Good morning! We are halfway through the week and there won’t be much change to the forecast. You can expect another day of temperatures in the mid-90s, and isolated to scattered showers and thunderstorms. The best chance for storms will be after 3 pm.
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CNN — Customers who do most of their shopping online are getting a break from high prices. According to Adobe, e-commerce dropped 1% in July in a year-over-year basis. Researchers also found that online prices fell 2% in July on a month-over-month comparison. The agency says a lack of consumer confidence, less spending and overstocked
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macamilarincon (CNN) –– La alta inflación le dio algo de tregua a Estados Unidos durante julio. Los precios al consumidor aumentaron un 8,5% interanual, lo que representa una desaceleración frente al incremento récord del 9,1% en junio, reportó este miércoles la Oficina de Estadísticas Laborales. ¿Qué es la inflación, qué provoca que suban los precios
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urielblanco (CNN) — Una ballena beluga que fue rescatada tras permanecer atrapada en el río Sena de Francia durante más de una semana murió mientras estaba en camino hacia el mar, según confirmaron las autoridades. El cetáceo llevaba atascado en la esclusa de agua dulce de St.-Pierre-La-Garenne, a unos 72 kilómetros al noroeste de París,
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CNN — The U.S energy information administration U.S. electricity consumption to increase by 2.4% percent this year over last. The increase is mostly the result of increased economic activity. That’s not all, air conditioner usage has also sky rocketed during the hot summer months being felt by the entire country. There is an upside to
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Martha C. White for CNN Business Runaway inflation took a breather in July, with consumer prices increasing by 8.5% year over year, a slower pace than the 9.1% increase in June, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Wednesday. On a month-to-month basis, inflation was 0%, compared to the 1.3% increase in June. Prices began rising
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By Nicola Ruotolo and Anna Cooban, CNN Business Domino’s’ Italian job was harder than it looked. Seven years after its debut in the country, the American pizza giant has formally shut its stores after it failed to win over locals who preferred homegrown options, according to a report by Milano Today. EPizza SpA, the franchise
Continue Reading By Ivana Kottasová, CNN Children living in London will be offered an extra dose of the polio vaccine following the discovery of poliovirus in sewage in the British capital, health authorities announced Wednesday. The UK Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation said a targeted inactivated polio vaccine booster dose should be offered to all children
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CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN “Lock and load,” was one of the top comments on an online forum dedicated to former President Donald Trump on Monday night, soon after it emerged his Florida Mar-a-Lago resort had been searched by the FBI. Other posts were more explicit, “I’m just going to say it. [Attorney General Merrick]
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By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, who is leading in opinion polls ahead of Sept. 25 parliamentary elections, insists she won’t be a danger to democracy if she becomes premier, contending that the Italian political right has “unambiguously” condemned the legacy of fascism. She also dismissed as “nonsense”
Continue Reading By Irene Nasser and Rhea Mogul, CNN Thailand has received a request from former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to enter the country, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Tanee Sangrat said in a social media post on Wednesday. Rajapaksa is currently in Singapore after fleeing Sri Lanka in July amid mass anti-government protests. Sangrat said
Continue Reading BEIJING (AP) — China is criticizing a U.S. law to encourage processor chip production in the United States and reduce reliance on Asian suppliers as a threat to trade and an attack on Chinese business. The law signed this week by President Joe Biden promises grants and other aid to investors in U.S. chip factories.
