Indonesia revokes drug companies’ licenses after 159 deaths
By EDNA TARIGAN Associated Press JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesian authorities have revoked the licenses of two pharmaceutical companies to…
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Political spat over climate risks in investments gets hotter
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and STANLEY CHOE Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The political fight is only getting fiercer over whether it’s…
Continue Reading Pfizer rides Paxlovid sales to better-than-expected quarter
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Pfizer’s COVID-19 treatment helped the pharmaceutical giant balance tumbling international sales for its coronavirus…
Continue Reading China fishing fleet defied U.S. in standoff on the high seas
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press This summer, as China fired missiles into the sea off Taiwan to protest House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to…
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SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, world’s most powerful rocket, launches after three-year hiatus
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational…
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By Jackie Wattles, CNN SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy — a towering, three-pronged vehicle that is the most powerful operational rocket in the world…
Continue Reading Workers flee China’s biggest iPhone factory over Covid outbreak
By Diksha Madhok, Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is wrestling with major disruption at…
Continue Reading Workers flee China’s biggest iPhone factory over Covid outbreak
CNN By Diksha Madhok, Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau Foxconn, one of Apple’s largest suppliers, is wrestling with major disruption…
Continue Reading J&J to buy cardio technology company Abiomed for $16.6B
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson is spending about $16.6 billion to buy cardiovascular technology company Abiomed and build up…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: Maximize your benefits to offset inflation
By ELIZABETH AYOOLA of NerdWallet Once people land a job with a competitive benefits package, it’s easy for some to forget to make the most of it.…
Continue Reading Strong RSV vaccine data lifts hopes after years of futility
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer New research shows vaccinating pregnant women helped protect their newborns from the common but scary…
Continue Reading US debt: Federal interest payments could soon exceed military spending
By Matt Egan, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s war on inflation isn’t just painful for home buyers and people with credit card debt.…
Continue Reading BP announces $2.5 billion share buyback after profit soars
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business BP’s profit more than doubled in the third quarter of the year, extending a bumper run of earnings for the…
Continue Reading BP profits soar in 3Q as pressure increases for windfall tax
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — BP’s earnings have more than doubled in the third quarter as the London-based energy giant…
Continue Reading Cyclone, absences threaten to dull Hong Kong finance meeting
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — A tropical storm and absences of VIP guests are casting a shadow over a financial conference meant to…
Continue Reading Japan entertainment maker Sony ups forecasts as profits grow
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Sony has reported its quarterly profit through September rose 24% on healthy demand for its music…
Continue Reading Oleg Tinkov renounces Russian citizenship over war in Ukraine
By Mark Thompson, Mayumi Maruyama and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Oleg Tinkov, the founder of a major Russian digital bank, has renounced his Russian…
Continue Reading Toyota reports quarterly profit decline amid chips crunch
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota Motor Corp. says its profit fell 31% in the last quarter as a shortage of computer chips…
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Most expensive climate disasters in recent decades
Stacker ranked the most expensive American climate disasters by the billions since 1980 by total cost of all damages, adjusted for inflation. Data…
Continue Reading Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Visitors to Shanghai Disneyland were temporarily blocked from leaving as part of virus testing…
Continue Reading Asian benchmarks higher as markets await Fed rate moves
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Wednesday ahead of a decision by the U.S. Federal Reserve on an…
Continue Reading Arab leaders in Algeria for 1st League summit in 3 years
By FAY ABUELGASIM, BARBARA SURK and JACK JEFFERY Associated Press ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Arab leaders are meeting in Algeria at the 31st summit of…
Continue Reading Oil giant Saudi Aramco has $42.4B profit in third quarter
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Oil giant Saudi Aramco is reporting a $42.4 billion profit in the third quarter…
Continue Reading What we know about India’s deadly bridge collapse
By Rhea Mogul, Manveena Suri and Swati Gupta, CNN More than 50 children are among 135 people killed in Sunday’s bridge collapse in…
Continue Reading Australian cash rate rises for 7th straight month to 2.85%
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s central bank has boosted its benchmark interest rate for a seventh…
Continue Reading BBC tries to understand politics by creating fake Americans
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — In an attempt to see how social media influences American politics, a BBC reporter created some…
Continue Reading Shanghai Disney guests kept in closed park for virus testing
BEIJING (AP) — Shanghai Disneyland was closed and visitors temporarily kept in the park for virus testing, the city government announced, while…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Penguin Random House’s purchase of Simon & Schuster
By CNN Business staff A federal judge blocked Penguin Random House from buying Simon & Schuster, arguing that the combination of the two book…
Continue Reading Judge blocks Penguin Random House-Simon & Schuster merger
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge has blocked Penguin Random House’s proposed purchase of Simon & Schuster.…
Continue Reading Musk boosts surge in misinformation about Pelosi attack
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press With some help from Twitter’s new owner, misinformation about the grievous attack on U.S. House Speaker Nancy…
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