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Meta says it will sell Giphy to comply with UK breakup order
By Brian Fung, CNN Facebook-parent Meta plans to sell off Giphy, an online search tool for animated images, after the UK government said it would…
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German cybersecurity chief out amid reports of Russia ties
BERLIN (AP) — Germany’s Interior Ministry says that the head of the national cybersecurity agency has been dismissed following reports of…
Continue Reading Pizza Hut is finally selling slices — with a twist
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Pizza Hut is getting more personal beyond its personal pan pizzas. For customers who find ordering a whole pie…
Continue Reading Liz Truss’ waning power brings political plots, and jokes
By JILL LAWLESS and DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Powerless, humiliated, labeled a “ghost” prime minister and compared…
Continue Reading Death toll from Russian warplane crash into city rises to 15
MOSCOW (AP) — The death toll from the crash of a Russian warplane into a Russian city has risen to 15. That includes three people who died when…
Continue Reading The US is spending billions to boost chip manufacturing. Will it be enough?
WSTM, MICRON, CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business The United States government is pulling out all the stops to boost domestic semiconductor…
Continue Reading The US is spending billions to boost chip manufacturing. Will it be enough?
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business The United States government is pulling out all the stops to boost domestic semiconductor manufacturing,…
Continue Reading Gates Foundation boosts GivingTuesday with $10M donation
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $10 million to the organization that grew out of…
Continue Reading UK govt warns military pilots against training Chinese army
LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense ministry has issued an intelligence alert warning former and current military pilots against Chinese headhunting…
Continue Reading Rolls-Royce’s first electric car has two doors and is longer than a Cadillac Escalade
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Rolls-Royce will start production of its first electric car next year. It has only two doors but is longer than…
Continue Reading Rolls-Royce’s first electric car has two doors and is longer than a Cadillac Escalade
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Rolls-Royce will start production of its first electric car next year. It has only two doors…
Continue Reading French strike pits workers vs. government as inflation bites
By NICOLAS GARRIGA and BOUBKAR BENZABAT Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Tens of thousands of French workers have taken to the streets across the…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs overhauls banking and trading units
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Goldman Sachs announced a major reorganization Tuesday as the Wall Street powerhouse grapples with market…
Continue Reading The strong dollar has an unexpected victim
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The strong dollar has been a headwind for blue chip US companies in the Dow and S&P 500 this year.…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: When pinching pennies isn’t enough
By KELSEY SHEEHY of NerdWallet Millions of Americans deal with food, housing and general financial insecurity every year. Getting help can be tedious…
Continue Reading J&J sales grow, but strong dollar tugs at expectations
By TOM MURPHY AP Health Writer Johnson & Johnson topped third-quarter expectations thanks to pharmaceutical sales growth, but a strong dollar…
Continue Reading GM just took a stake in a startup that makes imitation leather out of mushrooms
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business General Motors’ venture capital arm has invested in a California startup that’s making imitation…
Continue Reading First on CNN: Next spring the economy will sink into a 1990-style mild recession, Fitch says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Stubborn inflation and the Federal Reserve’s jumbo-sized interest rate hikes will drive the American economy into a…
Continue Reading Green leaders back German nuke extension, activists angry
BERLIN (AP) — Senior members of Germany’s environmentalist Green party have indicated that they would accept Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s decision…
Continue Reading Almost two-thirds of economists think the economy is in or near a recession
CNN By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Almost two-thirds of corporate economists believe the United States is already in a recession or will be within…
Continue Reading Semafor news site makes debut, intent on reinventing news
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The media organization Semafor launched on Tuesday with no less an ambition than reinventing the…
Continue Reading Electric vehicles take center stage at pared-back Paris show
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The Paris auto show is back. Tuesday’s opening is the first for the show since…
Continue Reading EU faces battle to keep energy prices from tanking economy
By RAF CASERT and SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union leaders enter a crucial stretch this week to make sure runaway…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: Why Germany is delaying its nuclear shutdown
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has ordered preparations for all of the country’s three…
Continue Reading Asia stocks mixed after Wall St rises on corporate profits
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Wall Street rose on strong corporate profit…
Continue Reading Australia and Singapore strike agreement to achieve net-zero
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australian and Singaporean leaders have announced what they describe as a world-first…
Continue Reading Smartphone maker Foxconn unveils EV for Taiwan brand Yulon
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — The Taiwanese company that assembles smartphones for Apple Inc. and other global brands has unveiled an electric SUV that…
Continue Reading ‘Bad situation’: Soaring US dollar spreads pain worldwide
By PAUL WISEMAN, KELVIN CHAN, SAMY MAGDY and AYSE WIETING Associated Press The cost of living in Cairo has soared so much that security guard Mustafa…
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Amazon workers reject union bid in upstate New York
By HALELUYA HADERO and ALEXANDRA OLSON AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon workers in upstate New York overwhelmingly rejected a union bid…
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