without anyone hitting the top prize. The winning numbers were selected Tuesday morning, nearly 10 hours after the scheduled Monday night

By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is urging the country’s most climate-damaging industries to double their efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions within the next decade. Macron convened a meeting in Paris with the heads of 50 industrial sites in France accounting for about 10% of France’s total greenhouse

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The cryptocurrency exchange Binance said it plans to buy its rival FTX Trading, in the latest example of how fortunes can change rapidly in the crypto world. The owners of the two exchanges _ Samuel Bankman-Fried of FTX and Changpeng Zhao of Binance _ announced

By MATT O’BRIEN and RAF CASERT Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has launched an investigation into Microsoft’s planned takeover of video game giant Activision Blizzard, fearing the $69 billion deal would distort fair competition to popular titles like Call of Duty. Microsoft, maker of the Xbox gaming system, first announced the agreement

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks rose in afternoon trading on Wall Street Tuesday as Americans head to the polls to vote in midterm elections that are being heavily influenced by inflation and the threat of a recession. The S&P 500 rose 1.3% as of 12:13 p.m. Eastern. The

GENEVA (AP) — A pear-shaped 18-carat pink diamond is set to be sold at auction on Tuesday and is expected to fetch between $25 million and $35 million, Christie’s says. The “Fortune Pink” fancy vivid pink stone, said to be the largest of its kind and shape to go on the block, headlines the auction