Stocks edge higher after ADP employment survey

NEW YORK — Stocks edged higher in early trading Wednesday after a private survey showed that U.S. companies increased hiring at a rapid pace. The report is the latest sign that the economy is strengthening after an unusually harsh winter. KEEPING SCORE:...

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Amazon cancels plan for Czech distribution center

PRAGUE — U.S. retail giant Amazon says it has abandoned plans to build a distribution center in the Czech Republic's second largest city after it was rejected by local authorities. Brno councilors three times rejected the plan, which would have created...

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AP Interview: Yanukovych hopes for Crimea's return

ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia — Ukraine's ousted president, Viktor Yanukovych, said Wednesday that he was "wrong" to invite Russian troops into Crimea, and vowed to try to persuade Russia to return the Black Sea peninsula. In his first interview since fleeing...

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Stocks are mixed in early trading on Wall Street

NEW YORK — Stocks are getting off to a mixed start on Wall Street as investors asses a pickup in hiring last month at U.S. companies and a handful of corporate earnings. The Standard & Poor's 500 index inched up a point to 1,886 in early trading...

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High court voids overall contribution limits

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court further loosened the reins on political giving Wednesday, ruling that big campaign donors can dole out money to as many candidates and political committees as they want as long as they abide by limits on contributions to...

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Courts question law leaving pensions unprotected

NEW YORK — New rulings against Catholic hospital chains on both coasts have intensified a faceoff between religiously affiliated employers and workers who are alarmed by the companies' efforts to avoid insuring or funding their pensions. A federal judge...

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US factory orders rebound 1.6 percent in February

WASHINGTON — Orders to U.S. factories rose in February after two months of declines but a critical category that signals business investment plans fell. Factory orders rose 1.6 percent in February, the most in five months, following declines of 1 percent...

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High court limits suits over frequent flier miles

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a Minnesota rabbi who complained about an airline's frequent flier program is out of luck. The justices unanimously sided with Northwest Airlines and dismissed a lawsuit from Rabbi S. Binyomin Ginsberg...

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German brewers hit with $319 million cartel fines

BERLIN — Germany's antitrust authority has fined a group of brewers 231.2 million euros ($319 million) for allegedly fixing the price of beer, the second round of punishments it has made in the case. The Federal Cartel Office said Wednesday it imposed...

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Greece: Talks on debt relief could start in May

ATHENS, Greece — Long-awaited talks between Greece and its rescue creditors to make the country's debt sustainable could start as early as next month and would likely last until the fall or beyond, a senior official in the Greek government said Wednesday....

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