China’s Geely buys 7.6% stake in Aston Martin Lagonda
BEIJING (AP) — Geely Holding Group, one of China’s biggest independent automakers, has bought a 7.6% stake in British luxury brand Aston Martin…
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West rejects Putin’s claim it sabotaged Baltic gas pipelines
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built…
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King Charles III’s coin portrait unveiled by UK Royal Mint
By Amarachi Orie, CNN Business The portrait of King Charles III that will feature on British coins has been unveiled by the Royal Mint, the official…
Continue Reading TikTok politics: Candidates turn to it ‘for better or worse’
By DAVID KLEPPER Associated Press Wade Herring didn’t know the teenage voter who approached him at a restaurant over the weekend. But she knew…
Continue Reading Fewer trips for China’s Golden Week amid quarantine fears
BEIJING (AP) — Far fewer Chinese are expected to be traveling during the upcoming “Golden Week” National Day holiday, amid rigid anti-COVID-19…
Continue Reading UK’s budget watchdog promises initial analysis next week
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Britain’s independent budget watchdog says it would deliver an initial analysis of the…
Continue Reading Inflation hits record 10% in 19 EU countries using euro
By DAVID McHUGH Associated Press FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Inflation in the European countries using the euro currency has broken into double…
Continue Reading Launch aborted on Firefly’s 2nd attempt with Alpha rocket
VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) — A year after its first Alpha rocket had to be destroyed during flight, a new aerospace company has…
Continue Reading Dining in the dark: Brussels eateries tackle energy crunch
By SYLVAIN PLAZY Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — While European Union nations are still mulling a cap on gas prices, some businesses are more in a…
Continue Reading ‘Big impact’: UK economic chaos, pound plunge hit businesses
By SYLVIA HUI and KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Like many small business owners in Britain, Harry Niazi hoped for government help to…
Continue Reading Digital minister aims to wrest Japan out of analog doldrums
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The politician tapped to help Japan keep pace with the digital age has his work cut out for him. The…
Continue Reading Led by Hong Kong, Asian stocks on track to suffer worst month since Covid began
By Laura He, CNN Business Asian markets are careening toward their worst month since the Covid pandemic began, hit by a mighty US dollar and rising…
Continue Reading Japan to pay up to $320M for US company’s chip production
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japan said it is providing a major U.S. chipmaker a subsidy of up to $322 million to back its plan…
Continue Reading China manufacturing weak, adding to economy pressure
BEIJING (AP) — Two surveys show growth in Chinese manufacturing was weak in September, export orders fell and employers cut jobs. That adds to…
Continue Reading India raises interest rate to 5.90% to tame inflation
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s central bank has raised its key interest rate to 5.90% and said developing economy were facing slowing growth, elevated…
Continue Reading Stocks end September down 9.3%, worst month since March 2020
By STAN CHOE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out a miserable September on Friday with the S&P 500’s worst monthly…
Continue Reading After Ian, the effects in southwest Florida are everywhere
By TIM REYNOLDS Associated Press Hurricane Ian was over southwest Florida for only a few hours. It will take months to clean up all the damage. Maybe…
Continue Reading Musk and Twitter CEO Agrawal were briefly pals, texts show
By MATT O’BRIEN and RANDALL CHASE Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Newly disclosed text messages between Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Parag…
Continue Reading Police say hacker concealed ID in Australian privacy breach
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Police say the hacker who stole the personal data of almost 10 million people in one of…
Continue Reading Former Tibet official latest to fall in China graft sweep
BEIJING (AP) — A former vice governor of China’s sprawling Tibet region has been indicted on charges of accepting bribes. The government said…
Continue Reading Ex-PG&E execs to pay $117M to settle lawsuit over wildfires
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Former executives and directors of Pacific Gas & Electric have agreed to pay $117 million to settle a lawsuit over…
Continue Reading California care home sued over resident’s poisoning death
SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) — The family of a woman who died after she was accidentally served dishwashing liquid as drinking juice at a San Francisco…
Continue Reading Albuquerque Starbucks votes to unionize, 1st store in state
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico is poised to have its first unionized Starbucks store, organizers say. A majority of rank-and-file workers at…
Continue Reading Why the ghost of 2008 still haunts us in 2022
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Allison Morrow, CNN Business All week, there have events in the news that have come in under of the banner of “this…
Continue Reading Why the ghost of 2008 still haunts us in 2022
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business All week, there have events in the news that have come in under of the banner of “this hasn’t happened…
Continue Reading NASA, SpaceX to study boosting Hubble to higher orbit in a bid to extend its life
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Continue Reading NASA, SpaceX to study boosting Hubble to higher orbit in a bid to extend its life
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Officials at NASA have signed a Space Act Agreement with SpaceX to investigate the benefits and risks of having a private…
Continue Reading Meta is using AI to generate videos from just a few words
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Artificial intelligence is getting better and better at generating an image in response to a handful of words, with…
Continue Reading NY proceeds with plan for zero-emission vehicles by 2035
By MAYSOON KHAN Associated Press/Report for America ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A decision by regulators in California has cleared the way for New York to…
Continue Reading Storm-battered Florida businesses face arduous rebuilding
By DAVID KOENIG AP Business Writer Hotels, restaurants and other businesses along Florida’s southwest coast face a long rebuilding process…
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