Sterling Lord, uniquely enduring literary agent, dies at 102
By HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Sterling Lord, the uniquely enduring literary agent who worked for years to find a publisher…
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Spidey tops box office while Cinema Day draws millions
By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. AP Entertainment Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Spider-Man: No Way Home” swings back on top of the box office during a…
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Labor Day 2022: What’s open, what’s closed
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN Labor Day, which recognizes the many contributions workers have made to the prosperity of the United States, also marks the…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond chief financial officer Gustavo Arnal dies
By The Associated Press UNION, N.J. (AP) — The chief financial officer of retail chain Bed Bath & Beyond has died. The company confirmed Sunday…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond shares are down sharply after CFO jumps to his death
CNN By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond is down nearly 20% in midday trading following the death of its one its top…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond executive jumped to his death from high-rise apartment balcony, law enforcement source tells CNN
By Brynn Gingras, Liam Reilly, Ramishah Maruf and Samantha Beech, CNN A man who jumped to his death from a high-rise apartment in Manhattan has been…
Continue Reading Swedish leader tackles crime, energy fears on campaign trail
By VANESSA GERA Associated Press NORRTALJE, Sweden (AP) — Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson is on the campaign trail a week before the…
Continue Reading Americans splurge on beauty, despite pullbacks elsewhere
By HALELUYA HADERO and ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Like many Americans, Karla Maldonado has been cutting back her…
Continue Reading Some states could tax Biden’s student loan debt relief
By STEVE KARNOWSKI and COLLIN BINKLEY Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan could lift…
Continue Reading Parents struggling with inflation: ‘I left that $25 backpack for my preschooler at the checkout.’
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business As Sarah Longmore finished her back-to-school shopping, the mother of five looked at a $25 backpack for her…
Continue Reading US Navy assault ship takes part in Baltic Sea training
By MICHAL DYJUK and RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press ABOARD USS KEARSARGE (AP) — U.S. Navy amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge is taking part…
Continue Reading Tory front-runner Truss vows fast action on cost of living
By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Liz Truss, who is widely expected to become Britain’s new prime minister this week, has…
Continue Reading Now hiring: US offshore wind ramps up, workers taught safety
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT Associated Press At a 131-year-old maritime academy along Buzzards Bay in Massachusetts, people who will build the nation’s…
Continue Reading Oil’s still well for energy stocks
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business Move over, Big Tech: Oil just might be the new FAANG. Energy stocks fell last week as oil prices tumbled. But…
Continue Reading German leaders announce new energy, inflation relief plan
BERLIN (AP) — Germany will invest an additional 65 billion euros in a new round of measures aimed at easing the sting of inflation and high energy…
Continue Reading India’s main opposition protests rising prices, lack of jobs
By ASHOK SHARMA Associated Press NEW DELHI (AP) — Thousands of Indians rallied on Sunday under key opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi,…
Continue Reading Boris Johnson is handing his successor an economic ‘catastrophe’
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Across the United Kingdom, businesses and households are warning that they won’t make it through the winter…
Continue Reading British airline passenger faces charges in Greece
THESSALONIKI, Greece (AP) — Greek authorities say a British man has been charged in Greece with several offenses after his flight from London to…
Continue Reading Gorbachev’s home village remembers him well
PRIVOLNOYE, Russia (AP) — Residents of the far-away Russian village where he spent his youth have lauded Mikhail Gorbachev too as Moscow paid last…
Continue Reading How airlines give you internet access at 35,000 feet — and why it still needs a lot of work
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Flights used to be a chance to sit back (albeit a bit cramped) and watch a recently released movie or catch up on some…
Continue Reading Ukraine’s nuclear plant partly goes offline amid fighting
By YESICA FISCH and JOANNA KOZLOWSKA Associated Press ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine (AP) — The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Saturday that the…
Continue Reading KeyBank: Hackers of third-party provider stole customer data
By FRANK BAJAK Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Cleveland-based KeyBank says hackers stole personal data including Social Security numbers, addresses…
Continue Reading Tens of thousands protest against Czech government
PRAGUE (AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters from the far right and far left have joined forces to rally against the country’s pro-Western Czech…
Continue Reading AI won an art contest, and artists are furious
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is sparking…
Continue Reading UK to begin rollout of new COVID-19 vaccination campaign
LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will begin its autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks after authorizing booster shots made by Pfizer and…
Continue Reading 17 states weigh adopting California’s electric car mandate
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Seventeen states with vehicle emission standards tied to rules established in California…
Continue Reading Turkish leader Erdogan ups rhetoric on Greece amid tensions
By ZEYNEP BILGINSOY Associated Press ISTANBUL (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has upped his rhetoric against Greece by threatening to…
Continue Reading How octogenarian brothers’ colorful posters went global
By CLAUDIA TORRENS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — For years, Miguel and Carlos Cevallos made a living by drawing posters for neighborhood…
Continue Reading Gorbachev buried in Moscow in funeral snubbed by Putin
By JIM HEINTZ and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press MOSCOW (AP) — Russians who came for a last look at former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev on…
Continue Reading Indonesia hikes fuel prices by 30%, cuts energy subsidies
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Fuel prices have increased by about 30% across Indonesia after the government reduced some of the costly subsidies that…
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