Corporate bankruptcy
FILE - In this May 6, 2020, file photo, a Hertz car rental is closed during the coronavirus pandemic in Paramus, N.J. A bankruptcy court has confirmed Hertz’s reorganization plan, Thursday, June 10, 2021, which helps clear the way for the car rental company to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by the end of the month. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
Hertz on track to exit bankruptcy protection this month

By Michelle Chapman Jun. 10, 2021 02:06 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday, May 11, 2021, to dismiss the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, after 11 days of testimony and arguments. Lawyers for New York and the NRA's former advertising agency grilled the group's embattled top executive, LaPierre, who acknowledged putting the NRA into Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the knowledge or assent of most of its board and other top officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
EXPLAINER: With bankruptcy tossed, what's next for the NRA?

By Michael R. Sisak And Jake Bleiberg May. 12, 2021 04:45 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2020, file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, in Oxon Hill, Md. Federal Judge Harlin Hale announced his decision Tuesday, May 11, 2021, to dismiss the National Rifle Association's bankruptcy case over whether the powerful gun-rights group should be allowed to incorporate in Texas instead of New York, after 11 days of testimony and arguments. Lawyers for New York and the NRA's former advertising agency grilled the group's embattled top executive, LaPierre, who acknowledged putting the NRA into Chapter 11 bankruptcy without the knowledge or assent of most of its board and other top officers. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
Judge dismisses NRA bankruptcy case in blow to gun group

By Jake Bleiberg And Michael R. Sisak May. 11, 2021 05:50 PM EDT

Alitalia workers hold letters to compose the Italian word for " Help Us ", as they stage a protest at the Rome Leonardo da Vinci airport as unions are discussing with the government the future to relaunch the Italian airline carrier Alitalia, Friday, April 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
Alitalia worker strike cancels flights at Rome's airport

Apr. 23, 2021 12:40 PM EDT

German unemployment slightly lower in March

Mar. 31, 2021 04:58 AM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Unemployment in Germany, Europe's biggest economy, was slightly lower in March thanks to seasonal factors, official data showed Wednesday....

Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas files for bankruptcy, seeks buyer

Mar. 03, 2021 01:18 PM EST
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas Holdings, a Texas-based dine-in theater chain, said Wednesday that it has filed for bankruptcy and will enter a...

Hospitality sector workers, backdropped by a banner reading 'Stop the Restrictions" attend a protest, in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021. Protesters gathered at a central square in Hungary's capital of Budapest on Sunday demanding a rethinking of the country's lockdown restrictions. As the lockdown limiting restaurants to take-away service approaches the three-month mark, many business owners complain that they have received little to none of the government’s promised financial assistance while other businesses like shopping malls and retail stores have been permitted to remain open. (AP Photo/Laszlo Balogh)
Hungarian cafe mulls civil disobedience to avoid bankruptcy

By Justin Spike Feb. 01, 2021 09:42 AM EST

Travelers wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus wait in line at the Hainan Airlines check-in counters at Beijing Capital International Airport in Beijing, Friday, March 6, 2020. Hainan Airlines' owner HNA Group, a debt-burdened Chinese airline operator that faced opposition in Washington to its attempt to buy a Wall Street hedge fund during a costly global acquisition spree, says its creditors have asked a court to declare the company bankrupt. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China's HNA Group says creditors want it declared bankrupt

By Joe Mcdonald Jan. 29, 2021 06:34 AM EST

FILE - This photo from Wednesday March 7, 2012, shows Illinois gun owners and supporters file NRA applications during an Illinois Gun Owners Lobby Day convention before marching to the Illinois State in Springfield, Ill. Lawyers for the influential gun-rights advocacy group told a federal judge Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 that the organization’s recent decision to seek bankruptcy protection and reincorporate in gun-friendly Texas was not an attempt to dodge a lawsuit brought by the attorney general in New York, its current corporate home. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)
NRA fights for its future in Texas, New York courts

By Michael R. Sisak Jan. 20, 2021 07:54 PM EST

Protesters carry an empty chair that symbolizes Bogota Mayor of Bogota Claudia Lopez's absence in negotiations regarding a city-wide curfew amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogota, Colombia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, as they march toward her residence to demand it be lifted and businesses reopen. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)
Business protest in Colombia ahead of virus lockdown

