By PAN PYLAS
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) – European stock markets rose modestly Tuesday as investors awaited the next developments in the Greek debt crisis and kept a close eye on currencies following big drops in the value of the euro as well as the British pound.
The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up [...]
By MARK WILLIAMS
AP Business Writer
Consulting firm Accenture has ended its association with Tiger Woods on Sunday, marking the first major sponsor to cut ties altogether with the golfer since his alleged infidelities surfaced and he announced an indefinite leave from the sport to work on his marriage.
In its first statement since the Woods’ scandal [...]
By KELLY OLSEN
AP Business Writer
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – Tech-savvy South Koreans began getting their coveted iPhones on Saturday amid fanfare and expectations the communication and entertainment device will shake up a local mobile market dominated by domestic giants Samsung and LG.
Hundreds of customers lined up to get their pre-ordered iPhones at an official launch [...]
By DON BABWIN
Associated Press Writer
CHICAGO (AP) – Step outside Oprah Winfrey’s Harpo Studios and into the near west side neighborhood that’s been home to her television talk show for two decades, and it’s easy to get a sense of what she’s meant to Chicago.
“I used to live across the street from Harpo and when I [...]
By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN
AP Auto Writers
DETROIT (AP) – General Motors Co. says it lost $1.2 billion from the time it left bankruptcy protection through Sept. 30, far better than it has reported in previous quarters and a sign that the auto giant is starting to turn around its business.
The company also says it [...]
By GREGORY KATZ and CLARKE CANFIELD
Associated Press Writers
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Call it a culture clash, trans-Atlantic style.
The Brits think the Americans are puritanical and somewhat batty. The Americans find the Brits morally lax and too willing to bend the rules.
It all started at a high school in Maine when a student consumed half a [...]
By JOE McDONALD
AP Business Writer
BEIJING (AP) – Apple’s iPhone is making its long-awaited formal debut in the world’s most populous mobile phone market, without a key feature and at higher prices than widely available black market models.
Apple’s local service provider, China Unicom Ltd., hopes the iPhone will give it an edge against giant rival China [...]
By KEN THOMAS and STEPHEN MANNING Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) - Toyota Motor Corp. faces more questions from U.S. lawmakers over its troubled safety record when top company officials testify Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the automaker’s...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - What if you could be fat but avoid heart disease or diabetes? Scientists trying to break the fat-and-disease link increasingly say inflammation is the key. In the quest to prove it,...
By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent SANTA MONICA, California (AP) - With O.J. Simpson giving his agreement from prison, a judge approved a plan Monday to donate the suit the former NFL star was wearing when he was acquitted...
By TIM FOUGHT Associated Press Writer GOVERNMENT CAMP, Oregon (AP) - Searchers used a helicopter Sunday to look for two missing climbers on Oregon’s Mount Hood and were preparing to take rescue and medical teams back to the area...
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Twenty-six operations put healthy kidneys into 13 desperately ill people: Doctors have just performed a record-setting kidney swap, part of a pioneering effort to expand transplants to patients who too...
By ERIKA KINETZ Associated Press Writer MUMBAI, India (AP) - The slum kid stars of “Slumdog Millionaire” want a lot of things in life – new houses, a car, trips to London and Paris – but they aren’t too...
