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This May 1, 2024 image provided by Jessica Damiano shows a supermarket bouquet of three white chrysanthemums, a lily stem and a single rose in a decorative pitcher, along with garden pruners and a packet of flower-preserving granules on Long Island, New York. Proper preparation and the addition of greenery and "filler" flowers can transform a simple bouquet into a lovely arrangement. (Jessica Damiano via AP)

How to turn a supermarket bouquet into a lusher, more personalized flower arrangement

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If your heart is telling you to give a luxurious bouquet of flowers, but your wallet is saying shop at the supermarket, fear not. With a little imagination, you can transform a simple, low-cost … more

By JESSICA DAMIANO | 5/9/24

A general view of the Bank of England in London, Thursday May 9, 2024. The Bank of England has kept its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% with several policymakers still worrying about some key inflation measures. In a statement Thursday, the bank’s nine-member Monetary Policy Committee voted 7-2 to keep rates unchanged, with the 2 dissenters backing a quarter-point reduction. (Yui Mok/PA via AP)

Bank of England edges closer to rate cut, possibly in June, as it predicts below-target inflation

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The Bank of England is keeping its main U.K. interest rate at a 16-year high of 5.25% though it gave a broad hint that a reduction could be on the cards as soon as June as inflation is forecast to … more

By PAN PYLAS | 5/9/24

FILE - This undated photo provided by the Van Buren County Sheriff's Office in Paw Paw, Mich., shows stolen guns, ammunition and knives that were recovered Sept. 12, 2015, in Antwerp Township, Mich. The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country, a new analysis of FBI data by the gun-safety group Everytown found. (Van Buren County Sheriff's Office via AP)

Guns are being stolen from cars at triple the rate they were 10 years ago, a report finds

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The rate of guns stolen from cars in the U.S. has tripled over the last decade, making them the largest source of stolen guns in the country. That's according to an analysis of FBI data by the gun … more

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER | 5/9/24

Japanese automaker Nissan reports 92% jump in profit as sales surge

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Nissan’s profit for the fiscal year through March has jumped 92% to 426.6 billion yen, or $2.7 billion, as the Japanese automaker’s sales grew in all major global markets except China. Nissan … more

By YURI KAGEYAMA | 5/9/24

FILE - Norfolk Southern locomotives are moved through the Conway Terminal in Conway, Pa., June 17, 2023. Norfolk Southern shareholders will decide Thursday, May 9, 2024, whether to back an activist investor’s bid to take over the railroad’s board and replace management. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Norfolk Southern shareholders to decide Thursday whether to back investors who want to fire the CEO

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Norfolk Southern shareholders will decide Thursday morning whether to back an activist investor’s bid to take over the railroad’s board and replace management. Ancora Holdings picked up … more

By JOSH FUNK | 5/9/24

FILE - The then Prime Minister of Fiji Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Sept. 23, 2022, at the U.N. headquarters. Former Prime Minister Bainimarama was sentenced on Thursday, May 9, 2024, to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while he headed the government of his South Pacific island nation. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

Fiji's ex-leader, Frank Bainimarama, sentenced to prison for interfering in police investigation

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Former Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama has been sentenced to a year in prison for interfering in a criminal investigation while leading the government of his South Pacific island nation. The … more

By ROD McGUIRK | 5/9/24

Yemen's Houthi rebels claim 2 attacks in Gulf of Aden, another unreported in Indian Ocean

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Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed two missile attacks in the Gulf of Aden on two Panama-flagged container ships that caused no damage. The claims Thursday by Brig. Gen. Yahya Saree come as the … more

By JON GAMBRELL | 5/9/24

FILE - A group stands under an election banner outside the European Parliament in Brussels on April 29, 2024. The European Union marks Europe Day on Thursday, May 9, but instead of the traditionally muted celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in one month time which portend a steep rise of the extreme right and a possible move away from its global trendsetting climate policies. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

Europe Day marks 1 month till EU elections. Rise of hard right, wilting of Green Deal are possible

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The European Union marks its annual Europe Day on Thursday. But instead of the humdrum celebrations, all eyes are on the EU elections in a month's time. They portend a steep rise of the extreme right … more

By RAF CASERT | 5/9/24

FILE - Farmworkers Cynthia Burgos, left and Teresa Maldonado, right, hug after Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a bill aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to unionize in Sacramento, Calif., Sept. 28, 2022. A battle between The Wonderful Co. which grows pistachios, pomegranates, citrus and other crops and United Farm Workers is over new rules in California aimed at making it easier for farmworkers to form unions. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

Union push pits the United Farm Workers against a major California agricultural business

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A battle is underway in California between a unit of the Wonderful Co. and United Farm Workers over how a group of workers organized under a recently-enacted labor law. Since the law took effect, … more

By AMY TAXIN | 5/9/24

FILE - Doctors and other medical staff take part in a protest, in downtown Nairobi, Kenya, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Kenya's public hospital doctors union on Wednesday, May 8, 2024, signed a return to work agreement with the government, ending a national strike that began in mid-March and had left patients in limbo. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga, File)