Jan. 20, 2021 04:05 PM EST

FILE - This Feb. 29, 2020 file photo, National Rifle Association Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre speaks at Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2020, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md. Houston. The National Rifle Association announced Friday, Jan. 15, 2021, it has filed for bankruptcy and will seek to incorporate the nation’s most politically influential gun-rights group in Texas instead of New York. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)
NRA declares bankruptcy, plans to incorporate in Texas

By Paul J. Weber And Michael R. Sisak Jan. 15, 2021 04:59 PM EST

Holiday sales tick up as shoppers invest in their homes

By Alexandra Olson Dec. 26, 2020 04:56 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Retail sales increased a modest 3% during a longer holiday season this year, as homebound shoppers spent more on furnishing and food but less...

A sign advises holiday shoppers of social distancing to battle the spread of the coronavirus Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, in Park Meadows Mall in Lone Tree, Colo. After a weak start to the holiday season for many mall-based retailers, the strugglers are making their final push in the final days before and the week after Christmas. Many are stepping up discounts while heavily promoting curbside pickup as a way to get shoppers, worried about being infected with the virus, to visit their stores. But experts believe that any burst of sales will be too little and too late to save some stores. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
The holidays could make or break struggling stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 21, 2020 02:56 PM EST

A man entering the national library in The Hague, Netherlands, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020, passes a sign informing visitors to wear mandatory face masks. Wearing face masks in publicly accessible indoor venues such as libraries, museums became obligatory in the Netherlands on Dec. 1, 2020, when a new temporary law underpinning existing government coronavirus restrictions came into force. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
Dutch government pledges new support to virus-hit businesses

By Mike Corder Dec. 09, 2020 05:45 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, March 20, 2020 file photo, a shopper leaves the Target Store on 34th St. with supplies as carpenter board up the Sephora story in New York. Target Corp. said Friday it will give a $2 an hour wage increase to its 300,000-plus workers who have been scrambling to help customers. The pay bump will be effective at least through May 2. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Sephora to take over cosmetics in Kohl's stores

By Anne D'innocenzio Dec. 01, 2020 10:08 AM EST

A man wearing a face mask walks past the Debenhams flagship department store on Oxford Street, during England's second coronavirus lockdown in London, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. In another dark day for the British retailing industry, Debenhams said Tuesday it will start liquidating its business after a potential buyer of the company pulled out, a move that looks like it will cost 12,000 workers their jobs. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
In dark day for UK retailing, 242-year-old Debenhams to shut

By Pan Pylas Dec. 01, 2020 05:27 AM EST

A person wearing a face mask to try to curb the spread of coronavirus walks past the temporarily closed Topshop flagship store on Oxford Street, during England's second coronavirus lockdown, in London, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Arcadia Group, the retail empire of tycoon Philip Green, which owns well-known British fashion chains like Topshop and employs around 15,000 people, appears to be on the brink of collapse following the economic shock of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Philip Green's retail empire Arcadia calls in administrators

By Pan Pylas Nov. 30, 2020 03:34 PM EST

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Nov. 20, 2020, a woman wearing a face mask walks past mannequins wearing face masks in the window of a temporarily closed branch of the Topshop women's clothing chain during England's second coronavirus lockdown, in London. Some 15,000 retailing jobs in Britain are in peril after Arcadia Group, owner of some of the country's best-known fashion chains like Topshop, confirmed Friday Nov. 27, 2020, that it is in talks about its future. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, FILE)
UK retail empire of billionaire Philip Green teeters on edge

By Pan Pylas Nov. 27, 2020 06:53 AM EST

Black Friday shoppers wait in line to enter the Nike store along Fifth Avenue, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Virus keeps Black Friday crowds thin, shoppers shift online

By Alexandra Olson, Anne D'innocenzio And Joseph Pisani Nov. 27, 2020 12:01 AM EST

Jill Cichowicz, an advocate for opioid addiction treatment, displays a photo of her and her brother, Scott Zebnwski, who died of an opioid overdose at age 38, in her home in Midlothian, Va., Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)
Money promised to combat US overdose crisis sits unused

By Geoff Mulvihill Nov. 25, 2020 10:56 AM EST