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FILE - In this May 4, 2021, file photo is the Federal Reserve building in Washington.The Federal Reserve says it will start selling off the holdings of one of its emergency lending programs created last year to stabilize financial markets at the height of the pandemic crisis. The Fed announced Wednesday, June 2, it will begin winding down the portfolio of the Secondary Corporate Credit Facility, which at the close of last year held $14.2 billion in assets. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
Fed to sell off assets from an emergency loan program

By Martin Crutsinger Jun. 02, 2021 04:54 PM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2018 file photo, the logo for General Mills appears above a trading post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. General Mills is diving further into the red-hot pet food market, acquiring Tyson Foods’ pet treat business for $1.2 billion in cash, the companies said Friday, May 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
General Mills dives deeper into the pet business

By Matt Ott May. 14, 2021 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2021, file photo, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman wears a face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus as he attends the Saudi Cup award ceremony during the final race of the $20 million, the Saudi Cup, at King Abdul Aziz race track in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The crown prince laid out a vigorous defense of his domestic policies and the thinking behind his push to transform Saudi Arabia economically and socially during a wide-ranging interview broadcast across Saudi television channels late Tuesday, April 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)
Saudi crown prince defends austerity steps, social loosening

By Aya Batrawy Apr. 27, 2021 08:32 PM EDT

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...

This December 2020 image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a counterfeit N95 surgical mask that was seized by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Federal investigators are probing a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities, and government agencies and expect the number to rise significantly in coming weeks. The fake 3M masks are at best a copyright violations and at worst unsafe fakes that put unknowing health care workers at grave risk for coronavirus. And they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot. (ICE via AP)
US govt seizes over 10M phony N95 masks in COVID-19 probe

By Colleen Long Feb. 17, 2021 03:04 PM EST

FILE - In this April 12, 2006, file photo, flags wave near the Chicago Tribune Tower in downtown Chicago. Newspaper publisher Tribune has agreed to be sold to Alden Global Capital, a hedge fund known for cutting costs and eliminating newsroom jobs, in a deal valued at $630 billion. Tribune Publishing Co., which owns the Chicago Tribune, the New York Daily News, the Baltimore Sun and other newspapers, said Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, it has agreed to sell its shares to Alden for $17.25 apiece, in cash. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Tribune agrees to purchase by hedge fund for $630 million

By The Associated Press Feb. 16, 2021 08:08 PM EST

This December 2020 image provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) shows a counterfeit N95 surgical mask that was seized by ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Federal investigators are probing a massive counterfeit N95 mask operation sold in at least five states to hospitals, medical facilities, and government agencies and expect the number to rise significantly in coming weeks. The fake 3M masks are at best a copyright violations and at worst unsafe fakes that put unknowing health care workers at grave risk for coronavirus. And they are becoming increasingly difficult to spot. (ICE via AP)
Government investigating massive counterfeit N95 mask scam

By Colleen Long Feb. 10, 2021 01:57 PM EST

An empty oxygen tank sits in a car featuring iconic images of "The Lord of Miracles" as the car's driver asks an oxygen refill store if there's enough supply to get in line, in the Villa El Salvador shantytown of Lima, Peru, Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The driver was turned away because the store had already assigned the day's oxygen maximum amount of refills, 20, to people who arrived earlier. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)
Search for oxygen tank refills routine for Peruvians

By Mauricio Muñoz Jan. 21, 2021 02:53 PM EST

FILE - In this May 25, 2019, file photo, Neil Young performs at the BottleRock Napa Valley Music Festival at Napa Valley Expo in Napa, Calif. Young has become the latest artist to strike gold with his song catalog. The Hipgnosis Songs Fund, a British investment company, announced that it had acquired a 50 percent stake in Young's catalog of some 1,180 songs that include "Heart of Gold," "Rockin’ in the Free World" and "Cinnamon Girl." (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)
Neil Young becomes latest artist to sell stake in his songs

By David Bauder Jan. 06, 2021 02:04 AM EST

File-This March 20, 2020, file photo shows a parking lot full of Uber self-driving Volvos in Pittsburgh. Uber is selling off its autonomous vehicles development arm to Aurora as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic. Aurora will acquire the employees and technology behind Uber's Advanced Technologies Group in an equity transaction, the companies said Monday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Uber, hard-hit by pandemic, sells its robot-vehicle division

By Cathy Bussewitz And Michael Liedtke Dec. 07, 2020 04:05 PM 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

Moderna, HD Supply rise; Casper Sleep, Virgin Galactic fall

Nov. 16, 2020 04:20 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that moved heavily or traded substantially Monday: PNC Financial Services Group Inc., up $3.51 to $126.29. ...

