Denial-of-service attacks knock US airport websites offline
By The Associated Press An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S.…
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US economy will soon start losing 175,000 jobs a month, Bank of America warns
By Matt Egan, CNN The Federal Reserve’s fight to squash inflation will cause the US economy to start losing tens of thousands of jobs a month…
Continue Reading Social Security boost will help millions of kids, too
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-year-old Cassandra Gentry is looking forward to a hefty cost-of-living increase in her…
Continue Reading American invests in firm aiming to supply hydrogen to planes
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Monday that it invested in a company that hopes to deliver hydrogen for use in planes, one prong of…
Continue Reading Amazon to invest $972M for electric vans, trucks in Europe
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Monday it will invest 1 billion euros ($972.1 million) to add thousands of more…
Continue Reading Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden…
Continue Reading Germany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to…
Continue Reading Amazon will invest $970 million in electric vehicles for its European fleet
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon said Monday it plans to spend €1 billion, or $972 million, on electric vehicles for its European fleet. The…
Continue Reading Austria sues EU executive over green label for gas, nuclear
BERLIN (AP) — Austria says it has filed a legal complaint with the European Union’s top court over plans by the bloc’s executive branch to…
Continue Reading Nikki Finke, veteran Hollywood journalist, has died
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Nikki Finke, the sharp-tongue Hollywood journalist famous for her seemingly non-stop scoops, has died. She was 68.…
Continue Reading Protests in Iran over woman’s death reach key oil industry
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at refineries crucial for Iran’s oil and natural gas production…
Continue Reading Germany eyes possible political motive in railway sabotage
BERLIN (AP) — German police say they’re examining the possibility of a political motive in the suspected sabotage of a railway communication…
Continue Reading White-collar workers are feeling the brunt of the Fed’s rate hikes. Here’s why
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business September’s hotly anticipated jobs data ended up cooling markets on Friday. Stocks fell sharply as investors…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: How to spot a great 401(k)
By LIZ WESTON OF NerdWallet It pays to know the difference between a good 401(k) and a great 401(k). Compared to an average plan, great plans offer…
Continue Reading Top EU diplomat laments slow start for Ukraine training plan
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is lamenting the bloc’s slow pace of action in setting up a military training…
Continue Reading UK Treasury chief to publish forecasts sooner amid turmoil
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s Treasury chief says he will bring forward the publication of the government’s full…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s unsolicited idea for Taiwan welcomed by Beijing, slammed in Taipei
By Rhea Mogul, CNN As tensions between China and Taiwan simmer at their highest point in decades, officials in both places have clashed in recent…
Continue Reading UK brings budget forward in another attempt to reassure markets
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business UK Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng will try to avoid spooking investors a second time when he publishes details of plans…
Continue Reading Nobel Prize in economics awarded to trio including Ben Bernanke for work on financial crises
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig were awarded the Nobel Prize in…
Continue Reading Russia unleashes biggest attacks in Ukraine in months
By ADAM SCHRECK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia retaliated Monday for an attack on a critical bridge by unleashing…
Continue Reading Gautam Adani was a college dropout. Now he may be too big to fail
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business On a late August evening in New Delhi, journalists’ phones started buzzing with messages. Indian billionaire…
Continue Reading German cybersecurity chief investigated over Russia ties
BERLIN (AP) — The head of Germany’s national cybersecurity agency is under scrutiny over reports of ties to Russian intelligence. Arne…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s unsolicited idea for Taiwan welcomed by Beijing, slammed in Taipei
By Rhea Mogul, CNN As tensions between China and Taiwan simmer at their highest point in decades, officials in both places have clashed in recent…
Continue Reading Air France and Airbus charged with involuntary homicide for Rio-Paris crash in 2009
By Jim Bittermann, CNN The trial of two of France’s biggest companies began Monday over the crash of Air France flight 447 in 2009 that killed…
Continue Reading The Bank of England is still trying to put out the fire Liz Truss started
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The Bank of England announced Monday that it would provide extra support to UK markets, beefing up its efforts to…
Continue Reading Power restored on Danish island; outage was ‘local fault’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A power outage briefly hit the Danish Baltic Sea island of Bornholm Monday. Authorities initially said that an…
Continue Reading Families of crash victims rain wrath on Airbus, Air France
By NICOLAS VAUX-MONTAGNY and JEFFREY SCHAEFFER Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Distraught families whose loved ones died in Air France’s worst-ever…
Continue Reading China’s holiday spending plunges to seven-year low as zero-Covid batters consumer confidence
CNN By Laura He, CNN Business Holiday spending during China’s Golden Week has plunged to its lowest level in seven years, as broad Covid curbs…
Continue Reading China’s holiday spending plunges to seven-year low as zero-Covid batters consumer confidence
By Laura He, CNN Business Holiday spending during China’s Golden Week has plunged to its lowest level in seven years, as broad Covid curbs…
Continue Reading German expert panel proposes 2-stage gas price subsidy
BERLIN (AP) — A government-appointed expert panel is proposing a two-stage system for distributing some of the up to $195 billion in subsidies…
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