A timeline of billionaire Elon Musk’s bid to control Twitter
The Associated Press Elon Musk is offering to go through with his original proposal to buy Twitter for $44 billion. The offer comes just two weeks…
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German gas price plan exposes EU divisions over energy
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — Germany’s plan to spend billions of euros to help keep gas prices low for its consumers and…
Continue Reading Deal back on? Elon Musk gets closer to buying Twitter
By TOM KRISHER, MATT O’BRIEN, RANDALL CHASE and BARBARA ORTUTAY Associated Press The tumultuous saga of Elon Musk’s on-again off-again…
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Dow rallies more than 1,500 points in two days as fear begins to fade
(CNN) — Is the worst really over on Wall Street? It’s too soon to say. But stocks rose sharply again Tuesday following Monday’s big rally.…
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Billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio cedes control of Bridgewater
By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, is stepping down from his role at the…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s bumpy road to owning Twitter: A timeline
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business A board seat accepted and then rejected. A stunning $44 billion takeover offer with uncertain financing. And a…
Continue Reading Key suspect in murder-for-hire case pleads not guilty
By WILSON RING Associated Press BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A Los Angeles biotech investor pleaded not guilty Tuesday in a transcontinental…
Continue Reading Jack Thomas, longtime Boston Globe journalist who wrote about his terminal cancer, dies at 83
By Scottie Andrew, CNN Jack Thomas’ byline appeared in the Boston Globe for an impressive 60 years. He was a copy boy to start, working for the…
Continue Reading Billionaire hedge fund founder Ray Dalio cedes control of Bridgewater
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Allison Morrow, CNN Business Ray Dalio, the billionaire founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, is stepping down from…
Continue Reading Poll: Many pessimistic about improving standard of living
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — While most Americans say having a good standard of living is important, more than half believe…
Continue Reading Apple is one step closer to being forced to ditch its Lightning charger in Europe
By Brian Fung, CNN The European Union is one step closer to forcing Apple and other electronics vendors to use a single charging standard for devices…
Continue Reading Spain’s govt ups social and defense spending in 2023 budget
By CIARÁN GILES Associated Press MADRID (AP) — Spain’s left-wing coalition government has unveiled a 2023 budget plan that includes increased…
Continue Reading Dutch government announces energy price cap for consumers
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Dutch government has unveiled details of its energy price cap for households, together with the outlines of a…
Continue Reading US job openings sink as economy slows, cost to borrow rises
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July as…
Continue Reading The number of US job openings fell by more than 1 million in August
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business The tight US labor market started to show signs of loosening in August. The number of job openings dropped to just…
Continue Reading Micron to bring microchip plant to upstate New York
NEW YORK (AP) — Micron, one of the world’s largest microchip manufacturers, announced Tuesday it would open a semiconductor plant in upstate New…
Continue Reading Russian journalist who protested on live television escapes house arrest
By Katharina Krebs and Anna Chernova, CNN Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian journalist who staged a daring protest live on state-run television, has…
Continue Reading Wrong place, wrong time: How things went so badly for Twitter’s new CEO so quickly
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 US to require more rest between shifts for flight attendants
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Airlines will be required to give flight attendants at least 10 hours off duty between shifts, one more hour than…
Continue Reading Musk’s plan to end Russian war infuriates Ukraine on Twitter
By JOSEPH WILSON Associated Press Elon Musk has gotten into a Twitter tussle with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy after the tech billionaire…
Continue Reading Sheryl Sandberg steps into abortion fight with ACLU donation
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer Sheryl Sandberg opened her next chapter as a full-time philanthropist Tuesday with a donation to the American…
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Fraud and theft running rampant on Zelle
CNN — Fraud and theft are causing some major problems for Zelle. Senator Elizabeth Warren’s Office looked into the issue. Warren’s Office found that…
Continue Reading Dow rallies more than 1,500 points in two days as fear begins to fade
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Is the worst really over on Wall Street? It’s too soon to say. But stocks rose sharply again Tuesday…
Continue Reading Liquid Death canned water company is now worth $700 million
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business For the “Why didn’t I think of that?” file: A startup that sells water in beer cans —…
Continue Reading World Bank: Ukraine’s war-torn economy will sink 35% in ’22
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Devastated by Russia’s invasion eight months ago, the Ukrainian economy will plunge 35%…
Continue Reading A UN agency wants the Fed to slow its interest rate hikes
CNN, POOL, NYSE, WLOX, WCCO By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening policy has led the US dollar to…
Continue Reading A UN agency wants the Fed to slow its interest rate hikes
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s aggressive tightening policy has led the US dollar to appreciate to multi-decade highs,…
Continue Reading Russian court fines TikTok for not deleting LGBT content
By The Associated Press A Russian court has fined TikTok for failing to delete LGBT material in what is the country’s latest crackdown on Big Tech…
Continue Reading Louis Vuitton’s ‘blow up’ show caps energetic fashion season
By THOMAS ADAMSON AP Fashion Writer PARIS (AP) — The funfair lights at Louis Vuitton sere shining as brightly as the starry front row for the…
Continue Reading Power back in Bangladesh after grid failure causes blackout
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Electricity supply across Bangladesh has been restored after the South Asian country plunged into a blackout following the…
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