MICHELLE CHAPMAN

AP Business Writer
This image provided by the WWE shows John Cena holding up the arm of Jey Uso during a Royal Rumble event in Indianapolis. (WWE via AP)
WWE continues to expand its social media reach with Royal Rumble
WWE continues to expand its social media reach as its successful blend of wrestling and celebrities took center stage at its Royal Rumble premium live event over the weekend.
February 3
A sign marks the entrance to an ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas, Jan. 25, 2023. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Exxon Mobil’s strong fourth quarter fueled by rising production in the Permian, Guyana
Exxon Mobil’s fourth-quarter adjusted profit managed to beat Wall Street’s expectations, as the oil and gas company increased production in Permian and Guyana.
January 31
A Wegmans grocery store stands in Fairfax, Virginia, May 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Wegmans recalls frozen chicken nuggets due to possible bone fragments
January 29
Spirit Airlines planes parked at the closed George Bush Intercontinental Airport Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025, in Houston. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Frontier makes a second bid for Spirit as budget airlines struggle
Frontier Airlines is attempting for a second time to merge with the now bankrupt Spirit Airlines, which declared bankruptcy late last year as budget airlines struggle.
January 29
A Chevron logo is shown at a gas station in San Francisco, Oct. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Chevron, Engine No. 1 and GE Vernova team up on powering US data centers, with AI in focus
January 28
A 2024 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Custom truck is shown at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in Pittsburgh, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
General Motors swings to fourth quarter loss on toughing China conditions, but tops expectations
General Motors swung to a loss in the fourth quarter on an increasingly difficult environment in China, but still topped profit and revenue expectations on Wall Street. For the three months ended Dec. 31, GM lost $2.96 billion, or $1.64 per share.
January 28
United States Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., Feb 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
New player arrives in US Steel-Nippon takeover saga with the goal of quashing it
An asset manager is seeking to quash Nippon Steel’s takeover of U.S. Steel and oust the leadership of the U.S. steelmaker after taking a stake in the company. Ancora said Monday that it is opposed to U.S.
January 27
Stellantis to resume work at Illinois plant in 2027 as it looks to resolve issues with UAW
Automaker Stellantis plans to reopen an assembly plant in Illinois and build the next generation Dodge Durango in Detroit, the automaker said Wednesday.
January 22
A Capital One Bank's ATM is shown, Thursday, March 25, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Capital One dealing with service disruption, mostly related to deposits
A service disruption continues to hamper customers of Capital One, with some frustrated that they are unable to see their deposits. As of 8:04 a.m. Eastern on Friday, there were nearly 3,400 reports of outages, according to Downdetector.
January 17
In this Aug. 2, 2019, file, photo, people walk by the logo of Toyota at a show room in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Toyota’s truck division Hino to pay $1.6 billion as part of emissions scandal
January 16
Cruise AV, General Motor's autonomous electric Bolt EV, is seen on Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2019, in Detroit, Mi. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
NHTSA closes preliminary investigation into General Motors’ Cruise robotaxis
U.S. automobile safety regulators are closing their preliminary investigation into General Motors’ Cruise robotaxis without taking further action.
January 15
Travelers wait at the check-in counter for Southwest Airlines in Denver International Airport Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
Southwest pauses some hiring and summer internships as the airline looks to reduce costs
Southwest Airlines says it’s not filling some jobs and summer internships this year as the company looks to lower costs.
January 14
Vince McMahon stands at Republican state convention in Hartford, Conn., May 18, 2012. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)
Former WWE CEO Vince McMahon reaches deal with SEC over undisclosed settlement agreements
The Securities and Exchange Commission says that it has settled charges against former WWE CEO Vince McMahon over his failure to disclose to the sports entertainment company’s board and others that he signed two settlement agreements worth $10.5 million with two women in order for them not to reveal
January 10
This undated photo provided by Constellation shows the Constellation Headquarters Building in Baltimore. ( Constellation via AP)
Constellation buying Calpine in $26.6 billion deal that would join two huge US power companies
Constellation is buying power natural gas and geothermal power provider Calpine in a cash-and-stock deal valued at approximately $16.4 billion, joining together two of the country’s biggest power companies.
January 10
The company logo graces the side of a Delta Air Lines jetliner at Denver International Airport in Denver, on June 26, 2019. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)
Busy holiday travel season fuels big fourth quarter for Delta
Delta Air Lines fourth-quarter results topped analysts’ expectations as travel demand was strong during the crucial holiday period. Delta also benefited from a drop in fuel costs during the quarter.
January 10
A sign for the Seattle office of Getty Images Inc., is shown Monday, Feb. 25, 2008, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Getty Images buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company
Getty Images is buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company. The companies said Tuesday that they have complementary portfolios, and the transaction creates a broader set of visual content products across still imagery, video, music, 3D and other asset types.
