Canada won’t require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government will no longer require people to wear masks on planes. Government officials…
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Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Walmart has entered the metaverse. The retail giant announced Monday it is launching two immersive online experiences with…
Continue Reading The British pound has taken a tumble. What’s the impact?
By KELVIN CHAN Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The pound is taking a pounding. The British currency has taken a plunge, sliding against the U.S.…
Continue Reading Artemis I rocket to roll back inside as storm delays next launch attempt
By Kristin Fisher, Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Officials at NASA announced Monday that the space agency is rolling the massive Artemis…
Continue Reading Global Citizen Festival generates $2.4 billion in pledges
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The 10th anniversary of the Global Citizen Festival, which included performances from Metallica,…
Continue Reading Walmart enters the metaverse with Roblox experiences
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Walmart has entered the metaverse. The retail giant announced Monday it is launching two immersive online experiences with…
Continue Reading Fed Chair Powell warned of ‘pain’ to come. Seniors on fixed incomes are already feeling it
Martha C. White America’s seniors are facing a lot of hard choices. After the Federal Reserve’s latest rate hike, the combination of…
Continue Reading Europe’s outlook ‘darkening,’ ECB head hedges on recession
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The head of the European Central Bank says the economic outlook “is darkening” and…
Continue Reading France forecasts weak growth next year amid energy crisis
By SYLVIE CORBET and JADE LE DELEY The Associated Press PARIS (AP) — France is forecasting growth to slow down substantially next year in the…
Continue Reading White House: New rule will show ‘true cost’ of plane tickets
By SEUNG MIN KIM and DAVID KOENIG Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has announced a new initiative that would eventually allow…
Continue Reading Wrong place, wrong time: How things went so badly for Twitter’s new CEO so quickly
CNN 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 Twitter CEO and Elon Musk depositions did not begin Monday, despite earlier filings in acquisition dispute
By Brian Fung, Clare Duffy and Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Business Billionaire Elon Musk and Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal did not sit for depositions…
Continue Reading UK: TikTok may face big fine over children’s data protection
LONDON (AP) — British authorities say TikTok could face a 27 million-pound ($29 million) fine over a possible breach of U.K. data protection law by…
Continue Reading UK could fine TikTok $29 million over children’s privacy concerns
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN The UK said Monday it could impose a multimillion-dollar fine on TikTok after the government found the…
Continue Reading UK could fine TikTok $29 million over children’s privacy concerns
By Brian Fung, CNN The UK said Monday it could impose a multimillion-dollar fine on TikTok after the government found the short-form video platform…
Continue Reading Hardship remains for Ukrainian town emerging from occupation
By LORI HINNANT Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Rainwater is for showers and dishes. Scavenged wood is for the cooking fires. But almost…
Continue Reading Fed officials call for more rate hikes to fight inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve will have to keep boosting its benchmark interest rate to a point…
Continue Reading Emissions declarations by equity firm Carlyle under question
By ED DAVEY Associated Press LONDON (AP) — At the start of 2022, the Carlyle Group, one of the world’s leading private equity firms, published a…
Continue Reading Pfizer seeks to expand omicron booster to 5- to 11-year-olds
By The Associated Press Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to expand use of its updated COVID-19 booster shot to children ages 5 to 11. Elementary…
Continue Reading US case against American Airlines and JetBlue heads to court
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer DALLAS (AP) — The government’s antitrust lawsuit against American Airlines and JetBlue begins Tuesday and…
Continue Reading OECD: War in Ukraine to drag on global economy into 2023
By CATHERINE GASCHKA Associated Press PARIS (AP) — The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development says Russia’s war in Ukraine and the…
Continue Reading Insurers say California’s inaction threatens auto policies
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Top U.S. insurance companies and associations say California is risking a crisis in the…
Continue Reading Ship with Ukrainian corn, vegetable oil docks in Lebanon
By FAY ABUELGASIM Associated Press TRIPOLI, Lebanon (AP) — A ship carrying thousands of tons of corn and vegetable oil has arrived in northern…
Continue Reading Wall Street slumps as sinking British pound rattles markets
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Continue Reading Proposed Nebraska mine raises up to $366M of $1.1B it needs
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A mining company that wants to extract an assortment of rare elements from southeast Nebraska…
Continue Reading The rich are the biggest winners of Britain’s tax-cutting gamble
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The United Kingdom’s big tax-cutting gamble to boost economic growth will benefit the rich far more than millions…
Continue Reading Amazon puts a second Prime Day sale on the calendar
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Amazon is adding another Prime Day to the calender. The company announced Monday that the sale, called “Prime…
Continue Reading How a party of neo-fascist roots won big in Italy
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press ROME (AP) — The Brothers of Italy party, which won the most votes in Italy’s national election, has its roots…
Continue Reading Forget a soft landing. The market’s best hope is a ‘growth’ recession
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Investors are waking up to the harsh reality of just how much pain the economy may have to endure as the Federal…
Continue Reading The bond market is crumbling. That’s bad for Wall Street and Main Street
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The global bond market is having a historically awful year. The yield on the 10-year US Treasury…
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