Volkswagen sets Porsche IPO at up to 9.4 billion euros
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Volkswagen has set the price range for the multibillion-euro sale of a minority stake in luxury brand Porsche. The deal…
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Insider Q&A: Roy Bingham, CEO of cannabis research firm BDSA
By ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Colorado-based research firm BDSA projects legal marijuana sales in the U.S. will jump 8% this…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: 6 new rules for smarter European travel
By LIZ WESTON of NerdWallet The effects of the pandemic, along with the rebound in European tourism, require a new playbook that balances flexibility…
Continue Reading Baltic nations close borders to Russians over Ukraine war
By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA Associated Press WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have closed their borders to most Russians in response to…
Continue Reading Bill Clinton: ‘The world’s on fire,’ but teamwork can help
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — President Bill Clinton says he is amazed by the massive response to the return of the Clinton…
Continue Reading Environment groups attack EU’s green label for gas, nuclear
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Several environmental groups have launched legal challenges to the European Union’s decision…
Continue Reading This Week: Housing starts, Fed policy update, FedEx earns
The Associated Press The Commerce Department releases its monthly snapshot of U.S. housing starts Tuesday. The Federal Reserve delivers its latest…
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1 in 5 of China’s urban youth are unemployed. That’s a huge headache for Xi Jinping
By Laura He, CNN Business The future looked promising for Cherry in May last year, when she secured a prestigious internship at a major software…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth II mourned by Britain and world at funeral
By DANICA KIRKA, MIKE CORDER and SAMYA KULLAB Associated Press LONDON (AP) — The United Kingdom and the world bade farewell to Queen Elizabeth II…
Continue Reading US stocks rise ahead of expected interest rate hike by Fed
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers A choppy day of trading on Wall Street ended with stocks closing higher Monday as investors…
Continue Reading TikTok’s search engine repeatedly delivers misinformation to its majority-young user base, report says
By Emma Tucker, CNN When a TikTok user searches the social media app for information on top news stories, ranging from Covid-19 vaccines to school…
Continue Reading First public global database of fossil fuels launches
BY DREW COSTLEY AP Science Writer The world’s first public database of fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launched Monday. Called The…
Continue Reading Google mistakenly sent an engineer almost $250,000
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A man mistakenly received a payment of almost $250,000 from Google — even though he hadn’t done any work for the…
Continue Reading Nissan recalls more than 200,000 pickup trucks due to rollaway risk
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Nissan is recalling more than 200,000 pickup trucks due to a risk that the vehicles could roll away while in park. Nissan…
Continue Reading Queen Elizabeth’s funeral marks the end of television dominance that started with her coronation
By David Zurawik, CNN The BBC credits Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation in 1953 as the “event that did more than any other to make…
Continue Reading Next up for US unions: Major contracts for 700,000 workers
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The 11th hour deal that prevented a crippling strike at the nation’s freight railroads is the biggest win for US…
Continue Reading Next up for US unions: Major contracts for 700,000 workers
CNN By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The 11th hour deal that prevented a crippling strike at the nation’s freight railroads is the biggest win…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The buck isn’t stopping. The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year…
Continue Reading Why deleting something from the internet is ‘almost impossible’
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Most people may live out their digital lives with the assumption they can delete their posts, messages and…
Continue Reading TikTok to require verification of political accounts and ban political fundraising
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok has begun to require “mandatory verification” for political accounts based in the United States and will be…
Continue Reading Another big rate hike is coming. Lather. Rinse. Repeat
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting on Wednesday will be one for the history books. The Fed will either…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised his country there would be no letup in the…
Continue Reading Bidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II
By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s…
Continue Reading EU proposes to suspend billions in funds to Hungary
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion…
Continue Reading The 40-year evolution from :-) to 😂
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman made internet history by stitching together a colon, a hyphen and a…
Continue Reading Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAYUNGA, Uganda (AP) — Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing…
Continue Reading Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or…
Continue Reading Cinemas are screening the Queen’s funeral. Here’s what else is open on Monday
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Much of Britain came to a standstill on Monday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The government declared the day an…
Continue Reading Talks to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt fail
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Mediation talks to restructure more than $9 billion in debt held by Puerto Rico’s power company…
Continue Reading A new, genetically modified purple tomato may hit the grocery market stands
By Zoe Sottile, CNN It tastes like a tomato, smells like a tomato, and even looks (mostly) like a tomato. There’s just one catch: It’s…
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