AP National Business

By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without advance warning, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the home of Vice President Kamala Harris, to taunt leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and stoke opposition to Biden administration border policies.

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is working to add political momentum to Ukraine’s recent military gains against Russia. A week after a Ukrainian counteroffensive caused Russian troops to retreat from a northeast region, Zelenskyy met with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen during her third visit to

By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New Orleans area power plant project that had become an unlikely pawn in the ongoing political tug-of-war over enforcing Louisiana’s near-total abortion ban. The commission previously withheld approval, twice, amid

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A Louisiana judge has thrown out air quality permits for a Taiwanese company’s planned $9.4 billion plastics complex in a heavily industrialized area often referred to as “Cancer Alley.” District Judge Trudy White says the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality brushed off its environmental justice analysis

DETROIT (AP) — Nissan is recalling more than 203,000 pickup trucks in the U.S. because they can roll away unexpectedly when shifted into park. The recall covers Frontier and Titan pickups from the 2020 through 2023 model years. Nissan says owners should use the parking brake whenever they park their trucks. The company says a

In a story published September 14, 2022, about the business impact of a possible railroad strike, The Associated Press misspelled the first name of the supply chain executive at the Retail Industry Leaders Association. It is Jess Dankert, not Jesse Dankert.

By JOSH FUNK, JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement to avert a nationwide strike that could have shut down the nation’s freight trains and devastated the economy less than two months before the midterm elections. President Joe Biden announced the deal Thursday.

By JOHN FLESHER AP Environmental Writer TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Oil titan BP has agreed to pay $2.75 million to settle a lawsuit over air pollution from its largest refinery. Environmentalists had sued over emissions from the Whiting facility on the Lake Michigan shoreline between Hammond, Indiana, and Chicago. It’s the second deal reached

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — CSX has hired an auto industry executive to lead its railroad after its current CEO retires. Florida-based CSX said Thursday that former Ford executive Joe Hinrichs will take over from Jim Foote. Hinrichs said in an interview with The Associated Press he’s very excited that

By MATTHEW DALY and JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Thursday announced plans to develop floating platforms in the deep ocean for wind towers that could power millions of homes and vastly expand offshore wind in the United States. The plan would target sites in the Pacific Ocean off the

Associated Press Amtrak says it is working to quickly restore canceled trains after President Joe Biden announced that a tentative railway labor agreement has been reached. Amtrak said Thursday that it is reaching out to impacted customers to accommodate on first available departures. Amtrak had canceled a number of its long-distance trains this week as

By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral autocracy” under the leadership of its nationalist government. The lawmakers say Hungary is undermining the bloc’s democratic values and it was no longer in the community of democracies. The parliamentarians raised concerns Thursday

By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black neighborhoods 60 years ago is a big winner of federal money. The $104.6 million for the Interstate 375 project is the first Biden administration grant being awarded to tear down a

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says it will spend $491 million to expand and upgrade an Indiana metal stamping plant for production of steel and aluminum stamped parts for “future vehicles,” including electric vehicles. The automaker said Thursday it would install two new press lines, complete press and die upgrades and make renovations to the

By HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is working to add political momentum to Ukraine’s recent military gains against Russia. A week after a Ukrainian counteroffensive caused Russian troops to retreat from a northeast region, Zelenskyy met with European Union chief Ursula von der Leyen during her third visit to

By CHINEDU ASADU Associated Press ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nigeria’s consumer inflation surged to 20.5% in August, its statistics agency said Thursday, signalling more hardship for citizens and businesses in Africa’s largest economy. It is the seventh consecutive monthly increase in Nigeria’s inflation this year and the highest since 2005. The disruption in the supply

By DAMIAN J. TROISE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Thursday, putting major indexes deeper in the red for the week. The S&P 500 fell 0.9% as of 12:02 p.m. Eastern. The benchmark index is down 3.1% for the week following the biggest pullback for the

LONDON (AP) — Microsoft’s $69 billion deal to buy video game company Activision Blizzard faces an in-depth antitrust investigation in Britain after the tech company refused to offer proposals to ease competition concerns. The U.K. competition watchdog said Thursday that it was referring the deal for more scrutiny. It said the deal “may be expected

By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA (AP) — Swiss police are investigating a fake advertising campaign that appeared on social media and shows a poster urging people to snitch on their neighbors if they heat their homes too much this winter — when an energy crunch is expected to hit Western Europe. The bogus ad,

By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Here’s what’s in the tentative agreement that railroad unions secured to prevent a potential freight railroad strike. The final deal was negotiated by the unions that represent engineers and conductors, but all 12 of the rail unions will likely benefit from the concessions railroads made