Report: Theme park attendance was a roller coaster in 2021
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Last year was a roller coaster ride for theme parks worldwide, with U.S. water parks approaching pre-pandemic levels and parks…
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11 more crash deaths are linked to automated-tech vehicles
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — Eleven additional people were in crashes involving vehicles using automated driving systems during a…
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Esports video games hold vast betting potential, experts say
By WAYNE PARRY Associated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The competitive video game and casino industries agree there is great financial…
Continue Reading Report: Hurricane Ian farm loss could reach $1.56B
By CURT ANDERSON Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — A new report finds preliminary agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s…
Continue Reading Biden to release 15M barrels from oil reserve, more possible
By JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will announce the release of 15 million barrels of oil from the…
Continue Reading Girl Scouts of the USA receive largest ever donation from single donor
by Devon M. Sayers Girl Scouts of the USA received its largest ever donation from a single individual, a gift of $84.5 million from MacKenzie Scott,…
Continue Reading Here’s why convenience stores aren’t rushing to replace gas pumps with EV chargers
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Gas stations with convenience stores seem like an obvious location for electric vehicle chargers. Drivers could grab…
Continue Reading Finland PM: Wide political support for Russia border fence
HELSINKI (AP) — Finland’s prime minister says she was convinced that there is a “wide support” within the Parliament to build a fence on the…
Continue Reading Amazon workers vote against forming union in upstate New York, dealing setback to grassroots labor group
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Amazon workers in upstate New York have voted against forming a union, dealing another blow to a grassroots…
Continue Reading Florida farmers and ranchers could see up to $1.5 billion in Hurricane Ian-related losses
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Florida farmers and ranchers lost up to $1.56 billion in crops, livestock, and nursery and aquaculture products due to the…
Continue Reading Poland’s judicial policy threatens payments from EU budget
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — A senior European Union official says Poland’s right-wing government needs to show that it has fulfilled all the…
Continue Reading US: French cement firm admits Islamic State group payments
By ERIC TUCKER and BOBBY CAINA CALVAN Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — French cement company Lafarge has pleaded guilty to paying millions of…
Continue Reading Texas importer sues government in fish feud at end of world
By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A small Texas seafood importer has sued the federal government for blocking a shipment of fish from…
Continue Reading Pipeline operator agrees to $50M California spill settlement
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — A pipeline operator has agreed to pay $50 million to thousands of Southern California fishermen, tourism companies and…
Continue Reading Trains canceled and schools affected as nationwide strikes hit France
By Hanna Ziady and Joseph Ataman, CNN Business Only about half the trains on regional and intercity lines were running Tuesday in France and Eurostar…
Continue Reading Hasbro sales slip as families tire of playing with inflation
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Hasbro’s profit and sales slipped in the third quarter as families watched their spending on toys more…
Continue Reading Turkey’s opposition seeks stay of ‘disinformation’ law
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey’s main opposition party is seeking the suspension of the enforcement of a newly-approved media law that mandates…
Continue Reading Meta agrees to sell Giphy, ending battle with UK regulators
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Facebook parent Meta says it will sell off Giphy after running out of options to thwart a ruling by…
Continue Reading Tusk requests investigation of Russia role in Polish scandal
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top opposition leader has called on the country’s ruling party to fully…
Continue Reading Millions of cookies: MacKenzie Scott gives Girl Scouts $85M
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott donated $84.5 million to Girl Scouts of the USA and 29 of its local…
Continue Reading Stocks surge again as Corporate America’s earnings impress
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for Shocktober. Wall Street’s often scary month for stocks has suddenly turned into Rocktober. The…
Continue Reading For widows on Facebook, updating relationship status is complicated
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business After Rebecca Kasten Higgins lost her husband in a car accident a few days before their 20th anniversary…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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