China is ratcheting up its battle to rescue a slumping economy
China’s central bank is further loosening its purse strings as the country grapples with a slumping economy and a prolonged trade war with the…
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Seven C-SPAN cameras give us all the angles of the impeachment inquiry
Tuesday’s marathon hearing in the Trump impeachment inquiry began at 9 a.m. Eastern and ended around 8:25 p.m. On Fox News, Tucker Carlson was…
Continue Reading Why this week is a ‘major turning point’ for America’s daily newspapers
Let’s take a close look at what’s happening at three of the biggest newspaper owners in the United States. Because, after all, changes at…
Continue Reading North America’s economy is the most resilient against climate change
Climate change will have an impact on economic growth over the next decade — and not for the better. North America is no exception, but it is…
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Feds blame distracted test driver in Uber self-driving car death
A federal investigation into a fatal crash involving an Uber self-driving car concluded the probable cause was a safety driver distracted by their…
Continue Reading Boeing to fix engines on 7,000 jets after fatal accident probe
Investigators of a fatal accident on a Southwest Airlines plane last year recommend that Boeing retrofit the engines of nearly 7,000 jets to prevent…
Continue Reading Allbirds co-founder: Amazon’s lookalike shoe undermines our sustainability efforts
Allbirds co-founder Joey Zwillinger called out Amazon for releasing a private-label shoe that looks nearly identical to his company’s iconic…
Continue Reading DoorDash sued by DC Attorney General over allegedly misusing worker tips
DoorDash is being sued by DC Attorney General Karl Racine over allegedly deceiving customers with a controversial tipping policy. The complaint is…
Continue Reading Gannett CEO: ‘Protecting journalism is the right thing to do’
New Gannett is here. The merger between US newspaper giants Gannett and GateHouse closed on Tuesday, ushering in an era of cost-cutting, including…
Continue Reading Boeing recorded its first 737 Max orders since the grounding
Boeing finally has found buyers for its troubled 737 Max jets, the first firm orders for its bestselling plane since it was grounded in March. At the…
Continue Reading So, your Disney+ account was hacked. Here’s what to do
Some Disney+ customers are having trouble logging into their accounts, complaining on social media that their accounts have been compromised. Hackers…
Continue Reading Google Stadia is here, but there are still huge issues
Just days before Google launched its long-awaited video game service, the company announced it would nearly double the number of titles available to…
Continue Reading California won’t buy cars from GM, Chrysler or Toyota because they sided with Trump over emissions
The state of California is taking aim at GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Nissan and other automakers that are aligning with the Trump administration in its…
Continue Reading ‘Shark Tank’s’ Mr. Wonderful is bullish on dividend stocks and tech giants
Mr. Wonderful is coming to Wall Street. Kevin O’Leary, who is best known for being one of the entrepreneurs fielding investment pitches on the…
Continue Reading Home Depot isn’t selling as well as it hoped
Home Depot is spending a lot of money to become a bigger player online, but the results aren’t working out as well as the retailer had hoped.…
Continue Reading Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese recalled for possible contamination by plastic and metal pieces
Kraft Heinz Food Company has issued a voluntary recall of three varieties of their Breakstone’s Cottage Cheese products due to potential…
Continue Reading Slack’s stock plunges after Microsoft says Teams has 20 million users
There’s more bad news for Slack: The messaging software company’s stock plunged nearly 10% Tuesday after Microsoft announced that its…
Continue Reading Kohl’s makeover isn’t working
Kohl’s innovative strategy to draw customers into its stores won the company praise and fans on Wall Street. But shoppers are going elsewhere,…
Continue Reading Chef Jamie Oliver launches new restaurants six months after UK chain collapsed
Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver has launched a new mid-range restaurant chain just six months after his UK dining empire collapsed. Two of his…
Continue Reading Secretive energy startup backed by Bill Gates achieves solar breakthrough
A secretive startup backed by Bill Gates has achieved a solar breakthrough aimed at saving the planet. Heliogen, a clean energy company that emerged…
Continue Reading Google requested a trove of documents from the Texas attorney general’s antitrust probe
Google is calling on Texas’s attorney general to hand over a vast trove of internal documents and communications related to a multi-state…
Continue Reading The US economy is losing billions of dollars because foreign students aren’t enrolling
Fewer international students are coming to the United States. That’s hurting American universities and the economy. The continued decline in…
Continue Reading Jimmy Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill, has flown under the radar. But he’s played a key role in the Ukraine scandal
James “Jimmy” Finkelstein, the owner of The Hill newspaper, is not a widely known media executive, but he is one of the era’s most…
Continue Reading EasyJet flights are now carbon neutral
One of Europe’s biggest airlines is going carbon neutral. EasyJet announced Tuesday that it will begin offsetting emissions from its fleet of…
Continue Reading Even an unusual Trump-Powell meeting can’t spook investors right now
Happy Tuesday. A version of this story first appeared in CNN Business’ Before the Bell newsletter. Not a subscriber? You can sign up right…
Continue Reading Alibaba finds strong demand for its Hong Kong shares despite turmoil in the city
Investors are falling over themselves to buy into Alibaba’s debut on the Hong Kong stock market. China’s biggest e-commerce company will…
Continue Reading McDonald’s could return $29 million to New Zealand workers after holiday pay error
McDonald’s has agreed to pay what could be tens of millions of dollars to New Zealand employees after becoming embroiled in a nationwide…
Continue Reading A vegan man claims Burger King cooked Impossible Whopper alongside meat
A man is suing Burger King because the meatless Impossible Whopper is cooked on the same grill as meat products, the lawsuit alleges. The class…
Continue Reading Chick-fil-A will no longer donate to anti-LGBTQ organizations
Chick-fil-A is making major changes to its charitable foundation, ending donations to two organizations that have been criticized for being…
Continue Reading Investors don’t seem to know what to make of the US-China trade war
A muddled view of US-China trade talks once again seems to be weighing on investors. The major Asian market indexes were mixed in early trading…
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