Ticket to ride: Germany eyes public transit revolution
BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to introduce a public transit pass that costs 49 euros ($47) a month and will be valid nationwide. The proposal follows…
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Apple store workers in Oklahoma to vote on labor union
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers in Oklahoma City are set to vote this week on whether to form the second-ever labor union at one…
Continue Reading High levels of toxic chemical found in sports bras, watchdog warns
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business New testing on a variety of popular branded sports bras and athletic wear has revealed high levels of BPA, a…
Continue Reading Walgreens beats fiscal 4Q forecasts, absorbs UK business hit
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Walgreens Boots Alliance topped earnings forecasts in the final quarter of fiscal 2022, and the drugstore chain’s…
Continue Reading Germany’s Merkel defends decision to get Russian natural gas
BERLIN (AP) — Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has defended decisions made during her tenure to buy natural gas from Russia. Speaking in…
Continue Reading IKEA calls 2022 an ‘exceptional year’ despite challenges
STOCKHOLM (AP) — Swedish home furnishings giant IKEA says that despite “unprecedented challenges” caused by the war in Ukraine, supply chain…
Continue Reading Surging prices show the Fed must continue its tough battle against inflation
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business A key inflation report showed consumer prices came in hotter than expected in September, punishing Americans and…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement amid looming Supreme Court petition
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court has agreed to suspend enforcement of Texas’ social media law restricting content moderation, in…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court pauses Texas social media law’s enforcement amid looming Supreme Court petition
By Brian Fung, CNN A federal appeals court has agreed to suspend enforcement of Texas’ social media law restricting content moderation, in the…
Continue Reading Social Security recipients get 8.7% cost-of-living increase, the highest in more than 40 years
By Tami Luhby, CNN Social Security recipients will receive an annual cost-of-living adjustment of 8.7% next year, the largest increase since 1981,…
Continue Reading U.S. applications for jobless aid rise last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week but remains…
Continue Reading Weather forces delay for NASA astronauts returning from space station on SpaceX capsule
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Four astronauts are scheduled to return home from the International Space Station this week, capping off a nearly six-month…
Continue Reading China accuses US of ‘Cold War thinking’ in security strategy
By JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government has accused Washington of “Cold War thinking.” The government appealed…
Continue Reading How to read big bank earnings
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business If market swings tell us anything, it’s that investors are rattled by economic uncertainty. The outlook…
Continue Reading OPEC could tip the world economy into recession, warns IEA
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Western governments are furious after OPEC+ decided last week to slash oil production by the largest amount since the…
Continue Reading International climate change bodies win humanity award
LISBON, Portugal (AP) — A prize worth 1 million euros ($970,000) is being awarded to two intergovernmental bodies for their work on climate change.…
Continue Reading Indonesia gears up to start its first high-speed rail line
By DITA ALANGKARA Associated Press BANDUNG, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia is preparing to start Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail service that…
Continue Reading Spain unveils 3 billion-euro energy aid plan for households
MADRID (AP) — Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has announced 3 billion euros in subsidies to help people weather high gas and electricity…
Continue Reading Despite turmoil, UK Treasury chief says economic plan stays
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief has rejected suggestions that the Conservative…
Continue Reading France starts exporting gas to Germany amid energy crisis
PARIS (AP) — French gas network operator GRTgaz says it has started conveying gas to Germany via pipeline for the first time, as Berlin strives to…
Continue Reading Delta posts $695 million Q3 profit, expects big holiday rush
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Delta Air Lines is posting a $695 million profit for the third quarter, which includes much of the peak summer…
Continue Reading How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
By SARAH EL DEEB, ANASTASIIA SHVETS and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press An Associated Press investigation has found that Russia’s strategy to take…
Continue Reading How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians
By SARAH EL DEEB, ANASTASIIA SHVETS and ELIZAVETA TILNA Associated Press Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal.…
Continue Reading Had enough? S&P plunge could deepen if recession takes hold
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — If the economy really is headed for a recession, the stock market’s drop may not be over. The…
Continue Reading New Ms. Foundation initiative funds birth justice nonprofits
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Ms. Foundation for Women’s new Birth Justice Initiative, designed to support grassroots organizations led by…
Continue Reading Bomb threat leads to evacuation of Norway gas plant
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A bomb threat against an gas processing facility in central Norway briefly forced the suspension of the production and…
Continue Reading White House aims to speed-up pace of building infrastructure
By JOSH BOAK and COLLEEN LONG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House hosted a summit Thursday to help speed up construction projects…
Continue Reading NATO chief warns Russia not to cross ‘very important line’
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg says Russia would be crossing a “very important line” if…
Continue Reading Ukraine gets more air defense pledges as Russia hits cities
By SABRA AYRES Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s allies vowed Thursday to supply the besieged nation with advanced air defense…
Continue Reading Taiwan chipmaker TSMC says quarterly profit $8.8 billion
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., the biggest contract manufacturer of processor chips for smartphones and other…
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