Google’s ad sales slow dramatically, eroding parent’s profit
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Summertime revenue growth at Google’s corporate parent slipped to its slowest pace…
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How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 10/25/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street, marking the third straight gain for the S&P 500. The benchmark hadn’t been able to…
Continue Reading Weber, SAP rise; JetBlue, General Electric fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: General Motors Co., up $1.29 to $37.01. The automaker beat…
Continue Reading Mexico: Bus lines colluded for 20 years to keep fares high
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Regulators in Mexico have slapped fines totaling about $60 million on most of the country’s largest passenger bus lines,…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for December delivery rose 74 cents to $85.32 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for December delivery rose…
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Kanye West’s ugly break-up with Adidas and Gap shows the risks of celebrity partnerships
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business In 2013, Adidas struck a deal with Kanye West to create Yeezy-branded shoe and clothing collections for the…
Continue Reading First on CNN: LinkedIn knows there are fake accounts on its site. Now it wants to help users spot them
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business In recent months, bots have been top of mind for many who track the social media industry, thanks to Elon Musk’s…
Continue Reading Hyundai breaks ground on $5.5B electric car plant in Georgia
By RUSS BYNUM Associated Press ELLABELL, Ga. (AP) — Hyundai Motor Group is rapidly moving ahead with construction of its $5.5 million electric…
Continue Reading Amazon workers in California withdraw petition for union vote after defeat in New York
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Six months after the grassroots Amazon Labor Union scored a historic victory by becoming the first to unionize…
Continue Reading Fast-fashion giant Inditex to transfer its Russian business
MADRID (AP) — Zara owner Inditex has reached an agreement to sell its Russian business to a Lebanese retail and real estate conglomerate. The buyer…
Continue Reading Cox First Media names industry veteran as its new publisher
DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — A company that publishes three newspapers in Ohio has named a media industry veteran as its new publisher. Suzanne Klopfenstein…
Continue Reading Coke products might look a little different next year
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Over the past year, Coca-Cola has experimented with bizarre, limited-time flavors and immersive online…
Continue Reading Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — By the Nielsen company’s count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime’s coverage of…
Continue Reading Philanthropy pours more money into advancing Latino wealth
By KAY DERVISHI of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy Juan Hernandez III leads Creser Capital Fund, which lends to people…
Continue Reading Why stocks keep rallying even though consumers feel lousy
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Consumers may be worried about inflation and rising interest rates. But don’t tell that to Wall Street.…
Continue Reading Stock picking isn’t dead. But for most investors it might as well be
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business What’s the best way to invest? Plenty of active traders are out there trying to make a quick buck on meme…
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Mexico leader: open domestic flights to foreign airlines
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says he wants to allow foreign airlines to operate domestic service between…
Continue Reading A vacation that promised to save Brits more than $200 on their bills sold out in 24 hours
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business A winter vacation package that claimed it could save Brits more than £200 ($229) on their soaring bills for rent, food…
Continue Reading A vacation that promised to save Brits more than $200 on their bills sold out in 24 hours
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business A winter vacation package that claimed it could save Brits more than £200 ($229) on their soaring bills for rent,…
Continue Reading Amazon to let customers pay with Venmo at checkout
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business Amazon is rolling out a new option for customers to pay with Venmo. Starting Tuesday, select customers will see an…
Continue Reading Record number of Americans have bank accounts, gov’t says
By KEN SWEET and SAMANTHA HENDRICKSON The Associated Press / Report for America NEW YORK (AP) — The number of Americans who do not have a bank…
Continue Reading Consumer confidence fell in October as inflation takes a toll
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business US consumer confidence fell in October to the lowest level since July as high borrowing costs and soaring inflation…
Continue Reading American consumer confidence takes a hit in October
By MATT OTT AP Business Reporter WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. consumers were less confident this month as concerns about inflation took hold again after…
Continue Reading For widows on Facebook, updating relationship status is complicated
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business After Rebecca Kasten Higgins lost her husband in a car accident a few days before their 20th anniversary in…
Continue Reading German business confidence stuck at lowest since May 2020
BERLIN (AP) — A closely watched survey shows that German business confidence is stuck at its lowest level in more than two years as energy worries…
Continue Reading Adidas terminates partnership with Kanye West
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Adidas has ended its partnership with Ye, also known as Kanye West, with “immediate effect.” In a…
Continue Reading Akshata Murty: Rishi Sunak’s wife is a software heiress who’s richer than royalty
By Tara John, CNN N. R. Narayana Murthy, one of India’s richest people, had mixed feelings when he first heard about the man who would become…
Continue Reading Naomi Alderman novel ‘The Future’ scheduled for next fall
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Novelist Naomi Alderman is a “what if” kind of writer, as in: What if women were able to…
Continue Reading Amazon to allow US customers to pay with Venmo
Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is rolling out a feature that allows shoppers to pay for items using their Venmo accounts. The option to…
Continue Reading Biogen tops 3Q expectations as cost cutting continues
The Associated Press Biogen delivered a better-than-expected third quarter and hiked its 2022 forecast as cost cutting continued to help the…
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