Luxury shopping
This computer generated image shows a Gucci virtual garden on Roblox. Anyone whose avatar is traipsing around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats. The digital-only items are part of the Gucci’s time-limited collection for Roblox, as the Italian fashion house that prides itself on hand-craftsmanship is dipping its toes into an expanding virtual space where many of its youngest fans already are at home. (Roblox via AP)
Gucci digitally outfits Gen-Z in metaverse foray with Roblox

By Colleen Barry Jun. 09, 2021 03:24 AM EDT

People walk past an H&M clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing, Friday, March 26, 2021. H&M disappeared from the internet in China as the government raised pressure on shoe and clothing brands and announced sanctions Friday against British officials in a spiraling fight over complaints of abuses in the Xinjiang region. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
China erasing H&M from internet amid Xinjiang backlash

By Zen Soo And Joe Mcdonald Mar. 26, 2021 06:41 AM EDT

FILE - In this Nov. 19, 2020, file photo, medical staff work at a COVID-19 testing site on at PrimaryOne Health in Columbus, Ohio. More than half of the $98 million that Ohio spent on personal protective equipment in the early months of the pandemic went to buy hospital gowns, including 3 million from China, where the virus began. (Joshua A. Bickel/The Columbus Dispatch via AP, File)
Ohio spent $55M in early 2020 on gowns, 3 million from China

By Julie Carr Smyth Dec. 19, 2020 09:44 AM EST

A delivery man passes by an ad for the Nov. 11 Sales Day in Beijing, China on Oct. 28, 2020. Chinese consumers are expected to spend tens of billions on everything from fresh food to luxury goods during this year's Singles' Day online shopping festival, as the country recovers from the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
Chinese shoppers splurge in world's largest shopping fest

By Zen Soo Nov. 09, 2020 11:25 PM EST

Officials: 5 business owners charged in federal loan scheme

Aug. 07, 2020 03:38 AM EDT
ATLANTA (AP) — Five small business owners are accused of fraudulently obtaining about $4 million in federal funds created to help businesses amid the pandemic,...

Update on the latest in business:

May. 26, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020 file photo, Designer Alessandro Michele acknowledges the applause at the end of Gucci's Fall/Winter 2020/2021 collection, presented in Milan, Italy. Gucci and St. Laurent are two of the highest profile luxury fashion houses to announce they will leave the fashion calendar behind, with its relentless four-times-a-year rhythm, shuttling cadres of fashionistas between global capitals where they squeeze shoulder-to-shoulder around runways for 15 breathless minutes. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)
Gucci, Saint Laurent seek radical redo of fashion calendars

By Colleen Barry And Thomas Adamson May. 25, 2020 02:45 PM EDT

AM-Prep: Cooler Copy

May. 20, 2020 03:05 AM EDT
TRUMP - FORD - MASKS DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. has told the White House it requires everyone in its factories to wear face masks to...