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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. U.S. futures rose and oil prices also advanced. Later Thursday, the U.S.
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Thursday ahead of an update on U.S. consumer inflation and a meeting of oil producers in Vienna. Benchmarks rose in Hong Kong, Tokyo and Shanghai. They fell in Seoul and Bangkok. U.S.
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AP News in Brief at 11:09 p.m. EST

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100 WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States ext
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New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

New technology installed beneath Detroit street can charge electric vehicles as they drive

DETROIT (AP) — Crews have installed what's billed as the nation's first wireless-charging public roadway for electric vehicles beneath a street just west of downtown Detroit.
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Consumer Reports: Electric vehicles less reliable, on average, than conventional cars and trucks

Consumer Reports: Electric vehicles less reliable, on average, than conventional cars and trucks

DETROIT (AP) — Electric vehicles have proved far less reliable, on average, than gasoline-powered cars, trucks and SUVs, according to the latest survey by Consumer Reports, which found that EVs from the 2021 through 2023 model years encountered nearl
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UAW will try to organize workers at all US nonunion factories after winning new contracts in Detroit

UAW will try to organize workers at all US nonunion factories after winning new contracts in Detroit

DETROIT (AP) — Less than two weeks after ratifying new contracts with Detroit automakers, the United Auto Workers union announced plans Wednesday to try to simultaneously organize workers at more than a dozen nonunion auto factories.
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Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise

Finland closes last crossing point with Russia, sealing off entire border as tensions rise

HELSINKI (AP) — NATO member Finland on Wednesday closed its last remaining border crossing with Russia after the government decided to seal the entire border with its eastern neighbor amid rising political tensions.
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GM says strike cost $1.1B, but it can absorb rising labor costs as it raises dividend

GM says strike cost $1.1B, but it can absorb rising labor costs as it raises dividend

DETROIT (AP) — General Motors says pretax earnings took a $1.1 billion hit this year from a six-week strike by autoworkers, but the company expects to absorb the costs of a new contract and is even raising its dividend.
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Edmunds tests the best automotive hands-free driving systems

Edmunds tests the best automotive hands-free driving systems

While fully automated vehicles are still a ways off, the stepping stone of hands-free driving technology has become prevalent in the past few years. These assist systems allow drivers to take their hands off the steering wheel in certain situations.
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In the news today: Canadian housing, health-care woes fuelled by higher immigration?

In the news today: Canadian housing, health-care woes fuelled by higher immigration?

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
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