States that produce the most Christmas trees
Stacker examined Census of Agriculture data from the Department of Agriculture to see which states produce the most Christmas…
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Who is Binance founder Changpeng ‘CZ’ Zhao, the billionaire who wants to ‘rebuild’ crypto?
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao is once again in the global spotlight, this time as the self-appointed white…
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POOL, GETTY, FTX, CNN By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao is once again in the global spotlight, this time as the…
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Climate activists slam fossil fuels, protest restrictions
By FRANK JORDANS and SAMY MAGDY Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — Ugandan climate activist Vanessa Nakate slammed world leaders…
Continue Reading US, China climate envoys meet at COP27 summit in Egypt
By FRANK JORDANS, KELVIN CHAN and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has met with his…
Continue Reading Britain’s vulnerable await PM’s spending plans with anxiety
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thirugnanam Sureshan maneuvers his wheelchair into the tiny kitchen of his one-bedroom apartment,…
Continue Reading Hopes and costs are high for UK’s nuclear energy future
By DANA BELTAJI and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press BRIDGWATER, England (AP) — Wedged between the southwestern town of Bridgwater and the…
Continue Reading Warren Buffett’s company buys $4 billion stake in Taiwanese chip giant TSMC
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company surged on Tuesday after Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway…
Continue Reading Stocks open higher after wholesale inflation eases in US
NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street is opening higher after the government reported another decline in the pace of wholesale price inflation last month,…
Continue Reading Studies find automatic braking can cut crashes over 40%
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Two new U.S. studies show that automatic emergency braking can cut the number of rear-end automobile…
Continue Reading China state media demand strict adherence to ‘zero COVID’
BEIJING (AP) — China’s ruling party has called for strict adherence to the hard-line “zero-COVID” policy in an apparent attempt to…
Continue Reading China consumer, factory activity down as virus controls rise
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese consumer spending contracted in October and factory activity weakened as anti-virus…
Continue Reading 48,000 University of California academic workers go on strike
By Stella Chan and Taylor Romine, CNN About 48,000 academic employees across the University of California system walked off the job Monday morning,…
Continue Reading Japan’s economy shrinks as consumers hold back on spending
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan’s economy has contracted at an annual rate of 1.2% in the July-September quarter, as…
Continue Reading G-20 to hold tough on Russia, urge end to Ukraine war
By SEUNG MIN KIM, ZEKE MILLER and ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — Leaders of the world’s largest economies appeared…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Russia’s war, climate among vexing issues at G-20
By ELAINE KURTENBACH Associated Press NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AP) — President Joe Biden and other leaders of the Group of 20 top economies will have…
Continue Reading Trump exec says he feared firing if he spoke up about scheme
By MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — An executive at Donald Trump’s company testified Monday he was afraid he’d hear those…
Continue Reading Boston Globe names first woman to serve as paper’s editor
BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Globe named Nancy Barnes as its next editor Monday, elevating a woman to serve in the top job for the first time in the…
Continue Reading Documents show big foreign gov’t spending at Trump hotel
By BERNARD CONDON Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Trump hotel in Washington took in more than $750,000 from six foreign governments at…
Continue Reading Electric air taxi company Archer plans $118M Georgia factory
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — A company seeking to build small electric aircraft says it will invest $118 million to build a plant…
Continue Reading Fed’s top financial regulator urges ‘guardrails’ for crypto
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. banking regulator at the Federal Reserve is urging Congress to pass…
Continue Reading Frontier, 5 other airlines to refund more than $600 million
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Frontier Airlines and five foreign carriers have agreed to refund more than $600 million combined to travelers…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott announces another $2 billion in donations
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Business Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has donated almost $2 billion to more than 300 organizations in the last…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery fell $3.09 to $85.87 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for January delivery fell $2.85…
Continue Reading Another union rejects deal with nation’s freight railroads
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A third railroad union has rejected its agreement with the nation’s freight railroads,…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday 11/14/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street, easing back after posting a big gain last week on hopes that the worst of the nation’s…
Continue Reading Moderna, Biogen rise; Oatly, Dentsply fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Monday.com Ltd., up $6.91 to $102.10. The project management…
Continue Reading A third railroad union rejects proposed contract, further raising the odds of a strike
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A third railroad union has rejected a tentative labor deal, a move that further raises the odds…
Continue Reading Judge grants partial victory to lawyer suing MSG over ban
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A judge has granted a partial victory to a lawyer who sued Madison Square Garden after he and…
Continue Reading MacKenzie Scott acknowledges another $2B in donations
By THALIA BEATY and GLENN GAMBOA Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Megadonor and novelist MacKenzie Scott announced almost $2 billion in donations…
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