Amtrak works to restore routes after rail labor accord
Associated Press Amtrak says it is working to quickly restore canceled trains after President Joe Biden announced that a tentative railway labor…
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US consumer spending rose in August as gas prices fell
By Martha C. White, CNN Business Another month of falling gas prices gave Americans’ wallets a bit of a reprieve in August. That sent consumers…
Continue Reading ‘Astonishing.’ Morgan Stanley hard drives holding sensitive client data got auctioned off online
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Matt Egan, CNN Business Federal regulators accused Morgan Stanley on Tuesday of “astonishing” failures that led to…
Continue Reading Retail sales up 0.3% in Aug. from July amid inflation
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans picked up their spending a bit in August from July even as surging inflation…
Continue Reading Fewer Americans file for jobless benefits again last week
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell again last week to a four-month…
Continue Reading It’s getting late in the game. Will the Fed risk a Hail Mary?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Investors are on edge as the Federal Reserve gears up for its policy decision next week. Some are even starting to…
Continue Reading Opinion: 3 things the Fed needs to see before it stops hiking rates
Opinion by Joseph H. Davis for CNN Business Perspectives The Federal Reserve is aware of the pain that spiraling prices are causing Americans. At the…
Continue Reading EU lawmakers declare that Hungary is no longer a democracy
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have declared that Hungary has become “a hybrid regime of electoral…
Continue Reading The world’s second biggest cryptocurrency just got a lot greener
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Ethereum, the world’s second most valuable cryptocurrency, has completed a massive software upgrade that its…
Continue Reading Is a line of credit right for your business recession plan?
By LISA ANTHONY of NerdWallet The possibility of a recession in the near future and the likely reduction in credit availability that is often…
Continue Reading Buttigieg awards grant to tear down divisive Detroit highway
By HOPE YEN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A plan to dismantle a 1-mile-long depressed freeway that was built in Detroit by demolishing Black…
Continue Reading EU wants to toughen cybersecurity rules for smart devices
By SAMUEL PETREQUIN Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive arm is proposing legislation to force manufacturers to ensure…
Continue Reading Railroad strike averted after marathon talks reach tentative deal
By Chris Isidore, Vanessa Yurkevich and Jeremy Diamond, CNN Business Unions and management reached a tentative deal early Thursday, averting a…
Continue Reading Ukrainian president: Mass grave found near recaptured city
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city…
Continue Reading Shell CEO to step down as oil giant looks to climate goals
LONDON (AP) — Shell CEO Ben van Beurden is stepping down at the end of 2022 after nine years in charge as oil and natural gas companies are under…
Continue Reading Asian stocks follow Wall St lower amid inflation pressure
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Friday after higher-than-expected U.S.…
Continue Reading Louisiana power project stuck in abortion debate gets funded
By SARA CLINE Associated Press BATON ROUGE (AP) — The Louisiana Bond Commission has approved a $39 million future line of credit for a critical New…
Continue Reading US moved online, worked more from home as pandemic raged
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press During the first two years of the pandemic, the number of people working from home in the United States tripled,…
Continue Reading 3 ways China and Russia are forging much closer economic ties
By Laura He, CNN Business Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will meet face-to-face this week for the first time…
Continue Reading Tentative labor deal averts threat of nationwide rail strike
By JOSH FUNK, JOSH BOAK and ZEKE MILLER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Rail companies and their workers reached a tentative agreement Thursday…
Continue Reading Commuters dodge headaches as freight-rail strike averted
By MATTHEW BARAKAT AP Business Writer ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) — President Joe Biden says a deal has been reached to avert a looming freight rail strike…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: What to know about ‘buy now, pay later’
By CORA LEWIS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — If you shop online for clothes or furniture, sneakers or concert tickets, you’ve seen the option…
Continue Reading As ‘buy now, pay later’ plans grow, so do delinquencies
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Americans have grown fond of “buy now, pay later” services, but the “pay later” part is…
Continue Reading Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants
By RODRIQUE NGOWI Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to…
Continue Reading Japan logs record Aug trade deficit on weak yen, costly oil
TOKYO (AP) — Japan has reported it posted a record trade deficit in August as costs for imports of oil, gas and other commodities soared. The 2.82…
Continue Reading Samsung sets goal to attain 100% clean energy by 2050
By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics says it’s shifting away from fossil fuels and aiming to entirely…
Continue Reading Woman with toy gun grabs trapped savings from Beirut bank
By KAREEM CHEHAYEB Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — A woman accompanied by activists and brandishing what she said was a toy pistol broke into a…
Continue Reading California, tribal leaders announce new tourism initiative
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/ Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California is launching an initiative to bring more tourism to…
Continue Reading Ford’s new Mustang sticks with pure gasoline
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Ford unveiled an all-new version of the two-door Mustang coupe at an event in Detroit Wednesday night. It has a…
Continue Reading Ford: Gas cars are a growth business for us
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business When Ford chief executive Jim Farley split the company’s passenger vehicle business into…
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