Rights group: Angola must drop journalist charges

JOHANNESBURG — A rights group on Monday called on Angola to drop criminal defamation charges against an investigative journalist who wrote a book on human rights abuses in Angola's diamond-rich region. Rafael Marques de Morais attended a hearing on...

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Campbell negotiating to sell European business

NEW YORK — Campbell Soup says it's in final negotiations to sell its European business to private equity firm CVC Capital Partners for an undisclosed sum, the latest move by CEO Denise Morrison to reshape the company. The proposed sale includes the...

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CEO to take Dole Food private in $1.21B deal

WESTLAKE VILLAGE, Calif. — Dole Food said Monday its CEO will take it private, in a deal that values the company at approximately $1.21 billion. Dole shareholders will receive $13.50 per share, a 5 percent premium to its $12.81 Friday closing price....

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Greece beats budget targets so far this year

ATHENS, Greece — Greece is beating its budget targets by a wide margin so far this year, finance ministry figures showed Monday, a sign the country's painful cost cuts and tax increases, combined with international bailout funds, are paying off. The...

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UK bars trash cans from tracking people with Wi-Fi

LONDON — Officials demanded Monday that an advertising firm stop using a network of high-tech trash cans to track people walking through London's financial district. The Renew ad firm has been using technology embedded in the hulking receptacles to...

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Slower Japanese growth weighs on markets

LONDON — Weaker-than-expected economic growth in Japan weighed on markets Monday on what is a fairly light day on the global economic calendar. The main indicator of the day was the 2.6 percent annualized second-quarter growth rate recorded in Japan,...

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BlackBerry weighs putting itself up for sale

TORONTO — BlackBerry will consider selling itself after the long-awaited debut of its new phones failed to turn around the struggling smartphone maker. The company said Monday that its board has formed a special committee to explore "strategic alternatives"...

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Feds: Trinidad casino owner stiffed US on taxes

NEWARK, N.J. — A New Jersey man is charged with failing to pay taxes on nearly $4 million in earnings from a casino he owned in Trinidad. David Migliore is scheduled to make an initial appearance Monday in federal court in Newark. He's charged with...

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Maine company seeks approval to make absinthe

OAKLAND, Maine — A Maine company is awaiting the OK from the federal government to begin producing and selling absinthe, an alcoholic beverage that was banned in the U.S. until 2007. Tree Spirits of Oakland has created its first gallon of the anise-flavored...

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Car company's big plans haven't come to fruition

TUNICA, Miss. — It seemed like a win for everyone involved when a startup car company, backed by political heavyweights, wooed investors with plans to build a massive auto plant in the Mississippi Delta, hire thousands of people and pump out a brand...

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