High court weighs California law on pigs, pork prices
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is weighing a California animal cruelty law that pork producers say could…
Continue ReadingBiz/Tech
Florida shrimpers race to get battered fleet back to sea
By JAY REEVES Associated Press FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to…
Continue Reading
Confused drivers think they have ‘self-driving’ cars. That’s dangerous, an insurance group warns
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Drivers are putting too much trust in their vehicles’ driver-assist features, which may lead to dangerous…
Continue Reading New Zealand proposes taxing cow burps, angering farmers
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand’s government on Tuesday proposed taxing the greenhouse gasses that…
Continue Reading 6 wolves poisoned in northeast Washington, reward offered
COLVILLE, Wash. (AP) — The Washington state Department of Fish and Wildlife says toxicology reports show six wolves found dead this year in the…
Continue Reading The threat of a freight railroad strike is back
By Chris Isidore and Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Business A union of railroad track maintenance workers has rejected a tentative agreement with the…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday 10/10/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed lower on Wall Street ahead of the beginning of the corporate earnings reporting season, which will provide insight…
Continue Reading Nvidia, Las Vegas Sands fall; Merck, Boeing rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Nvidia, Las Vegas Sands fall; Merck, Boeing…
Continue Reading William Shatner on traveling to space: ‘All I saw was death’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Astronauts have for decades described their trips to space as “breathtaking” and humbling, a reminder of the…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for November delivery fell $1.51 to $91.13 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for December delivery fell…
Continue Reading Elon Musk commissioned this bot analysis in his fight with Twitter. Now it shows what he could face if he takes over the platform
By Clare Duffy and Brian Fung, CNN Business Spam and fake accounts are more prevalent on Twitter than on comparable social platforms, according to a…
Continue Reading $4 gas could be coming — again
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Here’s the bad news first: Gas prices are on the rise in most of the US and could soon hit a national average of…
Continue Reading
Heavy October rain impacts corn mazes across the Borderland
EL PASO, Texas — A weekend of intense rainy days affected businesses, homes and even the corn mazes. October has had ten days of rain so far, the…
Continue Reading Large rail union rejects deal, renewing strike possibility
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — The U.S.’s third largest railroad union rejected a deal with employers Monday, renewing…
Continue Reading Stocks dip after JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon warns of recession
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for a sleepy Columbus Day on Wall Street. Stocks weren’t doing much Monday morning but took a turn…
Continue Reading Denial-of-service attacks knock US airport websites offline
By The Associated Press An apparently coordinated denial-of-service attack organized by pro-Russia hackers rendered the websites of some major U.S.…
Continue Reading US economy will soon start losing 175,000 jobs a month, Bank of America warns
By Matt Egan, CNN The Federal Reserve’s fight to squash inflation will cause the US economy to start losing tens of thousands of jobs a month…
Continue Reading Social Security boost will help millions of kids, too
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Seventy-year-old Cassandra Gentry is looking forward to a hefty cost-of-living increase in her…
Continue Reading American invests in firm aiming to supply hydrogen to planes
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines said Monday that it invested in a company that hopes to deliver hydrogen for use in planes, one prong of…
Continue Reading Amazon to invest $972M for electric vans, trucks in Europe
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon said Monday it will invest 1 billion euros ($972.1 million) to add thousands of more…
Continue Reading Small business group files suit over Biden student loan plan
By JILL COLVIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A small-business advocacy group has filed a new lawsuit seeking to block the Biden…
Continue Reading Germany opens investigation of Baltic gas pipeline blasts
BERLIN (AP) — German prosecutors have opened an investigation into the suspected sabotage of two gas pipelines built to bring Russian gas to…
Continue Reading Amazon will invest $970 million in electric vehicles for its European fleet
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon said Monday it plans to spend €1 billion, or $972 million, on electric vehicles for its European fleet. The…
Continue Reading Austria sues EU executive over green label for gas, nuclear
BERLIN (AP) — Austria says it has filed a legal complaint with the European Union’s top court over plans by the bloc’s executive branch to…
Continue Reading Nikki Finke, veteran Hollywood journalist, has died
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Nikki Finke, the sharp-tongue Hollywood journalist famous for her seemingly non-stop scoops, has died. She was 68.…
Continue Reading Protests in Iran over woman’s death reach key oil industry
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Workers at refineries crucial for Iran’s oil and natural gas production…
Continue Reading Germany eyes possible political motive in railway sabotage
BERLIN (AP) — German police say they’re examining the possibility of a political motive in the suspected sabotage of a railway communication…
Continue Reading White-collar workers are feeling the brunt of the Fed’s rate hikes. Here’s why
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business September’s hotly anticipated jobs data ended up cooling markets on Friday. Stocks fell sharply as investors…
Continue Reading Liz Weston: How to spot a great 401(k)
By LIZ WESTON OF NerdWallet It pays to know the difference between a good 401(k) and a great 401(k). Compared to an average plan, great plans offer…
Continue Reading Top EU diplomat laments slow start for Ukraine training plan
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell is lamenting the bloc’s slow pace of action in setting up a military training…
Continue Reading