LIVERMORE, Calif. — Caught in the crossfire of President Donald Trump’s trade war with China, U.S. vineyards are struggling to sell Syrah in Shanghai and Chardonnay in Shenzhen. They risk losing their foothold in one of the world’s fastest-growing wine markets.
NEW YORK (AP) — Nike will stop selling its sneakers and athletic gear directly to Amazon, ending a two-year relationship with the world’s largest online retailer.
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former top government environmental health official joined health experts on Wednesday in expressing alarm as the Trump administration moves forward with a proposal that scientists say would upend how the U.S. regulates threats to public health.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany on Wednesday hailed Tesla’s decision to build its first European factory in the country, days after the government said it would boost subsidies for buyers of electric cars.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court said Tuesday that a survivor and relatives of victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting can pursue their lawsuit against the maker of the rifle used to kill 26 people.
Got milk? Increasingly, Americans don’t, and that led the nation’s biggest milk producer to file for bankruptcy Tuesday.
NEW YORK (AP) — Disney’s brand-new streaming service Disney Plus may be a victim of its own success.
LANCASTER — The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation named the City the “Most Business-Friendly City at the 24th annual Eddy Awards ceremony Thursday night at the JW Marriott Los Angeles Live.
NEW YORK — Disney will sprinkle its pixie dust on the streaming arena Tuesday, as its Disney Plus service debuts with an arsenal of marquee franchises including Marvel and Star Wars, original series with a built-in fan base and a cheap price to boot.
Burger King is introducing a plant-based burger in Europe. But it’s not the Impossible Whopper that’s been a hit with U.S. customers.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — SpaceX launched 60 mini satellites Monday, the second batch of an orbiting network meant to provide global internet coverage.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Clocksmith Scott Steel works to a soundtrack of irregular chimes, gong strikes and snippets of recognizable melodies at Kappel’s Clock Shop on Madison’s East Side.
DEARBORN, Mich. — So far, electric vehicles haven’t been accepted in the United States, with fewer than 1.5% of new-vehicle buyers choosing them over internal combustion engines.
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Chinese President Xi Jinping has arrived in Greece on an official visit meant to deepen economic ties between the two countries.
TEHRAN, Iran — Iran has discovered a new oil field in the country’s south with over 50 billion barrels of crude, its president said Sunday, a find that could boost the country’s proven reserves by a third as it struggles to sell energy abroad over U.S. sanctions.
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Some Missouri business owners looking to profit from the state’s burgeoning marijuana industry worry that they’ll lose out to established out-of-state organizations that have been aggressive in applying to process or sell medical marijuana in Missouri.
NEW YORK — WeWork said Friday it will divest from several side businesses and cut jobs as part of a 90-day plan to turn itself around following its botched attempt to sell stock on Wall Street.
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The federal government announced $800 million in aid Friday to farmers in three southern states that were devastated by last year’s hurricanes.
NEW YORK (AP) — Climate change may be the defining risk for oil and gas companies in coming decades, and attorneys for New York state are saying Exxon Mobil misled investors about how it was handling that risk.
BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — Ben & Jerry’s is facing a lawsuit accusing the ice cream maker and its parent company of false advertising by saying the milk and cream in its products comes from “happy cows.”
By TALI ARBEL
UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly voted overwhelmingly Thursday to condemn the American economic embargo of Cuba for the 28th year, rejecting U.S. criticism of human rights violations there and criticizing the Trump administration’s increasingly tough enforcement measures.
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE
Your daughter is the eldest of your children and a successful accountant. She’s strong-willed and legendary for her razor-sharp sarcasm.
LANCASTER — Belladonna Gift Boutique and Tea Room celebrated its 20th anniversary with a commendation from Assemblyman Tom Lackey as his Small Business of the Month.
LANSING, Mich. — Michigan would become the fifth state to require that egg-laying hens be housed in cage-free areas under legislation approved by the state House on Wednesday.
HONOLULU (AP) — A judge ruled Wednesday that Hawaii tax authorities may subpoena Airbnb for records of its hosts as the state investigates whether operators of vacation rentals have been paying their taxes.
WASHINGTON (AP) — American workers were less efficient in the July-September quarter, pushing down productivity for the first time since late 2015.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The old Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana will soon be a thing of the past.
NEW YORK — New York is unlikely to approve statewide mobile sports betting anytime soon.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit fell in September to the lowest level in five months as imports dropped more sharply than exports and America ran a rare surplus in petroleum.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is wrestling with a modern-day dispute involving the pirate Blackbeard’s ship that went down off North Carolina’s coast more than 300 years ago.
By COLLEEN BARRY
McDonald’s lost its top human resources executive Monday, days after the company’s CEO was fired for having a relationship with an employee.
Firehouse Subs Franchisees Ramiro and Cate Antunez opened the doors to their restaurant in Palmdale, at 1113 W. Rancho Vista Blvd., on Sunday.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s move last year to tax imported steel triggered jeers but also cheers. Its goal — to raise steel prices — threatened to hurt the legions of U.S. manufacturers that depend on steel.
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday she wants to drastically increase the number of charging stations for electric cars in Germany to give consumers more confidence to switch over to electric from internal combustion engines.
NEW YORK — McDonald’s chief executive officer has been pushed out of the company after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee, the corporation said Sunday.
NONTHABURI, Thailand — Southeast Asian leaders agreed Sunday to work with China and other neighbors to transcend conflicts over trade policies and territorial disputes for the sake of stronger economies and regional stability.
PHOENIX (AP) — Managers of a three-reactor nuclear plant that went online in the 1980s are exploring whether production of hydrogen gas will be part of its future.
OMAHA, Neb. — Warren Buffett’s company reported Saturday that it saw an 11% decline in third-quarter profits because of a smaller increase in the paper value of its investments, even as it sits on a mountain of cash.
DENVER (AP) — Colorado residents will decide Tuesday whether to legalize sports betting and tax it to help conserve the state’s most precious resource: water.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Several dozen middle schoolers played video games and toured the esports arena at the Luxor casino-resort this week as part of a new program working to get girls excited about careers in science, technology, engineering, arts and math.
NEW YORK — Barneys New York, which once reigned in the world of high fashion, is now being sold piece by piece.
LA CROSSE, Wis. (AP) — New federal rules on industrial hemp production won’t impact 2020 growing season in Wisconsin, state agriculture officials said.
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago teachers and more than 300,000 students affected by an 11-day strike returned to classrooms Friday amid a tentative agreement that ended the walkout and is expected to shape education in the nation’s third-largest city for the next five years.
NEW YORK — Barneys New York, which once reigned in the world of high fashion, is now being sold piece by piece.
By JOSH BOAK
WASHINGTON — Transparency is key when you’re borrowing money.
NEW YORK — President Donald Trump is falsely suggesting that Thursday’s stock market decline was driven primarily by the impeachment inquiry.
BISMARCK, N.D. — TC Energy’s Keystone pipeline has leaked an estimated 383,000 gallons of oil in northeastern North Dakota, marking the second significant spill in two years along the line that carries Canadian tar sands oil through seven states, regulators said Thursday.
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