Crypto giant files for bankruptcy as CEO resigns in a stunning downfall
CNN By Matt Egan and Allison Morrow, CNN Business FTX Group said Friday it has filed for bankruptcy in the United States and that its CEO has…
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Thousands protest in Bulgaria for higher salaries
By VESELIN TOSHKOV Associated Press SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Thousands of Bulgarians have taken to the streets to demand higher salaries to…
Continue Reading Famed painting ‘The Scream’ targeted by climate activists
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norwegian police said two climate activists tried in vain Friday to glue themselves to…
Continue Reading Germany rejects Iranian complaint over stance on protests
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister has rejected a complaint by her Iranian counterpart that she was taking an “interventionist” stance…
Continue Reading Wall Street picks hope over reality… again
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Stocks surged on Thursday in their best day since 2020 after a key inflation indicator came in softer than expected.…
Continue Reading UN reports progress on Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports
GENEVA (AP) — Top U.N. officials updated a high-level Russian delegation on progress to facilitate Russia’s exports of food and fertilizer to…
Continue Reading KFC apologizes for app alert urging orders for Kristallnacht
BERLIN (AP) — KFC has apologized for accidentally sending an automated push alert to its app users in Germany that appeared to urge people to order…
Continue Reading Apple curbs AirDrop file sharing on devices in China
By Steven Jiang and Juliana Liu, CNN Apple has limited the use of the AirDrop wireless file sharing function on devices in China, just weeks after…
Continue Reading Just Stop Oil pauses UK highway protest that snarled traffic
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British climate activists say they are suspending a days-long protest that has clogged a major…
Continue Reading China’s Singles Day sales could top 1 trillion yuan even as the economy cools
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business China’s Singles Day, the world’s biggest annual shopping event, is known for regularly smashing sales…
Continue Reading The UK economy is sliding into recession and Europe is set to follow
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business The UK economy shrank in the third quarter, signaling the start of a recession that is likely to hit Europe next. UK GDP…
Continue Reading Spain appeases Catalans with planned reform of sedition law
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s coalition government has presented a proposal in Parliament to reform the…
Continue Reading ‘Wakanda Forever’ aims to recreate blockbuster magic. Disney and theaters are counting on it
By Frank Pallotta, CNN Business “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” hits theaters this weekend, and with it comes the type of anticipation…
Continue Reading Apple curbs AirDrop file sharing on devices in China
By Steven Jiang and Juliana Liu, CNN Apple has limited the use of the AirDrop wireless file sharing function on devices in China, just weeks after…
Continue Reading German lawmakers OK delay in switching off nuclear plants
BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved a plan to keep the country’s three remaining nuclear power plants until mid-April. That will extend…
Continue Reading Iran-born brothers charged in Sweden with spying for Russia
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Swedish prosecutors say two Iranian-born brothers have been charged with aggravated…
Continue Reading Biden tightens methane emissions rule amid push for more oil
By MATTHEW DALY and SETH BORENSTEIN Associated Press SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) — The Biden administration has ramped up efforts to reduce methane…
Continue Reading EU expects recession to hit this year as inflation hangs on
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The European Union’s executive commission slashed its forecast for economic growth…
Continue Reading Japan’s SoftBank returns to profit as investments rebound
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group has reported a 3 trillion yen, or $21 billion, profit…
Continue Reading India’s top court orders release of six people convicted of killing former PM Rajiv Gandhi
By Rhea Mogul and Swati Gupta, CNN India’s top court on Friday ordered the release of six people convicted of killing the country’s…
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Energy bill up? Here’s how electricity costs have changed over the past year
Utility bill costs are going up nationwide. OhmConnect analyzed data from the Energy Information Administration to examine the rising cost of…
Continue Reading UK economy shrinks as economists warn of more pain to come
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Statistics show that Britain’s economy shrank in the three months to September, and forecasters…
Continue Reading China scraps Covid flight bans, cuts quarantine for inbound travelers
By Kathleen Magramo, CNN Business China has reduced the amount of time travelers entering the country must spend in quarantine and removed a major…
Continue Reading Yellen visits India to shore up US-Indo-Pacific partnership
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Supply chains, Russia’s war in Ukraine and the impact of COVID-19 are top issues for U.S.…
Continue Reading Wall Street rallies for best week since June on rate hopes
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Wall Street piled more gains Friday onto its mammoth rally from a day earlier to close out its best…
Continue Reading Australia blames cyber criminals in Russia for Medibank data breach
By Hilary Whiteman, CNN Cyber criminals in Russia are behind a ransomware attack on one of Australia’s largest private health insurers…
Continue Reading Twitter Blue signups unavailable after raft of fake accounts
By BARBARA ORTUTAY and MAE ANDERSON AP Business Writers Twitter’s relaunched premium service — which grants blue-check “verification”…
Continue Reading Japan vies for ‘last chance’ as major global chip producer
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japan is investing 70 billion yen ($490 million) to beef up semiconductor development and…
Continue Reading China’s muted Singles’ Day shopping fest expects slow growth
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — China’s biggest online shopping festival, Singles’ Day, is muted this year with sales…
Continue Reading China eases some quarantine for travelers even as cases rise
BEIJING (AP) — Travelers arriving in China will spend less time in quarantine under changes to sweeping anti-virus controls announced Friday to…
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