Can Biden save democracy one US factory job at a time?
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is working to create a manufacturing revival — even helping to put factory…
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EXPLAINER: Musk Twitter turnaround reflects legal challenges
By MARCY GORDON AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Elon Musk’s sudden about face on a $44 billion agreement to acquire Twitter, reversing…
Continue Reading Big Brazilian gold refiner delisted amid Amazon mining probe
By JOSHUA GOODMAN and DAVID BILLER Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — One of Brazil’s biggest gold refiners, which processes gold suspected of being…
Continue Reading Musk says he wants Twitter again and will pay $44B price
By TOM KRISHER, MATT O’BRIEN, RANDALL CHASE and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press Elon Musk wants Twitter again — and Twitter is game. The…
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Rachel Maddow’s successor, Alex Wagner, is failing to draw the big audience she commanded in prime time
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business On Monday night, inside the upscale Parisian restaurant L’Avenue at Saks in midtown Manhattan, MSNBC President…
Continue Reading Depositors storm 4 Lebanese banks, demanding their own money
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors, including a retired police officer, stormed at least four banks in the…
Continue Reading US vows to supply green-fuel-laggard Japan with bioethanol
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — U.S. officials are touting bioethanol in Japan, which trails other nations on using the green fuel…
Continue Reading Seattle woman gets probation for massive Capital One hack
SEATTLE (AP) — A former Seattle tech worker convicted of several charges related to a massive hack of Capital One bank and other companies in 2019…
Continue Reading CEO of election software firm held on ID info theft charges
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The founder and CEO of a software company targeted by election deniers has been arrested on suspicion of stealing personal…
Continue Reading The AP Interview: Ukraine aims to restart occupied reactors
By ADAM SCHRECK and HANNA ARHIROVA Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the company operating Europe’s largest nuclear plant says…
Continue Reading America’s national debt has now surpassed $31 trillion
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business America’s national debt has climbed north of $31 trillion for the first time, a milestone that comes at a time…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What’s next in Musk’s epic battle with Twitter?
By MATT O’BRIEN AP Technology Writer Elon Musk’s monthslong tussle with Twitter has taken a sharp turn after the Tesla billionaire seemed to…
Continue Reading Here’s who made Fortune’s Most Powerful Women in Business list for 2022
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The competition to be listed among Fortune’s Most Powerful Women has gotten a little stiffer this year. In…
Continue Reading Report: Amazon freezes hiring on corporate retail division
By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon is implementing a hiring freeze on the corporate side of its retail business for the rest of the…
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San Elizario man experiments with growing food in the desert amid climate change
Editor’s note: This story comes from the NextGenRadio as part of the Puente News Collaborative, a group of newsrooms — including ABC-7, which…
Continue Reading Fourth union approves deal with railroads to get 24% raises
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Another union has approved the deal it made with the major freight railroads last month that…
Continue Reading The White House released an ‘AI Bill of Rights’
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The White House on Tuesday released a set of guidelines it hopes will spur companies to make and deploy artificial…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Tuesday 10/4/2022
The Associated Press Stocks rose sharply again on Wall Street and clawed back more of the ground they lost in a miserable several weeks. The S&P…
Continue Reading Blackbaud, Acuity Brands rise; AXT, KalVista fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Tuesday: Blackbaud, Acuity Brands rise; AXT, KalVista…
Continue Reading In major reversal, Elon Musk again proposes buying Twitter at full price
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk on Monday sent a letter to Twitter proposing to follow through with his deal to buy the company at the…
Continue Reading Amazon sues Washington’s labor agency over alleged hazards
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon has sued Washington state’s labor agency following disputes with regulators over…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery rose $2.89 to $86.52 a barrel Tuesday. Brent crude for December delivery rose…
Continue Reading Waiting for a better time to buy a car? Keep waiting
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Average car prices are shooting higher and higher thanks to continued auto parts shortages. Interest rates are…
Continue Reading NASA and SpaceX to send first Native American woman to orbit
By Jackie Wattles, CNN The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon…
Continue Reading Micron to invest up to $100 billion to build chip factory in upstate New York
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Micron on Tuesday said it would invest up to $100 billion over the next two decades to build a massive…
Continue Reading Biden didn’t get us into this inflation mess; Jerome Powell did, Ro Khanna says
By Matt Egan, CNN Business Congressman Ro Khanna wants Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell to apologize for the central bank’s handling of…
Continue Reading Britain’s Wallace calls Ukraine war a ‘wakeup call’ for NATO
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Britain’s defense secretary says Russia’s war on Ukraine has been a “wake-up call” for NATO members. He said the…
Continue Reading Barriers to Black entrepreneurship widen the wealth gap
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business One of the best ways to build wealth in the United States is to own your own business. But just 2%…
Continue Reading Barriers to Black entrepreneurship widen the wealth gap
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business One of the best ways to build wealth in the United States is to own your own business. But just 2% of businesses with…
Continue Reading Mexican government considering army-run airline
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s president is analyzing the creation of a state-owned, army-run airline that would fly 10 leased airplanes, as…
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