Spain’s govt ups social and defense spending in 2023 budget
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s left-wing coalition government has unveiled a 2023 budget plan that includes increased…
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Dutch government announces energy price cap for consumers
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled details of its energy price cap for households, together with the outlines of a…
Continue Reading US job openings sink as economy slows, cost to borrow rises
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as…
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The number of US job openings fell by more than 1 million in August
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The tight US labor market started to show signs of loosening in August. The number of job openings dropped to just…
Continue Reading Micron to bring microchip plant to upstate New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Micron, one of the world’s largest microchip manufacturers, announced Tuesday it would open a semiconductor plant in upstate New…
Continue Reading Russian journalist who protested on live television escapes house arrest
By Katharina Krebs and Anna Chernova, CNN Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian journalist who staged a daring protest live on state-run television, has…
Continue Reading Wrong place, wrong time: How things went so badly for Twitter’s new CEO so quickly
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business When Parag Agrawal took over as Twitter’s CEO last November following co-founder Jack Dorsey’s surprise…
Continue Reading US to require more rest between shifts for flight attendants
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines will be required to give flight attendants at least 10 hours off duty between shifts, one more hour than…
Continue Reading Musk’s plan to end Russian war infuriates Ukraine on Twitter
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press Elon Musk has gotten into a Twitter tussle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the tech billionaire…
Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg steps into abortion fight with ACLU donation
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sheryl Sandberg opened her next chapter as a full-time philanthropist Tuesday with a donation to the American…
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Fraud and theft running rampant on Zelle
CNN — Fraud and theft are causing some major problems for Zelle. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Office looked into the issue. Warren’s Office found that…
Continue Reading Dow rallies more than 1,500 points in two days as fear begins to fade
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Is the worst really over on Wall Street? It’s too soon to say. But stocks rose sharply again Tuesday…
Continue Reading Liquid Death canned water company is now worth $700 million
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business For the “Why didn’t I think of that?” file: A startup that sells water in beer cans —…
Continue Reading World Bank: Ukraine’s war-torn economy will sink 35% in ’22
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Devastated by Russia’s invasion eight months ago, the Ukrainian economy will plunge 35%…
Continue Reading A UN agency wants the Fed to slow its interest rate hikes
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening policy has led the US dollar to appreciate to multi-decade highs,…
Continue Reading A UN agency wants the Fed to slow its interest rate hikes
CNN, POOL, NYSE, WLOX, WCCO By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening policy has led the US dollar to…
Continue Reading Russian court fines TikTok for not deleting LGBT content
By The Associated Press A Russian court has fined TikTok for failing to delete LGBT material in what is the country’s latest crackdown on Big Tech…
Continue Reading Louis Vuitton’s ‘blow up’ show caps energetic fashion season
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The funfair lights at Louis Vuitton sere shining as brightly as the starry front row for the…
Continue Reading Power back in Bangladesh after grid failure causes blackout
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Electricity supply across Bangladesh has been restored after the South Asian country plunged into a blackout following the…
Continue Reading White House unveils artificial intelligence ‘Bill of Rights’
By GARANCE BURKE Associated Press The Biden administration unveiled a set of far-reaching goals Tuesday aimed at averting harms caused by the rise of…
Continue Reading EU adds Anguilla, Bahamas, Turks and Caicos to tax blacklist
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has added the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands to its tax haven blacklist. It also put Anguilla back on…
Continue Reading Millennial Money: You nixed your homebuying plan. What now?
By SARA RATHNER of NerdWallet Elevated home prices, rising interest rates and steep competition are interrupting millennials’ plans to get that…
Continue Reading Romania investigates leaks from Russian-owned company
By VADIM GHIRDA Associated Press BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Authorities in Romania have opened a criminal investigation into suspected data leaks…
Continue Reading UK’s Truss faces Conservative dissent amid policy U-turns
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — Liz Truss should be celebrating her first month as Britain’s prime minister. Instead,…
Continue Reading Retreating Russians leave their comrades’ bodies behind
By ADAM SCHRECK and VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press LYMAN, Ukraine (AP) — Russian troops abandoned a key Ukrainian city so rapidly that they…
Continue Reading Iconic Goodwill gets serious with online for thrifters
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Thrifters who flock to Goodwill stores will now be able to do more of their treasure…
Continue Reading German energy company RWE to end coal use by 2030
BERLIN (AP) — German energy company RWE says it will phase out the burning of coal by 2030, saving 280 million metric tons of climate-changing…
Continue Reading Live Updates: Russia-Ukraine War
By The Associated Press The upper house of the Russian Parliament has ratified the treaties with four Ukrainian regions to absorb them into Russia.…
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25 costliest hurricanes of all time
Stacker took a look at NOAA data to extrapolate the costliest hurricanes of all time. In this gallery, you’ll find the peak category of the storm,…
Continue Reading These executives are asking their staff to work less for the same money. Will it pay off?
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business It wasn’t hard for Samantha Losey, managing director of Unity, a public relations firm in London, to convince her…
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