MICHAEL LIEDTKE
AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday approved two Pacific Gas & Electric settlements totaling $24.5 billion to help pay the losses suffered by homeowners, businesses and insurers in the aftermath of catastrophic Northern California wildfires that sent the nation's largest utility into a financial morass.
The decision by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Dennis...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD and KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — One is spending millions of dollars flooding the airwaves from Los Angeles to Sacramento, highlighting his tenure as mayor of the nation's largest city and commitment to key Democratic causes. The other has hired 80 staff members to knock on doors, organize volunteers and promote his message of...
SYLVIE CORBETÂ
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron is ready to make changes to his unpopular pension reform plans, an official said Wednesday, one day after hundreds of thousands of protesters took to the streets across the country .
Prime Minister Edouard Philippe was to hold key, separate negotiations later Wednesday with unions and employers' organizations on potential amendments...
MICHAEL R. SISAK
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York judge threw out state mortgage fraud charges against Paul Manafort, ruling Wednesday that the criminal case was too similar to one that has already landed President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman in federal prison.
The move was a blow to what had widely been seen as an attempt by...
KELVIN CHAN
AP Business Writer
LONDON (AP) — Britain's competition watchdog on Wednesday signaled its willingness to push for stricter rules to counter Google and Facebook 's dominance of online advertising.
The Competition and Markets Authority said in an interim report it's concerned that the U.S. tech giants have become "entrenched" players in the U.K.'s 13 billion pound ($17 billion) digital...
LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House pressed toward its historic votes to impeach President Donald Trump on Wednesday, arguing about the charges he faces and the legitimacy of the probe that brought Congress and the nation to this point that will leave a lasting mark on his tenure at the White House.
Speaker...
JOSEPH WILSON
Associated Press
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Thousands of police and private security personnel were deployed Wednesday in and around Barcelona's Camp Nou stadium to ensure that a demonstration by Catalonia's separatist movement does not disrupt one of the world's most-watched soccer matches.
Spanish league leader Barcelona hosts its fierce rival, No. 2 Real Madrid, and the separatists want to...
COLLEEN BARRY and ANGELA CHARLTON
Associated Press
MILAN (AP) — The boards of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles and PSA Peugeot on Wednesday signed a binding merger creating the world's fourth-largest automaker with the scale to confront the challenges of stricter emissions regulations and the transition to new driving technologies.
The companies said in a joint statement the new group will be led...
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The cost of California's vast overhaul of its budget and financial accounting system has ballooned to over $1 billion while next year's deadline for completing the project is unrealistic, a state auditor's report said Tuesday.
The Financial Information System for California (FI$Cal) was first envisioned in 2005. It would combine diverse accounting, budgeting, cash management and procurement...
MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California analysts Tuesday recommended scrapping the state's often-criticized system for taxing legal marijuana and replacing it with one hitched to the potency of products.
In other words, the stronger the smoke, the more you pay.
The proposal comes as legal businesses have been pleading with the Legislature for a tax cut, blaming hefty...