Kenya's public hospital doctors sign agreement to end national strike after almost 2 months

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Kenya's public hospital doctors union has called off a national strike that had left patients in limbo for almost two months. The union secretary general Davji Atellah on Wednesday said they had … more

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI | 5/8/24

File - A worker counts money at a grocery store in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov. 21, 2023. Prices have surged so dramatically that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest banknote in circulation to 10,000 peso note, five times the value of the previous biggest bill, according to the central bank on May 8, 2024, and the new bill is expected circulate in June. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)

With inflation soaring, Argentina will start printing 10,000 peso notes

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Prices in Argentina have surged so dramatically in recent months that the government has multiplied the size of its biggest bank note by five — to 10,000 pesos, worth about $10. The central bank … more

5/8/24

FILE - People try out iPhone products at an Apple Store in Beijing, Sept. 28, 2021. A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking to create more ways for consumers to pay for digital services. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, file)

Judge grills Apple exec about whether company is defying order to enable more iPhone payment options

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A federal judge on Wednesday questioned whether Apple has set up a gauntlet of exasperating hurdles to discourage the use of alternative payment options in iPhone apps, despite a court order seeking … more

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE | 5/8/24

Airbnb shares slide on lower revenue forecast despite a doubling of net income

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Airbnb's profit more than doubled last quarter, but management's disappointing revenue forecast sparked a roughly 7% drop for its stock in after-market trading Wednesday. The San Francisco-based … more

5/8/24

FILE - Las Vegas Aces forward Candace Parker reacts during the first half of a WNBA basketball game against the Seattle Storm, May 20, 2023, in Seattle. The three-time WNBA champion has announced she's retiring. Parker, a two-time league MVP, announced in a social media post on Sunday, April 28, 2024 that she's ending her career after 16 seasons. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

Candace Parker takes a new job with Adidas after retiring from a 16-year WNBA career

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Candace Parker has a new job as president of women’s basketball at Adidas. The three-time WNBA champion announced her retirement as a player on April 28 after 16 seasons. Adidas says Parker will … more

5/8/24

FILE -- A banner hangs during a ceremony announcing a proposed $300 million expansion of Google's data center operations Tuesday, June 2, 2015, in Lithia Springs, Ga. Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday, May 7, 2024, vetoed a bill that would have suspended tax breaks for new and expanding data centers. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

Georgia lawmakers vowed to restrain tax breaks. But the governor's veto saved a data-center break

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Georgia lawmakers vowed they were going to rein in tax breaks for businesses this year, but their efforts came to nothing. Gov. Brian Kemp on Tuesday vetoed a bill to pause for two years a sales tax … more

By JEFF AMY | 5/8/24

FILE - The sign for Norwood Hospital, a Steward Health Care hospital, is seen, June 29, 2020, in Norwood, Mass. Steward Health Care said it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing on Monday, May 6, 2024, that it filed for bankruptcy protection. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

Steward Health Care says it is selling the 30+ hospitals it operates nationwide

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Steward Health Care says it plans to sell off all its hospitals after announcing this week that it filed for bankruptcy protection. The Dallas-based company said it does not expect interruptions in … more

By STEVE LeBLANC | 5/8/24

FILE - A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building is seen, May 4, 2021, in Washington. Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to spend on charitable causes. This week, the Internal Revenue Service held a public hearing to discuss plans to regulate DAFs. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

The $230 billion donor-advised fund industry gets an IRS hearing

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Congress and the Biden administration are considering what, if anything, should be done to tighten restrictions on donor-advised funds, an increasingly popular way for donors to set aside money to … more

By STEPHANIE BEASLEY of The Chronicle of Philanthropy | 5/8/24

FILE - Elaine Vallaster reacts to a winning spin while playing an internet slots game on her tablet in Hazlet, N.J. on Friday, Nov. 24, 2023. Internet gambling is currently offered in seven states but has been slow to catch on more widely in the U.S. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)

Slow to expand, internet casino gambling is the future of US betting, industry execs say

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Internet casino gambling is legal in only a handful of states, but the industry is convinced it is the future of betting, even as some worry about cannibalizing physical casinos. Speaking Wednesday … more

By WAYNE PARRY | 5/8/24

FILE - FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried leaves Manhattan federal court, June 15, 2023, in New York. FTX says that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after the cryptocurrency exchange imploded, and some will get more than that. FTX said in a court filing late Tuesday, May 7, 2024, that it owes about $11.2 billion to its creditors. The exchange estimates that it has between $14.5 billion and $16.3 billion to distribute to them. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

A timeline of the collapse at FTX

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FTX, once among the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in the world, said this week that nearly all of its customers will receive the money back that they are owed, two years after its monumental … more

By SALLEE ANN HARRISON | 5/8/24

Prada focuses generational transition on artisans, expanding production and workforce in Italy

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The Prada Group is expanding its production footprint in Italy, including dozens of new jobs at its knitwear factory in Umbria, leaning into “Made in Italy” as integral to the brand’s ethos. … more

By COLLEEN BARRY | 5/8/24