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Stock market today: Bitcoin hits $100,000 and Asian shares are mostly higher
TOKYO -- TOKYO (AP) — Bitcoin surpassed $100,000 for the first time, while Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday, taking their cues from...
Japan's famous sake joins UNESCO's cultural heritage list, a boost to brewers and enthusiasts
LUQUE, Paraguay -- Sake is perhaps more Japanese than the world-famous sushi. It's brewed in centuries-old mountaintop warehouses, savored in the country’s pub-like...
Bitcoin tops $100,000 as big rally sparked by Trump election win rolls on
NEW YORK -- Bitcoin has topped the $100,000 mark as a massive rally in the world's most popular cryptocurrency sparked by the election...
Taylor Swift 'Eras' tie-in book is a smash, selling more than 800,000 copies in first week
NEW YORK -- Just one retail chain was enough for Taylor Swift to have the top-selling book last week and the biggest opening...
Meta to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facility
NEW ORLEANS -- The largest artificial intelligence data center ever built by Facebook’s parent company Meta is coming to northeast Louisiana, the company...
UnitedHealthcare CEO kept a low public profile. Then he was shot to death in New York
NEW YORK -- Brian Thompson led one of the biggest health insurers in the U.S. but was unknown to millions of people his...