P&G starts fiscal year strong, but soaring dollar will sting
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer Procter & Gamble exceeded $20 billion in sales during the fiscal first quarter but citing the strong…
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Enrollment gains help Elevance Health top 3Q forecasts
The Associated Press Growing Medicaid enrollment pushed one of the biggest U.S. health insurers, Elevance Health, to a better-than-expected third…
Continue Reading Spirit Airlines shareholders approve $3.8B sale to JetBlue
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Spirit Airlines shareholders are approving a $3.8 billion sale of the company to JetBlue Airways. Spirit announced…
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New home building retreated in September as rising mortgage rates scare off buyers
By Anna Bahney, CNN Home building pulled back in September, as buyers faced spiking mortgage rates that have made homes increasingly unaffordable.…
Continue Reading Rare toad fight similar to landmark endangered species case
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — The unusual circumstances that led to the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on the…
Continue Reading Germany to massively expand electric car charging network
By KIRSTEN GRIESHABER Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany wants to massively expand the country’s charging network for electric cars. It plans…
Continue Reading Poland to buy 288 multiple rocket launchers from South Korea
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland has signed a deal to buy hundreds of South Korean multiple rocket launchers amid efforts to step up the nation’s…
Continue Reading Global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels to rise by less than 1% this year as renewables and EVs take off
By Angela Dewan, CNN Finally, some good news in the battle against greenhouse gasses: Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from the burning of fossil fuels…
Continue Reading Is inflation affecting travel points and miles?
By SAM KEMMIS of NerdWallet Inflation has made the cash prices of flights and hotel stays skyrocket this year, but it’s having a surprising effect…
Continue Reading Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals
By LEON YIN and AARON SANKIN/The Markup The Markup Having a fast internet connection at home has become a near-requirement for many Americans,…
Continue Reading Poor, less white US neighborhoods get worst internet deals
By LEON YIN and AARON SANKIN/The Markup The Markup A couple of years into the pandemic, Shirley Neville had finally had enough of her shoddy internet…
Continue Reading Uganda to deploy Ebola vaccine in 2 weeks, says WHO official
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — A World Health Organization official says experimental Ebola vaccines will be deployed…
Continue Reading Edmunds: 2023 Acura Integra vs. 2023 Mazda 3 Turbo Hatch
By KRISTIN SHAW Edmunds Acura brought the Integra back to the market after a two-decade hiatus, with fanfare fitting this enthusiast favorite. The…
Continue Reading UK PM Truss vows to stay, but is on brink as minister quits
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Liz Truss described herself as “a fighter and not a quitter” Wednesday as…
Continue Reading It’s been 35 years since the epic Black Monday crash. What have investors learned?
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business October 19, 1987. A brief but violent stock market crash. Can it happen again? Probably not. The Dow plummeted…
Continue Reading October surprise? Stocks continue to sizzle this month
CNN By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business October may be famous for historically horrifying stock market crashes like the ones in 1929, 1987 and 2008.…
Continue Reading Norway intel agency takes over probe into drone sightings
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s domestic security agency on Wednesday took over investigations of drone…
Continue Reading Pakistan: World Bank estimates floods caused $40B in damages
By MUNIR AHMED Associated Press ISLAMABAD (AP) — Pakistan’s government says the World Bank estimates that this summer’s record-breaking…
Continue Reading UK inflation back at 40-year high as food prices soar
By Hanna Ziady, CNN Business Rising food and energy costs drove UK inflation back to a 40-year high in September, but it could be nearing a peak as…
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How the flu shot is determined each year
Using information from public health agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Stacker looked at how the flu vaccine is…
Continue Reading Putin adds martial law in Ukraine regions, limits in Russia
By HANNA ARHIROVA, YURAS KARMANAU and SABRA AYRES Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin doubled down Wednesday on…
Continue Reading UK inflation accelerates to 40-year high as food prices rise
By DANICA KIRKA and JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — British food prices rose at the fastest pace since 1980 last month, driving…
Continue Reading Facing brain drain, Hong Kong plans $3.8 billion ‘trawl’ for global talent
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Hong Kong wants international firms to know it means business. The city’s leader, Chief Executive John Lee,…
Continue Reading Asian shares fall after weak earnings pull Wall St lower
By ELAINE KURTENBACH AP Business Writer BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly lower on Thursday after Wall Street benchmarks fell, reversing…
Continue Reading Italy’s Meloni issues warning to Berlusconi over Putin ties
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — Italy’s presumed next premier, Giorgia Meloni, has issued a stark warning to Silvio Berlusconi…
Continue Reading Hong Kong offers new visa to woo talent amid brain drain
By KANIS LEUNG and ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s leader has unveiled a new visa scheme to woo global talent, as the city…
Continue Reading Co-CEO of SKorean chat app steps down over service outage
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A top executive of South Korea’s largest mobile chat app, Kakao, has resigned over a…
Continue Reading How the Gandhis went from ‘Kennedys of India’ to the political wilderness
By Rhea Mogul, CNN He has about 2,500 kilometers to go until his journey is complete. But the great-grandson of India’s first prime minister…
Continue Reading Family: Saudis sentence US citizen to 16 years over tweets
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The family of an American citizen arrested in Saudi Arabia says he was tortured and sentenced to 16 years in…
Continue Reading Lebanon approves some banking law changes demanded by IMF
By BASSEM MROUE and KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanon’s parliament has approved amendments to a banking secrecy law, a…
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