UAE's first solar-powered gas station opens in Dubai
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- A government oil company in the United Arab Emirates says it has opened the country's first solar-powered gas station in Dubai....

Businesses like Trump tax plan, but they won't rush to hire
NEW YORK (AP) -- Giving workers a raise, investing in new machinery. Small business owners have long wish lists to choose from if the Trump administration's plan to lower tax rates becomes law - but most don't expect to go on a hiring binge....

United raising limit on payments to bumped flyers to $10,000
DALLAS (AP) -- United Airlines says it will raise the limit - to $10,000 - on payments to customers who give up seats on oversold flights and will increase training for employees as it deals with fallout from the video of a passenger being violently dragged from his seat....

Deutsche Bank Q1 profits rise as legal costs dwindle
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Germany's Deutsche Bank says net profit more than doubled in the first three months of the year as the bank pressed ahead with cost-cutting and saw more customer money flowing into its asset management business....

United CEO: Dragging incident may sway fliers' airline pick
United Airlines issued a report Thursday about the April 9 dragging incident on a United Express plane, and detailed several new policies to deal with overbooked flights....

White House says Trump won't immediately pull out of NAFTA
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump has told the leaders of Mexico and Canada that he will not pull out of the North American Free Trade Agreement at this time, just hours after administration officials said he was considering a draft executive order to do just that....

BOJ keeps monetary policy unchanged, says 2020 Games to help
TOKYO (AP) -- Japan's central bank kept its ultra-lax monetary policy unchanged Thursday, forecasting that growth in the world's third-largest economy would remain slow but steady through the fiscal year ending in March 2018....

How United selects passengers for involuntary bumping
In a report being issued Thursday about the April 9 dragging incident involving a passenger on an overcrowded United Express plane, United spelled out how it selects passengers for involuntary bumping....

Hot Switch sales boost Nintendo sales, trim quarterly loss
TOKYO (AP) -- Nintendo Co.'s Switch, a new hybrid game machine that works as both a console and a tablet, is selling well, helping the Kyoto-based company behind the Super Mario and Pokemon franchises trim its quarterly losses....

Spain jobless rate at 18.8 in Q1, halting downward trend
MADRID (AP) -- Official figures show that Spain's unemployment rate edged up slightly to 18.8 percent in the first quarter, interrupting an overall downward trend in recent years....