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…
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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…
Continue Reading How America turned into a nation of snackers
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, CNN Business Forget breakfast, lunch and dinner. People can’t get enough of the in-between. Big companies report…
Continue Reading It’s not just you. Tommy Bahama beach chairs are everywhere
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Heading to the beach this Labor Day weekend? Chances are you’ll see Tommy Bahama-branded chairs, umbrellas…
Continue Reading California governor signs bill to keep last reactors running
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed legislation intended to open the way for…
Continue Reading FTC investigating Amazon’s $3.9B purchase of One Medical
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Trade Commission is investigating Amazon’s $3.9 billion acquisition of the primary health organization One Medical, a…
Continue Reading Tech CEO convicted in COVID-19, allergy test fraud case
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A Silicon Valley executive who prosecutors said lied to investors about inventing…
Continue Reading Russia’s Sberbank to sell off sanctions-hit Swiss subsidiary
GENEVA (AP) — The Swiss financial markets watchdog says Sberbank, one of Russia’s largest banks, is selling its Swiss subsidiary that had come…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 9/2/2022
The Associated Press Stocks gave up an early rally and ended lower on Wall Street, marking their third losing week in a row. Indexes had opened…
Continue Reading Broadcom, Lululemon rise; Oxford Industries, HashiCorp fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Broadcom, Lululemon rise; Oxford Industries, HashiCorp…
Continue Reading Parler will rejoin the Google Play Store following changes to its content moderation
By Brian Fung, CNN Parler, the social media platform frequented by many conservatives, is being restored to Google’s app store following what…
Continue Reading US seeks more info on Chinese company’s North Dakota project
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — Federal authorities reviewing a Chinese company’s purchase of land in North Dakota for…
Continue Reading Yes, the unemployment rate rose. Here’s why that’s good news
Martha C. White On Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that the US unemployment rate had ticked up to 3.7% in August, an increase that…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for October delivery rose 26 cents to $86.87 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for November delivery rose 66…
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