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FILE- Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso speaks at a signing ceremony that expands the Galapagos Maritime Reserve by 60,000 square kilometers, aboard the Sierra Negra research vessel in Puerto Ayora, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. The U.S., Britain and a handful of others aren’t sending dignitaries to the Beijing Games as part of a diplomatic boycott, but the Chinese capital is still attracting an array of world leaders for the opening ceremony on Friday, Feb. 4. Lasso, who is seeking to renegotiate the country's $4.6 billion debt to China, will be in Beijing for the ceremony. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
World leaders: Who's coming, who isn't to Beijing Olympics

Feb. 03, 2022 09:43 PM EST

French snowboarder Queralt Castellet drops into the superpipe before the women's snowboard finals at Buttermilk in Aspen on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022. Castellet took home the silver medal. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times via AP)
Quantum leap of 'Q': Spanish boarder soars into 5th Olympics

By Pat Graham Feb. 03, 2022 01:21 AM EST

Russian Olympic Committee's artistic gymnastics women's team, Liliia Akhaimova, Viktoriia Listunova, Angelina Melnikova and Vladislava Urazova listen to music from a Russian composer during the medal ceremony after receiving theirs gold medals at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
GLIMPSES: Medalists' bouquets hold deeper meaning for Japan

By Stephen Wade Jul. 29, 2021 02:01 AM EDT

Update on the latest in business:

Apr. 03, 2020 03:40 AM EDT
FINANCIAL MARKETS Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street rises on pricier oil BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets tumbled...

A currency trader wearing a face mask works at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 3, 2020. Asian stocks were mixed Friday after Wall Street gained for the first time in three days on stronger oil prices despite enduring uncertainty about how long the global economic decline due to the coronavirus pandemic will last. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
Asian stocks tumble after Wall Street rises on pricier oil

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 03, 2020 01:56 AM EDT

Stocks post gain...Unemployment numbers exceed record...Businesses tapping credit lines

Apr. 02, 2020 05:22 PM EDT
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street climbed to its first gain in three days after strengthening oil prices revived beaten-down energy stocks. The S&P rose 2.3% and...

A man stands at an exchange office screen showing the currency exchange rates of U.S. Dollar and Euro to Russian Rubles in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 10, 2020. Oil prices are plunging after Saudi Arabia started a price war against Russia. The Saudis tried to get the Russians to cut oil production to keep prices from falling even more due to the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Trump says he expects Russia, Saudis to cut oil production

By Aya Batrawy And Cathy Bussewitz Apr. 02, 2020 05:11 PM EDT

Mexican economy may contract by 4 to 8% in 2020

Apr. 02, 2020 04:35 PM EDT
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's Treasury predicted Thursday that the country's economy will contract by as much as 3.9% in 2020 the face of the spreading COVID-19...

An empty central plaza and shopping district is shown amid a public health order that has closed down most retail stores and suspended dine-in restaurant service in Santa Fe, N.M., Friday, March 27, 2020. New Mexico Cabinet Secretary for Tourism Jen Schroer says the state's tourism industry will continue to suffer amid COVID-19 restrictions and vowed the state will do what it can to help hotels, tourist spots, and businesses recover once restrictions are lifted. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee)
New Mexico sees another huge spike in unemployment claims

By Russell Contreras And Morgan Lee Apr. 02, 2020 04:34 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 25, 2011, file photo, workers gather near the Unit 2 reactor which is undergoing re-fueling during a tour of the Browns Ferry nuclear plant in Athens, Ala. U.S. nuclear plants will be allowed to keep workers on longer shifts to deal with staffing problems in the coronavirus pandemic. Nuclear Regulatory Commission officials outlined the temporary shift extensions to nuclear power officials on Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)
US allowing longer shifts at nuclear plants in pandemic

By Ellen Knickmeyer Apr. 02, 2020 03:55 PM EDT

A sign on the 600 North overpass of northbound on I-15 says "We Will Overcome This Together" in Salt lake City, Tuesday March 31, 2020. (Rick Egan/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)
Ballooning jobless claims flood Utah system in COVID crisis

By Lindsay Whitehurst Apr. 02, 2020 03:21 PM EDT

In this photo taken from video provided by the New York Stock Exchange, Robert Glorioso, Chief, Building Engineering Operations, rings the opening bell at the NYSE, Thursday, April 2, 2020. Stocks are wavering between small gains and losses early Thursday after a report showed a record number of Americans lost their jobs last week due to the coronavirus outbreak. (New York Stock Exchange via AP)
Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street rises on pricier oil

By Joe Mcdonald Apr. 02, 2020 02:43 PM EDT

FILE - In this March 3, 2020, photo, Candi Brings Plenty, center, prays outside the Capitol in Pierre, S.D. Major construction projects moving forward along the U.S. borders with Canada and Mexico amid the coronavirus pandemic are raising fears workers could spread infections within nearby communities, including several Native American tribes. Plenty, an indigenous justice organizer with the American Civil Liberties Union, said the organization is trying to figure out creative ways to protest while still following guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (AP Photo/Stephen Groves, File)
With US border work on track, rural towns fear virus spread

By Matthew Brown, Stephen Groves And Cedar Attanasio Apr. 02, 2020 02:22 PM EDT