Yemeni rebel drones target Greek ship in government-run port
By AHMED AL-HAJ Associated Press SANAA, Yemen (AP) — Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels targeted a cargo ship Friday off an oil terminal in the…
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GOP campaigns against the IRS, vowing to slash its funding
By KEVIN FREKING and FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — IRS pleas for more funding from Congress — made over the years by one…
Continue Reading Australia flags new corporate penalties for privacy breaches
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia has proposed tougher penalties for companies that fail to protect customers’…
Continue Reading Republican committee sues Google over email spam filters
By JILL COLVIN and MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The Republican National Committee has filed a lawsuit against tech giant…
Continue Reading Boeing crashes: Passengers’ families deemed crime victims
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A federal judge ruled Friday that relatives of people killed in the crashes of two Boeing 737 Max planes are crime victims…
Continue Reading Delta Air settles with pilot who raised safety concerns
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines has settled a case involving a pilot who says she was grounded in retaliation for raising safety…
Continue Reading ‘Something’s wrong’: Eliasch seeks TV rights control for FIS
By ERIC WILLEMSEN Associated Press SÖLDEN, Austria (AP) — FIS President Johan Eliasch has got a reminder of the long road ahead to his desired…
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US officials made lucrative stock trades while preparing for Covid-19, WSJ reports
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Dozens of federal officials made lucrative stock and mutual fund trades in early 2020 as the government was preparing…
Continue Reading Moody’s lowers UK’s outlook to negative
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Moody’s Investor Service on Friday changed the United Kingdom government’s ratings outlook to…
Continue Reading 3 things that will help reduce the sting of high inflation
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business There’s really nothing nice to say about inflation when it comes to your bottom line. It’s hard on your…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 10/21/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Friday, notching sizable weekly gains for major indexes. The benchmark S&P 500 rose 2.4%…
Continue Reading Boston Beer, Schlumberger rise; Snap, Twitter fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Boston Beer, Schlumberger rise; Snap, Twitter…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose 54 cents to $85.05 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for December delivery rose…
Continue Reading Kanye West dropped by Balenciaga
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has officially severed ties with Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts…
Continue Reading Kanye West dropped by Balenciaga
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Fashion powerhouse Balenciaga has officially severed ties with Kanye West following a series of antisemitic posts and…
Continue Reading Ruling could mean trials against Big Oil over state wetlands
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Federal judges have ordered a 9-year-old lawsuit against oil and gas companies over damage to Louisiana wetlands to be returned…
Continue Reading IRS raises contribution limits for retirement savings plans
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer Americans will be allowed to contribute more of their money to 401(k) and similar retirement saving plans next year.…
Continue Reading Apple’s industrial design chief to depart company three years after Jony Ive
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple’s industrial design chief who most recently oversaw the design of products including the iPhone,…
Continue Reading Balenciaga fashion house cuts ties with Ye, report says
By The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Balenciaga fashion house has cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, according to a…
Continue Reading California mental health workers vote to end 10-week strike
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A 10-week strike by about 2,000 therapists and other mental health professionals in Northern California ended with a…
Continue Reading US budget deficit slashed in half, but remains far above pre-pandemic levels, as Covid spending winds down
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The US budget deficit was slashed in half during fiscal year 2022, a record $1.4 trillion drop driven by the winding…
Continue Reading Stocks soar on hopes that Fed will slow rate hikes
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business A disastrous earnings report from Snap and less than inspiring results from Dow components American Express and…
Continue Reading Germany hails 1st delivery of ‘green’ hydrogen from UAE
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has taken formal delivery of its first batch of hydrogen from the United Arab Emirates, a “green” fuel it hopes…
Continue Reading Amazon will use Hawaiian Airlines to operate cargo planes
HONOLULU (AP) — Amazon is tapping Hawaiian Airlines to fly a fleet of cargo planes starting next fall. Under the deal announced Friday, Amazon…
Continue Reading Pakistan taken off watch list for terror funding, laundering
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — An international watchdog says it’s removing Pakistan from its so-called “gray list” of…
Continue Reading Stay or go: Palestinians in Lebanon plunged into poverty
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Nasser Tabarani, a Palestinian refugee living in Lebanon, has tried twice to migrate by sea to a…
Continue Reading BBC trolls Liz Truss, via Rihanna: ‘You look so dumb right now’
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The BBC has taken a swipe at outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss — with a little help from Rihanna. After a six-week…
Continue Reading Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots,…
Continue Reading BBC trolls Liz Truss, via Rihanna: ‘You look so dumb right now’
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The BBC has taken a swipe at outgoing UK Prime Minister Liz Truss — with a little help from Rihanna.…
Continue Reading Unprecedented 401(k) boost: IRS increases amount you can save for retirement in 2023
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The IRS on Friday announced a record increase in contribution limits to 401(k) and other tax-deferred retirement plans…
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