Continue Reading By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump showed up Wednesday for questioning under oath in New York’s civil investigation into his business practices. But he quickly made clear he wouldn’t be answering. The ex-president issued a statement saying he had done nothing wrong but was invoking the Fifth Amendment’s
Continue Reading By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Coca-Cola’s latest experimental, limited-time flavor is here. It’s called … wait for it … Dreamworld. And it tastes like … dreams? “We wanted to create a dream-inspired drink that was recognizably Coca-Cola but with additional cues that bring to life the playfulness and brightness of dreams,” a company spokesperson said
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PRAGUE (AP) — Czech Republic midfielder Jakub Jankto is moving to Sparta Prague on a one-year loan from Getafe. The Czech club said Wednesday it has an option to sign the 26-year-old midfielder on a permanent contract. Jankto joined Getafe a year ago and made 14 appearances in Spain’s top tier last season. He struggled
Continue Reading By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Trendy eyewear brand Warby Parker is the latest in a string of retailers struggling to stay the course as a wobbly economy forces households to pare back and rethink their discretionary buying. Warby Parker, which pioneered the direct-to-consumer model for stylish eyewear under $100, announced job cuts to its staff
Continue Reading MOSCOW (AP) — Russians are snapping up Western fashion and furniture this week as H&M and IKEA sell off the last of their inventory in Russia, moving forward with their exit from the country after it sent troops into Ukraine. Sweden-based H&M and Netherlands-based IKEA had paused sales in Russia after the military operation began
Continue Reading THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch women’s soccer coach Mark Parsons has left the job after the defending champion was knocked out in the quarterfinals of the European Championships. His departure was by mutual agreement with the Dutch soccer federation which called results at the tournament “disappointing.” Parsons succeeded Sarina Wiegman who led the Netherlands
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By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter. Musk disclosed in series of regulatory filings that he unloaded about 8 million shares of his company Tesla Inc. in recent days.
Continue Reading By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Elon Musk has sold nearly $7 billion worth of shares in Tesla as the billionaire gets his finances in order ahead of his court battle with Twitter. Musk disclosed in series of regulatory filings that he unloaded about 8 million shares of his company Tesla Inc. in recent days.
Continue Reading KATE ASHFORD of NerdWallet At its current pace, Medicare’s Hospital Insurance trust fund will run out of money in 2028, according to the latest Medicare trustees report. That’s a two-year extension on the previous estimate, but experts say it’s still not good news, and the government needs to stop twiddling its thumbs. If Medicare exhausts
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By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Lewis Hamilton says his “worst fears came alive” after his dramatic title race against Max Verstappen at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix last season. The seven-time world champion saw a potential record-setting eighth title slip away after he was beaten by the 24-year-old Red Bull driver, following a controversial season
Continue Reading By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Is the crypto winter finally over? (And in the scorching heat of summer no less?) Bitcoin prices have stabilized around the $23,000 to $24,000 level after plunging below $20,000 in June. The prices of ethereum and other leading digital currencies have also rallied in the past two months,
Continue Reading By Deidre McPhillips, CNN The United States seems to have hit a Covid-19 plateau, with more than 40,000 people hospitalized and more than 400 deaths a day consistently over the past month or so. It’s a dramatic improvement from this winter — there were four times as many hospitalizations and nearly six times as many
Continue Reading By Pierre Bairin, Amandine Hess and Radina Gigova, CNN A beluga whale that was rescued after being stuck in France’s Seine River for more than a week died while in transit to the sea, officials have confirmed. The cetacean had been stuck in the freshwater lock at St.-Pierre-La-Garenne, some 45 miles northwest of Paris, since
Continue Reading Juan Pablo Elverdin (CNN) — La presidencia de Donald Trump amenazó por momentos con desgarrar a Estados Unidos, y la democracia, las instituciones y el equilibrio del país se alejaron de su mandato de cuatro años apenas intactos. Un día después del registro del FBI en su complejo turístico de Florida, fue como si Trump
Continue Reading By RONALD MONTOYA Edmunds As if buying a new car in today’s supply-constrained market wasn’t hard enough, this year, many shoppers are experiencing sticker shock when they realize that the car they wanted has a price tag well over the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. It’s the sad but true reality of the current car buying
Continue Reading By KAREL JANICEK Associated Press PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s economy minister says oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to several European countries have resumed after a problem over transit payments was resolved. Russian state pipeline operator Transneft said Tuesday it halted shipments through the southern branch of a pipeline through Ukraine to the
Continue Reading By KRUTIKA PATHI, SHEIKH SAALIQ and FRANK BAJAK Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — A cybersecurity startup informed a major Indian online insurance brokerage last month that critical vulnerabilities in its network could expose sensitive personal and financial data from at least 11 million customers. CyberX9 followed the standard ethical-hacker playbook, giving the brokerage time
Continue Reading By Alexandra Meeks, CNN Millions of American students are heading back to school this month as cities across the US are easing up on Covid-19 restrictions. Many children are thrilled about the return of in-person interactions after the pandemic pause, but odds are that some kids could use a little help rebuilding social ties. Check
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