Economy

A man walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

World shares, US futures decline on vaccine, virus worries

By Elaine Kurtenbach 5 hrs ago

A person receives the COVID-19 vaccine as members of the Aalborg Symphony Orchestra play at the vaccination center in Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Jutland, Denmark, Monday April 12, 2021. (Henning Bagger/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

The Latest: Novavax agrees to arrangement with SKorean firm

By The Associated Press 6 hrs ago

FILE - In this Saturday, April 10, 2021, file photo, Muslims perform evening prayer at the Sunni shrine of Abdul-Qadir al-Gailani, ahead of the upcoming Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, in Baghdad, Iraq. Muslims are facing their second Ramadan in the shadow of the pandemic. Many Muslim majority countries have been hit by an intense new coronavirus wave. While some countries imposed new Ramadan restrictions, concern is high that the month’s rituals could stoke a further surge. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed, File)

Muslims navigate restrictions in the second pandemic Ramadan

By Mariam Fam, Kathy Gannon And Bassem Mroue 6 hrs ago

People walk past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange in Hong Kong Monday, April 12, 2021. Asian shares were lower on Monday, as investors grew wary over the recent surge in coronavirus cases in many places while vaccinations are making scant headway. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Asian shares decline on vaccine, virus worries

By Elaine Kurtenbach 8 hrs ago

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2020, file photo, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell listens during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington. During an interview broadcast Sunday, April 11, 2021, on CBS' "60 Minutes," Powell said the U.S. economy is poised for an extended period of strong growth and hiring, though the coronavirus still poses some risk. (Al Drago/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File)

Fed's Powell sees US boom ahead, with COVID still a risk

By Christopher Rugaber 13 hrs ago

NCAA volleyball tournament will boost Omaha's economy

16 hrs ago
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The Omaha economy will get a significant boost from hosting the entire NCAA volleyball championship tournament over the next two weeks. ...

Leslie Powers delivers breakfast plates at Salt Lake City's Blue Plate Diner on Friday, March 12, 2021. The owners recently announced they will be closing on May 4, after 20 years in business. A new development is going in on the corner that is forcing it to shut down. (Francisco Kjolseth/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)

Survey shows effect of outsize of job loss on Utah women

By Becky Jacobs 24 hrs ago

FILE - In this April 15, 2020 file photo, a billboard urges people to stay home during the coronavirus pandemic in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Middle East economies are recovering from the coronavirus pandemic faster than anticipated, largely due to the acceleration of mass inoculation campaigns and an increase in oil prices. But the International Monetary Fund warned Sunday, April 11, 2021, that an uneven vaccine distribution would derail the region's rebound, as the prospects of rich and poor countries diverge. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell, File)

IMF: Vaccine inequity threatens Mideast's economic recovery

By Isabel Debre Apr. 11, 2021 07:00 AM EDT

Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of Creating Opportunities party, CREO, celebrates after a presidential runoff election at his campaign headquarters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 11, 2021. With most of the votes counted Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa.(AP Photo/Angel Dejesus)

Ecuador goes with conservative banker in presidential vote

By Regina Garcia Cano And Gonzalo Solano Apr. 11, 2021 12:00 AM EDT

Virus recovery funds to promote tourism on Alabama coast

Apr. 10, 2021 11:44 AM EDT
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (AP) — Beach season is heating up, and Alabama’s coast is getting federal money to help recover from tourism losses caused by the...

FILE - In this Wednesday, April 7, 2021 file photo, Nationalists and Loyalists clash with one another at the peace wall on Lanark Way in West Belfast, Northern Ireland. The chaotic scenes during a week of violence on the streets of Northern Ireland have stirred memories of decades of Catholic-Protestant conflict, known as “The Troubles.” A 1998 peace deal ended large-scale violence but did not resolve Northern Ireland’s deep-rooted tensions. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison, File)

EXPLAINER: What is behind the latest unrest in N Ireland?

By Jill Lawless Apr. 10, 2021 02:43 AM EDT

President Joe Biden, accompanied by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, right, speaks as he gets his weekly economic briefing in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, April 9, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden budget seeks more for schools, health care and housing

By Josh Boak Apr. 10, 2021 12:32 AM EDT

FILE - In his Dec. 18, 2020, file photo a runner passes the office of the California Employment Development Department in Sacramento, Calif. California lawmakers on Thursday, April 8, 2021, advanced what they called commonsense legislation requiring two state agencies to share information aimed at helping stop billions of dollars in pandemic-related unemployment fraud. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Feds charge 3 more in massive California unemployment fraud

By Don Thompson Apr. 09, 2021 05:34 PM EDT

How major US stock indexes fared Friday

The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 04:25 PM EDT
Technology companies helped lift stocks on Wall Street to a record high Friday. Apple and Intel soared about 2%. The S&P 500 rose 0.8%...

Editorial Roundup: New England

By The Associated Press Apr. 09, 2021 02:33 PM EDT
Hearst Connecticut Media Editorial Board. April 8, 2021. Editorial: CT must catch up with times on voting There shouldn...

4 accused of getting pandemic jobless benefits for inmates

Apr. 09, 2021 12:36 PM EDT
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — A federal grand jury has indicted four people for their roles in a scheme to use the identities of 35 Virginia prison inmates to secure...