Energy in America

___ As royal wedding nears, brands benefit from 'Meghan effect' LONDON (AP) — Meghan Markle's marriage to Prince Harry isn't just a trans-Atlantic love story linking the House of Windsor to Hollywood.

U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday morning as technology companies, banks and industrial companies rally.

Hundreds of thousands of people across Puerto Rico were left without power on Thursday after another widespread outage, forcing the island's main public hospital and international airport to switch to backup generators as the U.S. territory struggles to recover from Hurricane Maria.

Most Asian shares sank Thursday as investors digested the latest Fed minutes while geopolitical concerns overshadowed sentiment after President Donald Trump struck a defiant tone on the Middle East conflict.

U.S. officials have a name for their frustration with Beijing's technology ambitions: "Made in China 2025."

Signaling its commitment to a clean energy future, New Zealand's government has announced it won't issue any more permits for offshore oil and gas exploration.

California regulators have issued at $12.5 million fine to an oil company with a long history of safety violations and regulatory lapses.

___ Zuckerberg testimony reveals lawmaker confusion on Facebook WASHINGTON (AP) — Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg acknowledged Wednesday that regulation of social media is "inevitable" and disclosed that his own personal information has been compromised by malicious outsiders.

U.S. stocks are giving back some of their recent gains as the market slumps Wednesday morning.

Developers of the Mountain Valley Pipeline want to extend the project from Virginia into North Carolina.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Wednesday: Analogic Inc., down $12.70 to $83.35

The heightened prospect of conflict threatened supply.

Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says twin oil pipelines beneath the waterway linking two of the Great Lakes apparently were damaged by the same vessel believed to have caused a recent 600-gallon (2,270-liter) coolant fluid leak from electric cables.

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An environmental group says oil and gas companies drilling off Southern California violated state regulations nearly 400 times in the past three years.

U.S. consumer prices rose 2.4 percent in March from a year earlier, the fastest annual pace in 12 months.

Shares were mixed in Asia on Wednesday, trading in a narrow range after overnight gains following conciliatory comments on trade by Chinese President Xi Jinping.

Stocks are rising on Wall Street Tuesday after Chinese President Xi Jinping offered possible concessions in a trade dispute with the U.S. Xi promised to reduce China's tariffs on imported cars and to improve intellectual property protection, steps that could help the U.S. and China reduce recent tensions over trade.

___ Zuckerberg says company working with Mueller probe WASHINGTON (AP) — Apologetic Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told senators Tuesday it had been "clearly a mistake" to believe the Trump-linked data-mining company Cambridge Analytica had discarded data that it had harvested from social media users in an attempt to sway 2016 elections.

Saudi national company Aramco and French oil giant Total have signed an agreement to build a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail in Saudi Arabia.