AP National Business

NEW YORK — AG Mortgage Investment Trust: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Essent Group: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

MECHANICSVILLE, Va. — Owens & Minor: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — National HealthCare: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

PARSIPPANY, N.J. — PBF Energy: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — PNM Resources: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

PLANO, Texas — Cinemark: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — It’s been nearly seven months since Adidas split with the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, and boxes of his popular Yeezy shoes are still piled up in warehouses. The fate of 1.2 billion euros ($1.3 billion) worth of unsold Yeezy stock is weighing on the

AURORA, Ontario — Magna: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

HERNDON, Va. — Beacon Roofing: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

CALGARY, Alberta — Arc Resources: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

OSASCO, Brazil — Banco Bradesco: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

BELOIT, Wis. — Regal Beloit: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

WASHINGTON (AP) — China was the biggest global jailer of journalists last year with more than 100 behind bars, according to a press freedom group, as President Xi Jinping’s government tightened control over society. Xi’s government also was one of the biggest exporters of propaganda content, according to Reporters without Boarders. China ranked second to

By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street sank on worries about the health of U.S. banks under pressure from interest rate hikes. Shanghai declined while Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Markets in Japan and South Korea were closed for holidays. Oil prices advanced. Wall

By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — That big infusion of cash that Congress approved last year to shape up the beleaguered IRS is having an unexpected side benefit. The funding increase has helped the agency to catch up on processing new and backlogged tax returns. And that, in turn, has allowed federal bean-counters

By JEFF McMURRAY Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — After a retinal disease left him legally blind, architect John Gleichman was struck by a taxicab while walking home near Chicago’s Lincoln Park Zoo — at the same intersection where a 4-year-old girl was killed by a hit-and-run driver years earlier. Although Maya Hirsch’s death in 2006

By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Month after month, the nation’s job market has stood its ground against howling headwinds — rising interest rates, chronic inflation, major bank failures and economic uncertainties across the world. Hiring has gradually slowed, along with pay growth and job openings. Yet by historical standards, the labor

By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press ANN’S GROVE, Guyana (AP) — Villagers in this tiny coastal community lined up on the soggy grass, leaned into the microphone and shared their grievances as someone in the crowd yelled, “Speak the truth!” And so they did. One by one, speakers listed what they wanted: a library, streetlights, school