Tag: Business

France's president called a surprise election. The result could diminish his power in world affairs

PARIS -- French President Emmanuel Macron could awake — if he has slept at all — with clipped wings on Monday morning. The...

Pongamia trees grow where citrus once flourished, offering renewable energy and plant-based protein

An ancient tree from India is now thriving in groves where citrus trees once flourished in Florida, and could help provide the nation...

How an Oscar-winning filmmaker helped a small-town art theater in Ohio land a big grant

YELLOW SPRINGS, Ohio -- When the Little Art Theatre set out to land a $100,000 grant to fund a stylish new marquee, with...

North Dakota tribe goes back to its roots with a massive greenhouse operation

BISMARCK, N.D. -- A Native American tribe in North Dakota will soon grow lettuce in a giant greenhouse complex that when fully completed...

Air travel is getting worse. That's what passengers are telling the US government

WASHINGTON -- WASHINGTON (AP) — Air travel got more miserable last year, if the number of consumer complaints filed with the U.S. government...

Federal Reserve highlights its political independence as presidential campaign heats up

WASHINGTON -- The Federal Reserve is highlighting the importance of its political independence at a time when Donald Trump, who frequently attacked the...