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…
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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…
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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 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 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…
Continue Reading USDA announces $1 billion debt relief for 36,000 farmers
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The federal government announced Tuesday a program that will provide $1.3 billion in debt…
Continue Reading NY leaders propose measures to keep violent videos offline
By CAROLYN THOMPSON Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Two top New York state officials are calling on lawmakers to outlaw the creation of…
Continue Reading America’s emergency oil stockpile is at a 38-year low but it’s still got firepower left
By Matt Egan and Phil Mattingly, CNN Presidents don’t have magic wands to make inflation disappear. But they do have a powerful tool that can…
Continue Reading IPhone maker Foxconn wants to dominate electric car manufacturing
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Foxconn, the Taiwanese company best known for building Apple’s iPhones, recently showed off two new…
Continue Reading NJ sues oil, gas firms, trade group over climate change
JERSEY CITY, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey officials have announced a lawsuit against five oil and gas companies and a petroleum trade organization…
Continue Reading United Airlines reaps $942 million profit on strong summer
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer United Airlines has reported a $942 million profit for the third quarter after a strong summer travel season.…
Continue Reading Some risks too big: Insurers withdraw from fossil projects
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Insurance companies that have long said they’ll cover anything, at the right price, are…
Continue Reading Netflix rebounds from recent subscriber losses with 3Q gain
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Netflix reversed its recent subscriber losses with a summertime gain that management…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 10/18/2022
The Associated Press Stocks rose on Wall Street, adding to weekly gains for major indexes that have been mired in a broad slump amid inflation and…
Continue Reading Goldman Sachs, Lockheed Martin rise; Hasbro, Conn’s fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., up $7.14 to $313.85. The investment…
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