Middle East grows wary of Trump, despite ventures in region
By JON GAMBRELL and ADAM SCHRECK DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Donald Trump’s call to keep Muslims from traveling to the United States is causing dismay among business leaders…
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NewsBreak: Emails reveal Coke’s role in anti-obesity group
By CANDICE CHOI A nonprofit founded to combat obesity says the $1.5 million it received from Coke has no influence on its work. But emails obtained by The Associated Press…
United Auto Workers, General Motors reach contract agreement
By DEE-ANN DURBIN The United Auto Workers union and General Motors Co. have reached a tentative agreement on a new four-year contract, avoiding a strike for now. The UAW said…
Exclusive: Panama condo owners to Trump: You’re fired!
By JEFF HORWITZ The directors of the Trump Ocean Club met July 28 on urgent business. They needed to fire Donald Trump. The building’s residents and condo owners had invested…
Auto experts: Top managers probably knew of VW cheating
By TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL BIESECKER Auto industry insiders strongly suspect the emissions cheating scandal at Volkswagen is much wider and reaches higher up the corporate ladder than the company…
Strong support for guns in town shocked by college shooting
By JEFF BARNARD Hunting deer, elk and bear in the surrounding hills and fishing for salmon and steelhead have strong followings in southern Oregon’s timber country, made famous by Western…
VW: ‘Nothing has changed’ at Tennessee plant despite scandal
By ERIK SCHELZIG Inside Volkswagen’s only U.S. assembly plant in Chattanooga there’s little hint of the diesel emissions cheating scandal embroiling the German automaker around the world. Sparks fly off…
VW CEO: ‘I am endlessly sorry’ brand is tarnished
By GEIR MOULSON and PAN PYLAS Volkswagen AG’s smog-test scandal escalated Tuesday as the company issued a profit warning, set aside billions to cover the fallout and lost billions more…