WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the Senate, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s budget bill. The Senate voted 99-1 to strike the AI provision from the legislation after weeks of criticism from both Republican and Democratic governors [...]
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review whether Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s lawsuit seeking to shut down a section of an aging pipeline beneath a Great Lakes channel belongs in state court. Nessel sued in state court in June 2019 seeking to void the easement that allows the Enbridge [...]
Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached a settlement with the Justice Department that could clear the way for its $14 billion takeover of rival Juniper Networks. The Justice Department had sued to block the acquisition, saying it could eliminate competition, raise prices and reduce innovation. The settlement, which is subject to court approval, calls for Hewlett [...]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The fate of Argentina’s state-run oil company was thrown into doubt this week as an American judge ordered the cash-strapped country to give up its 51 percent controlling stake in YPF in partial compensation for seizing the shares of former investors during its 2012 nationalization of the energy group. The [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — All the nation’s major banks passed the Federal Reserve’s annual “stress tests” of the financial system, the central bank said last week, but the test conducted by the central bank was less vigorous than it had been in previous years. All 22 banks tested this year would have remained solvent and [...]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — New data show an increase in home purchase agreements falling through before they’re finalized. Approximately 6 percent of pending contracts to buy a home were canceled in May, down from 7 percent in April, but up from 5 percent in May last year, according to data from National Association of Realtors. [...]
TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday that trade talks with the United States have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax American technology firms. President Donald Trump last week said that he was suspending trade talks with Canada over its plans to continue with its tax on technology firms, [...]
NEW YORK (AP) — GoFundMe CEO Tim Cadogan had some complications while fundraising on his own website last fall. Several friends wanted to help Cadogan reach his $28,000 goal as he crowdfunded for a Los Angeles area wilderness rescue team, but they tried to donate through a lesser-known wealth management tool called a donor-advised fund, [...]
J.M. Smucker Co. plans to remove artificial colors from its products by the end of 2027. Orrville-based Smucker said it also will remove synthetic dyes from foods sold to K-12 schools by the 2026-27 school year. Smucker said the majority of its products — including its Uncrustables sandwiches — already are free of synthetic dyes. [...]