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WASHINGTON (AP) — Growth in U.S. manufacturing slowed in December to an 11-month low with companies still combating supply chain problems.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A record 4.5 million American workers quit their jobs in November, a sign of confidence and more evidence that the U.S. job market is bouncing back strongly from last year's coronavirus recession.

A U.S. judge is allowing a class-action lawsuit claiming BlackBerry Ltd. defrauded investors by misleading them about the success of its BB10 devices to move forward.

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — OPEC and allied oil-producing countries decided Tuesday to pump more oil to the world economy amid hope that travel and demand for fuel will hold up despite the rapid spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19 .

TORONTO — As soon as Christina Mychas began making money in her career, she increased her spending so that she could upgrade her lifestyle.

NEW YORK (AP) — Albums: — “Space Oddity” (1969) — “The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars” (1972) — “Diamond Dogs” (1974) — “Young Americans” (1975) — “ChangesOneBowie” (1976) — “Heroes” (1977) — “Let’s Dance” (1983) — “Tonight

NEW YORK (AP) — The extensive music catalog of David Bowie, stretching from the late 1960s to just before his death in 2016, has been sold to Warner Chappell Music.

WINNIPEG — Ag Growth International Inc. says it has signed a deal to buy Eastern Fabricators, a maker of stainless steel equipment for food processors. Under the agreement, AGI has agreed to pay $29.25 million, plus up to an additional $15.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro will not require surgery, the medical team caring for him at a Sao Paulo hospital said in a statement Tuesday morning.