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American flags fly outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. Stocks tumbled worldwide Friday on more signs the global economy is weakening, just as central banks raise the pressure even more with additional interest rate hikes.

U.S. stocks slip deeper into a slump as recession fears grow

American flags fly outside the New York Stock Exchange, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022, in New York. Stocks tumbled worldwide Friday on more signs the global economy is weakening, just as central banks raise the pressure even more with additional interest rate hikes.

September 26, 2022, 1:14pm Business Updated 2 days ago

Stocks fell on Wall Street and put major indexes deeper into a slump as recession fears grow. Read story

President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with National Economic Council director Brian Deese, left, after speaking about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington.

White House: New rule will show ‘true cost’ of plane tickets

President Joe Biden walks to the Oval Office with National Economic Council director Brian Deese, left, after speaking about a tentative railway labor agreement in the Rose Garden of the White House, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington.

September 26, 2022, 10:37am Business Updated 1 day ago

President Joe Biden will announce a new initiative Monday that would eventually allow consumers to see a more complete price on airline tickets — including baggage and change fees — before they buy, as the White House continues to search for ways to lower costs for Americans amid persistently high… Read story

FILE - In this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow, Oct. 11, 2013. President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday Sept. 26, 2022.

Putin grants Russian citizenship to tech whiz Edward Snowden

FILE - In this image made from video and released by WikiLeaks, former National Security Agency systems analyst Edward Snowden speaks in Moscow, Oct. 11, 2013. President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed by the Russian leader on Monday Sept. 26, 2022.

September 26, 2022, 10:33am Business

Russian President Vladimir Putin has granted Russian citizenship to former U.S. security contractor Edward Snowden, according to a decree signed Monday by the Russian leader. Read story

Pages from a Carlyle Group 2021 report on its financial risk from greenhouse gas emissions are photographed Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. A "note on scope" halfway through the document said that due to a "different business model," Carlyle's largest oil and gas investment, NGP, was not included. As the climate crisis worsens and emissions get more scrutiny, what major companies decide to disclose is increasingly important.

Emissions declarations by equity firm Carlyle under question

Pages from a Carlyle Group 2021 report on its financial risk from greenhouse gas emissions are photographed Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. A "note on scope" halfway through the document said that due to a "different business model," Carlyle's largest oil and gas investment, NGP, was not included. As the climate crisis worsens and emissions get more scrutiny, what major companies decide to disclose is increasingly important.

September 26, 2022, 9:54am Business Updated 2 days ago

At the start of 2022, the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, published a report on it financial risk from greenhouse gas emissions. Read story

FILE - The logo at the entrance of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris, June 7, 2017. The OECD on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 says Russia's war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are dragging down global economic growth more than expected and driving up inflation that will stay high into next year. The Paris-based organization projects worldwide growth to be a modest 3% this year before slowing further to just 2.2% next year, representing around $2.8 trillion in lost global output in 2023.

OECD: War in Ukraine to drag on global economy into 2023

FILE - The logo at the entrance of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) headquarters in Paris, June 7, 2017. The OECD on Monday, Sept. 26, 2022 says Russia's war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are dragging down global economic growth more than expected and driving up inflation that will stay high into next year. The Paris-based organization projects worldwide growth to be a modest 3% this year before slowing further to just 2.2% next year, representing around $2.8 trillion in lost global output in 2023.

September 26, 2022, 9:06am Business

Russia’s war in Ukraine and the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic are dragging down global economic growth more than expected and driving up inflation that will stay high into next year, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said Monday in a darkening outlook. Read story

Amazon to hold holiday shopping event in October

September 26, 2022, 9:06am Business

Amazon said Monday that next month it will hold a second Prime Day-like shopping event, making it the latest major retailer to offer holiday deals earlier this year to entice cautious consumers struggling with tighter budgets. Read story

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara speaks at a state Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Top U.S. Insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation's largest automobile insurance market by Lara's refusal to approve rate increases since the coronavirus pandemic. This is the latest battle in Lara's efforts to compensate consumers that he says were overcharged by insurers during the pandemics early months, when traffic all but disappeared ofter California imposed the nation's first stray-home order.

Insurers say California’s inaction threatens auto policies

California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara speaks at a state Capitol news conference in Sacramento, Calif., Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022. Top U.S. Insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation's largest automobile insurance market by Lara's refusal to approve rate increases since the coronavirus pandemic. This is the latest battle in Lara's efforts to compensate consumers that he says were overcharged by insurers during the pandemics early months, when traffic all but disappeared ofter California imposed the nation's first stray-home order.

September 26, 2022, 9:05am Business

Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the nation’s largest automobile insurance market by refusing to approve any rate increases for more than two years, since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. Read story

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a kindergarten classroom with a sign "Z" on the door that was used by Russian forces in the recently retaken area of Kapitolivka, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

Russian military recruiter shot amid fear of Ukraine call-up

A Ukrainian serviceman inspects a kindergarten classroom with a sign "Z" on the door that was used by Russian forces in the recently retaken area of Kapitolivka, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 25, 2022.

September 26, 2022, 9:03am Business

A young man shot a Russian military officer at close range at an enlistment office Monday, in an unusually bold attack reflecting resistance to the Russian leadership’s efforts to mobilize hundreds of thousands of men to wage war on Ukraine. Read story