Resilient US consumers spend slightly more in August
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Consumers spent a bit more in August than the previous month, a sign the economy is…
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Fed’s preferred measure of inflation shows prices surged again last month
Martha C. White for CNN Business After hitting an alarming 40-year high in June, the Federal Reserve’s preferred benchmark for consumer…
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By Rachel Metz, CNN Business If you’ve ever wanted to use artificial intelligence to quickly design a hybrid between a duck and a corgi, now is…
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By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Warnings of global recession are widespread, inflation is persistent and Russia is escalating the crisis in Europe.…
Continue Reading The UK economy still hasn’t recovered from the pandemic. Now it’s on the ropes again
By Mark Thompson, CNN Business There was good news and bad in Friday’s revised data about the UK economy. It grew — marginally — in the…
Continue Reading Florida’s home insurance market was a mess before Ian. It’s about to get worse
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Florida homeowners were already facing an expensive and difficult market for home insurance before Hurricane Ian. The…
Continue Reading Florida’s home insurance market was a mess before Ian. It’s about to get worse
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Florida homeowners were already facing an expensive and difficult market for home insurance before Hurricane Ian.…
Continue Reading Unpaid internships face new scrutiny as barriers to careers
By NAOMI HARRIS and JOCELYN GECKER Open Campus and Associated Press The value of an internship is unmistakable. It teaches marketable skills, it…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
Continue Reading 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…
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