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Asian shares skidded Tuesday following Wall Street's biggest loss in more than four months.

The cab of Carlos Del Pino's big rig gave him a nerve-rattling front-row seat to a surge in mob attacks on Venezuela's neighborhood markets, cattle ranches and food delivery trucks like his.

The ailing U.S. coal industry is ramping up its political and legal offensive to win approval for West Coast export terminals that could provide a lifeline to lucrative Asia markets.

The major U.S. stock indexes were down slightly in early trading Monday, as losses in technology companies outweighed gains elsewhere.

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Exxon's CEO says the oil company will invest more than $50 billion over the next five years to expand its business in the U.S. Chairman and CEO Darren Woods said Monday that the investments are possible because of the company's strength and helped by the recent law that cut taxes on corporations.

The oil giant's CEO said Exxon Mobil may further expand along the Gulf Coast as a result of tax cuts.

___ More caffeine, please: Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple NEW YORK (AP) — Keurig is buying Dr Pepper Snapple Group, bringing together the make-at-home coffee brand with the company behind Dr Pepper soda, Mott's apple juice and Snapple iced teas.

Maine's attorney general is pushing back on Republican Gov. Paul LePage's announcements of a moratorium on new wind power projects and creation of a secretive commission to study the impact of wind turbines on tourism.

Dominion Energy is relying on longtime allies in the Virginia General Assembly as it faces unprecedented scrutiny of its political influence and hard questions about whether most Virginians' monthly electric bills are higher than they need to be.

Stocks closed broadly lower Monday, led by declines in technology companies.

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Asian shares were mixed Monday after several markets ceded gains from upbeat openings that tracked Friday's rally on Wall Street.

India estimates its economy will grow by 7 to 7.5 percent in the fiscal year that starts April 1, making it the fastest-growing major economy in the world once again.

Asian shares were mixed Monday after several markets ceded gains from upbeat openings that tracked Friday's rally on Wall Street.

When Nienke Bastiaans fell in love with and bought a 17th-century thatched house in a rural Dutch village, there was one person who warned about possible earthquakes due to gas extraction.

Alaska's pro-development congressional delegation is asking the Trump administration to back off from a proposal to offer nearly all lands off the state's coast for oil and gas drilling.

U.S. stocks are rising Friday morning as technology and health care companies make more gains.

___ US economy grew at solid 2.6 percent rate in fourth quarter WASHINGTON (AP) — Strong consumer spending and a big rebound in home construction helped the economy grow at a solid pace of 2.6 percent in the final three months of last year.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey is promising a thorough review of the process that led to the selection of the Northern Pass project to deliver Canadian hydropower to the state.