FILE - In this April 3, 2020 file photo, a Home Depot customer pushes a cart loaded with supplies in New York. Home Depot is buying HD Supply Co., a distributor of maintenance, repair and operations products in the multifamily and hospitality end markets, in a deal valued at about $8 billion. The transaction is expected to close during Home Depot's fiscal fourth quarter. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Home Depot reunites with HD Supply in deal valued at $8B

By Michelle Chapman Nov. 16, 2020 11:22 AM EST

A company sign of Seiyu is seen in Hiratsuka, near Tokyo Monday, Nov. 16, 2020. U.S. retailer Walmart is selling off 85% of its wholly owned Japanese supermarket subsidiary Seiyu, while retaining a 15% stake, in a deal valued at ¥172.5 billion ($1.6 billion), the companies said Monday. (Kyodo News via AP)
Walmart sells majority stake in Japanese Seiyu supermarket

By Yuri Kageyama Nov. 16, 2020 01:43 AM EST

FILE - This Oct. 5, 2011 file photo shows a sign displayed on the door at Friendly's restaurant in Brunswick, Maine. Friendly's Restaurant, an East Coast restaurant chain known for its sundaes, is filing for bankruptcy protection. The company said it will sell substantially all of its assets to the restaurant company, Amici Partners Group, and all 130 of its locations will remain open while in restructures under Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Pat Wellenbach, File)
Another restaurant chain, Friendly's, hits wall in pandemic

By Dee-Ann Durbin Nov. 02, 2020 09:24 AM EST

This May 7, 2020, file photo, shows a Dunkin' Donuts at the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport in Moon, Pa. The Dunkin’ doughnuts and coffee chain confirmed it's held talks to be taken private by a private equity firm, sending shares rocketing to an all-time high at the opening bell Monday, Oct. 26, 2020.(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Arby's and Buffalo Wild Wings owner buying Dunkin' Brands

Oct. 30, 2020 09:45 PM EDT

This combination photo shows Meg Whitman at The Hollywood Reporter's Women in Entertainment Breakfast Gala in Los Angeles on Dec. 11, 2019, left, and Jeffrey Katzenberg at the 26th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Jan. 19, 2020. Katzenberg and Whitman are bringing Quibi to a phone near you with movies, shows and news served in quick bites. (AP Photo)
Short-video app Quibi shutting down just months after launch

By Tali Arbel Oct. 21, 2020 06:11 PM EDT

Lori Gonzalez, left, and Rachel Spray carry flowers to the temporary grave marker of Gonzalez's sister and Kaiser Permanente Fresno Medical Center nurse, Sandra Oldfield, at the Sanger Cemetery in Sanger, Calif., Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020. Oldfield died after being exposed to the novel coronavirus. Workers at the hospital said they did not have the proper personal protective equipment. (AP Photo/Gary Kazanjian)
US medical supply chains failed, and COVID deaths followed

By Juliet Linderman And Martha Mendoza Oct. 06, 2020 10:23 AM EDT

James Squire brand beer is displayed at a liquor store in Sydney, Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020. Australia's government announced on Tuesday it proposed to block Kirin Holdings Co.'s 45.6 billion yen ($430 million) sale of its Australian beverage unit to a Chinese company in a development likely to increase strain on Chinese-Australian relations. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Australia blocks Kirin's $430M sale of business to Chinese

By Rod Mcguirk Aug. 25, 2020 12:39 AM EDT

FILE - This Feb. 25, 2020, file photo, shows the icon for TikTok in New York. The video app said it will wage a legal fight against the Trump Administration’s efforts to ban the popular, Chinese-owned service over national-security concerns. TikTok, which is owned by China’s ByteDance, insisted that it not is a national-security threat and that the government is acting without evidence or due process. The company said it will file suit against the government later Monday, Aug. 24 in federal court in California. (AP Photo/File)
TikTok sues Trump over his pending order to ban its app

By Tali Arbel Aug. 24, 2020 02:55 PM EDT