By Dan Elliott The Associated Press DENVER — Garden-care giant Ortho said Tuesday that it will stop using a class of chemicals widely believed to harm bees as concerns rise about the health of the insects that pollinate a big portion of plants that people eat. The company plans to […]
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By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — Exactly how 32 American lobsters wound up in Swedish waters isn’t clear. But because some of them were wearing the rubber bands that are put on lobsters’ claws in captivity, many suspect the shellfish had been exported to Europe and then […]
By David Bauder THE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Al-Jazeera America, which couldn’t attract an audience to another cable news network in the United States, signs off Tuesday night following a three-hour live farewell designed to highlight its work since a 2013 launch. The farewell begins at 6 p.m. EDT […]
By Jill Lawless And David McHugh The Associated Press LONDON — Iceland’s prime minister became the first major figure brought down by the leak of millions of records on offshore accounts as the scrutiny intensified around officials from other countries, including Ukraine’s president. Icelandic leader Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson stepped aside […]
By Linda A. Johnson The Associated Press The biggest U.S.-based drugmaker, Pfizer Inc., will stay put thanks to aggressive new Treasury Department rules that succeeded in blocking Pfizer from acquiring rival Allergan and moving to Ireland ‚Äî at least on paper ‚Äî to reduce its tax bill. As analysts and […]
By Frank Jordans The Associated Press BERLIN — An international coalition of media outlets on Sunday published what it said was an extensive investigation into the offshore financial dealings of the rich and famous, based on a vast trove of documents provided by an anonymous source. The International Consortium of […]
The Canadian Press Ottawa has asked the World Trade Organization to look into U.S. countervailing duties on almost $1 billion in annual exports of supercalendered paper from Canada. International Trade Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wedenesday that the “request for consultations” with the WTO follows a decision back in November asking […]
By Linda Nguyen The Canadian Press TORONTO — Three years ago, Erik Dohnberg was working at the Genius Bar at an Apple store in London, Ont. He’d been there for 10 months after graduating with an information and media studies degree from Western University when he decided he wanted more. […]
By Erika Kinetz The Associated Press WENZHOU, China — The email seemed unremarkable: a routine request by Mattel Inc.’s chief executive for a new vendor payment to China. It was well-timed, arriving on Thursday, April 30, during a tumultuous period for the Los-Angeles based maker of Barbie dolls. Barbie was […]
By Patrick Whittle The Associated Press PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmentalists and seafood industry professionals is campaigning to make the case that traceability in the seafood industry is about success in the marketplace as much as it’s about ethics. Ocean conservation group Oceana, based in Washington, D.C., has […]
By Elliot Spagat And Aya Batrawy The Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Saudi Arabia’s largest dairy company will soon be unable to farm alfalfa in its own parched country to feed its 170,000 cows. So it’s turning to an unlikely place to grow the water-chugging crop ‚Äî the drought-stricken American […]
By Tamara Lush The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Florida jury awarded a total of $25 million in punitive damages Monday in the Hulk Hogan sex tape trial, hitting Gawker Media with a $15 million judgment and its owner, Nick Denton, with $10 million. It also assessed $100,000 […]