January 7
The Walt Disney Co. logo appears on a screen above the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Aug. 8, 2017. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
Fubo combining with Disney’s Hulu + Live TV; lawsuit against Venu Sports settled
Disney’s Hulu + Live TV and sports streaming service Fubo are combining in a deal that will also see the settlement of a lawsuit against the creation of Venu Sports.
January 6
Industrialist and steel magnate Andrew Carnegie is seen in this undated photo. (AP Photo, File)
Rise of US Steel paralleled the arrival of the United States on the world stage
President Joe Biden blocked the $15 billion acquisition of U.S. Steel by Japan’s Nippon Steel — something he had first vowed to do in March.
January 3
FILE- A Tesla Cybertruck is on display at Tesla in Buena Park, Calif., on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Tesla recalling almost 700,000 vehicles due to tire pressure monitoring system issue
Tesla is recalling almost 700,000 vehicles because of an issue with the warning light on the tire pressure monitoring system.
December 20, 2024
A large order of french fries is shown at a McDonald's on May 25, 2010 in downtown Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
A shake-up at one of world’s biggest frozen French fry makers
Lamb Weston, a major supplier of frozen French fries to global chains like McDonald’s, KFC and Taco Bell, has named a new CEO after posting a surprise loss in the second quarter as consumers pull back on the money they spend on food outside the home.
December 19, 2024
Construction workers pave a parking lot at a Honeywell plant on April 4, 2020, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York, File)
Honeywell weighs jettisoning aerospace division, following the breakup of other US conglomerates
Honeywell is considering selling its aerospace division as an activist investor pushes for change. Last month it was announced that Elliott Investment Management had taken a more than $5 billion stake in Honeywell and was calling for the industrial conglomerate to split into two separate companies.
December 16, 2024
A customer makes a transaction at a bank of automatic teller machines in the Queens borough of New York on March 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)
Bank groups sue the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a proposed cap on overdraft fees
Some banks and banking trade groups are suing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over a finalized rule that limits overdraft fees banks can charge.
December 13, 2024
This photo provided by U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission shows Stanley's Switchback and Trigger Action travel mug. (U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission via AP)
Stanley recalls millions of travel mugs over concerns the lids might fall off, causing burns
Stanley is recalling approximately 2.6 million of its switchback and trigger action stainless steel travel mugs sold in the U.S. because of a potential burn hazard.
December 13, 2024
Commuters traverse New York's Times Square in front of the Nasdaq MarketSite, Wednesday, May 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
US appeals court rejects Nasdaq’s diversity rules for company boards
An appeals court in Louisiana has ruled that Nasdaq can’t require diversity on the boards of companies that list on the exchange.
December 12, 2024
FILE - Electronic signs are shown at Morgan Stanley headquarters on March 4, 2021 in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney to pay $15M penalty to settle SEC charges
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney will pay a $15 million penalty as part of a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission related to four financial advisers who stole millions of dollars of advisory clients’ and brokerage customers’ funds.
December 10, 2024
Ihrene Supapo smells the aroma around the new scented "Got Milk?" advertisement in San Francisco, Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
NYC ad agency titans Omnicom and Interpublic to form $30 billion marketing powerhouse
Omnicom is buying Interpublic Group in a stock-for-stock deal that will create an advertising powerhouse with combined annual revenue of almost $26 billion.
December 9, 2024
Wrestler Bianca Belair, top, leaps over Carmella during the WWE Monday Night RAW event, on March 6, 2023, in Boston. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
WWE is seeking a bigger stage and Netflix, pushing for more live events, is providing it
WWE will perform on a stage next month that could be vastly larger than its current home on cable television when it makes its “Raw” debut on Netflix.
December 4, 2024
FILE - The company logo hangs over the door to a AT&T telephone store, Feb. 22, 2024, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, file)
AT&T sees earnings growth over next 3 years; eyes more than $40B in anticipated shareholder returns
AT&T anticipates earnings growth over the next three years thanks to the momentum of 5G and fiber services.
December 3, 2024
FILE - People walk in and out of the BlackRock investment company building in New York on March 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, file)
BlackRock buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in approximately $12 billion deal
BlackRock is buying credit investment manager HPS Investment Partners in a stock deal valued at about $12 billion, giving it more ways to service its insurance clients.
December 3, 2024
FILE - Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger speaks while holding a new chip, called Gaudi 3, during an event called AI Everywhere in New York, on Dec. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)
Intel CEO Gelsinger retires; Zinsner and Johnston Holthaus named interim co-CEOs
Struggling chipmaker Intel says in a surprise announcement that CEO Pat Gelsinger has retired. Two company executives, David Zinsner and Michelle Johnston Holthaus, will act as interim co-CEOs while the company searches for a replacement for Gelsinger, who also stepped down from the company’s board.
December 2, 2024
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