Amazon stock falls 14% on light holiday quarter sales forecast
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon stock fell some 14% in after-hours trading Thursday after the company forecast its holiday quarter sales…
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Timeline of billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to control Twitter
By The Associated Press On Oct. 4, Elon Musk reversed himself and offered to honor his original proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion — a deal he…
Continue Reading Meta, Wolfspeed fall; Caterpillar, Southwest rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Caterpillar Inc., up $15.18 to $212.14. The construction…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose $1.17 to $89.08 a barrel Thursday. Brent crude for December delivery rose…
Continue Reading Attorneys general say Albertsons should delay $4B dividend
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer A bipartisan group of attorneys general is asking Albertsons to delay a $4 billion payout to its shareholders…
Continue Reading Ford’s beloved little Fiesta is going away, at least for now
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business The Ford Fiesta, a hugely popular little hatchback in much of the world, will soon no longer appear in…
Continue Reading As prices soar, consumers turn to McDonald’s
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Inflation is relentlessly high and food prices in particular are soaring. In this environment, customers are…
Continue Reading Official: 2021 Colorado wildfire losses surpass $2 billion
DENVER (AP) — A wildfire that destroyed nearly 1,100 homes and businesses in suburban Denver last winter caused more than $2 billion in losses,…
Continue Reading Belarus sends one more independent journalist to prison
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced another independent journalist to three years in prison. It’s the second prison…
Continue Reading New York Post says ‘vile and reprehensible’ tweets result of rogue employee
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The New York Post said that a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published Thursday morning were the…
Continue Reading New York Post says ‘vile and reprehensible’ tweets result of rogue employee
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The New York Post said that a series of vulgar and racist tweets and headlines published Thursday morning were the…
Continue Reading Fetterman slams Big Oil for surging profits and failure to invest in new supply
By Matt Egan Democrat John Fetterman scolded the oil industry on Thursday for reaping massive profits and argued companies are rewarding shareholders…
Continue Reading A guaranteed way to beat inflation temporarily crashed a Treasury website
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The demand to buy US Series I savings bonds this week has been so great that it temporarily crashed the Treasury web…
Continue Reading Don’t expect the bounce-back in the US economy to quiet recession calls
By Christine Romans, CNN Business Don’t expect the bounce-back in the US economy in the third quarter to quiet the chorus of recession calls.…
Continue Reading Bulgaria to buy a second batch of eight new F-16s from US
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s caretaker government has approved the purchase of a second batch of eight new F-16 fighter jets needed to bring…
Continue Reading Father, son convicted in assault spurred by Pokemon Go
CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri jury has convicted a father and son for attacking a Pokemon Go rival in a dispute that ended with all three men in a…
Continue Reading NLRB alleges Amazon’s Jassy violated labor law in interviews
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The National Labor Relations Board has filed a complaint accusing Amazon CEO Andy Jassy of…
Continue Reading Auto prices finally begin to creep down from inflated highs
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — All summer long, Aleen Hudson kept looking for a new minivan or SUV for her growing passenger shuttle…
Continue Reading Mortgage rates top 7% for the first time since 2002
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business Mortgage rates rose again this week, topping 7% for the first time since 2002. The 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged…
Continue Reading Hurricane Ian’s lucrative cleanup deals generate new storm
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press It has been a month since Hurricane Ian ravaged southwest Florida. Now multimillion-dollar cleanup contracts are…
Continue Reading Crisis-stricken Cuba caught between ally Russia, nearby U.S.
By MEGAN JANETSKY Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian caused an island-wide blackout when it tore through western Cuba in late September.…
Continue Reading Nord Stream 1 operator sends ship to survey pipeline damage
BERLIN (AP) — The operator of the Nord Stream 1 natural gas pipeline says a ship that it chartered has arrived at the site of last month’s…
Continue Reading Elon Musk tells advertisers he doesn’t want Twitter to become ‘free-for-all hellscape’
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk attempted to reassure Twitter’s advertisers about the future of the platform in an open letter Thursday,…
Continue Reading US mortgage rates top 7% for the first time in 2 decades
By MATT OTT and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — Average long-term U.S. mortgage rates topped 7% for the first time in more than…
Continue Reading Musk doesn’t seek a “free-for-all hellscape” for Twitter
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk is telling Twitter advertisers he is buying the platform to “help humanity” and doesn’t…
Continue Reading France’s Macron visits military sites, touts arms production
PARIS (AP) — In a show of France’s military prowess, President Emmanuel Macron has visited a Caesar cannon firing range and missile testing…
Continue Reading Instagram goes down for some users
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke Thousands of Instagram users reported issues with accessing the platform on Monday morning. Approximately 7,000 users…
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No one hit Powerball jackpot, new drawing an estimated $800M
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — No one won an estimated $700 million Powerball jackpot, meaning the big prize will grow to an estimated $800 million for…
Continue Reading Rivian owners can’t help but gush about their trucks, flaws and all
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Denis Wang says he always hated the car-buying process — until he met Rivian. Buying the automaker’s R1T…
Continue Reading Call of Duty’s latest battle is between Microsoft and Sony
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Hunting down your enemies on the bustling streets of Amsterdam, along the U.S.-Mexico border or in a…
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