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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Delta is ordering 100 737 Max 10 airplanes, the largest of the line produced by Boeing, potentially giving the manufacturer additional momentum after a troubled rollout of its most advanced aircraft. Delta has an option to purchase 30 more of the aircraft as the airline looks to keep up

By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is ticking higher on Monday to kick off a week full of updates on the two things that set stock prices: how much profit companies are making and where interest rates are heading. The S&P 500 was 0.6% higher in midday trading, on

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s central bank chief has drawn criticism after he was caught on hidden camera discussing inflation and fiscal policy with an activist who approached him during a private walk. Some critics said Monday that Adam Glapinski might have broken the law when he told the woman there may be just one

By DAVID PORTER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A funding agreement has been reached for the multibillion-dollar redevelopment of New York’s aging Penn Station rail hub. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams were to announce the deal Monday morning. It calls for private developers to make payments in lieu of taxes on new

BERLIN (AP) — Germany says a turbine at the center of uncertainty about future gas deliveries through a major pipeline from Russia to Europe was only supposed to be installed in September, underlining its insistence there should be no technical obstacle to the gas flow. Meanwhile, Germany’s biggest importer of Russian gas said Monday that

By BOB EDME and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — A heat wave broiling Europe spilled northward Monday to Britain and fueled ferocious wildfires in Spain and France, which evacuated thousands of people and scrambled water-bombing planes and firefighters to battle flames in tinder-dry forests. Two people were killed in the blazes

NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street appeared to be headed for gains before markets opened Monday ahead of another week loaded with quarterly earnings reports from major U.S. corporations. Futures for the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 1% as did futures for the S&P 500. Oil prices also rose. Chinese markets led global indexes higher

By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Bank of America’s second quarter profits fell by 32% from a year ago, the latest bank to report a decline in profits after a strong 2021. The bank on Monday reported a profit of $6.2 billion, or 73 cents per share, compared to a profit

BAALBEK, Lebanon (AP) — Lebanon’s renowned Baalbek festival is back and is being held in front of a live audience for the first time since 2019. French pianist Simon Ghraichy performed in front of a full house on Sunday night in what organizers described as a night of hope for Lebanon’s revival.  The annual festival

By FRANK JORDANS and GEIR MOULSON Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Officials from 40 countries met Monday in Berlin to discuss how to stay focused on fighting the increasing impacts of climate change while the world reels from the economic fallout of the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The U.N. secretary general admonished countries

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers are zooming on tightening the extensive package of sanctions on Russia and looking at ways to add a ban on gold exports in hopes that the measures might finally start to have a decisive impact on the war in Ukraine. The EU ministers also made a commitment Monday

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By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The economy is a bit wobbly, but General Motors CEO Mary Barra isn’t backing off of an audacious prediction: By the middle of this decade, her company will sell more electric vehicles in the U.S. than Tesla, the global sales leader. To fulfill that pledge

By COSTAS KANTOURIS and DEREK GATOPOULOS Associated Press THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greece has filed an official complaint with Serbia after a cargo plane carrying mortar ammunition crashed while attempting an emergency landing in northern Greece. Eight crew members on the An-12 cargo plane that was operated by a Ukrainian company were killed in the

By BARBARA SURK and MASHA MACPHERSON Associated Press PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is hosting the leader of the United Arab Emirates to ensure energy supplies from the oil-rich Gulf country. The meeting Monday comes as Europe prepares for the possibility of a total cutoff of Russian natural gas following sanctions over the

By ROBERT EDME and JOHN LEICESTER Associated Press LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — France scrambled more water-bombing planes and hundreds more firefighters to combat spreading wildfires that were being fed Monday by hot swirling winds from a searing heat wave broiling much of Europe. In Spain, two people have been killed in blazes there. With

BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign ministers are zooming in Monday on tightening the extensive package of sanctions on Russia and looking at ways to add a ban on gold exports in hopes that the measures might finally start to have a decisive impact on the war in Ukraine. EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell

By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — World shares were higher Monday, led by gains in Chinese markets after regulators urged banks to support property projects to support the housing market. Oil prices jumped more than $2 a barrel. Markets in Japan were closed for a holiday. Germany’s DAX climbed 1.4% to 13,044.62

ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi is visiting Algeria’s capital to finalize deals boosting Algerian gas supplies to Italy amid growing fears that Russia will cut off gas to Europe. Monday’s trip comes as the fate of Draghi’s government is in limbo. The Italian delegation will meet with Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune