EXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone
By STAN CHOE AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The buck isn’t stopping. The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year…
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TikTok to require verification of political accounts and ban political fundraising
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok has begun to require “mandatory verification” for political accounts based in the United States and will be…
Continue Reading Why deleting something from the internet is ‘almost impossible’
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Most people may live out their digital lives with the assumption they can delete their posts, messages and…
Continue Reading Another big rate hike is coming. Lather. Rinse. Repeat
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business The Federal Reserve’s upcoming meeting on Wednesday will be one for the history books. The Fed will either…
Continue Reading Zelenskyy promises no ‘lull’ in taking back Ukrainian towns
By JON GAMBRELL Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised his country there would be no letup in the…
Continue Reading Bidens among thousands paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II
By MIKE CORDER, JILL LAWLESS and SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s…
Continue Reading EU proposes to suspend billions in funds to Hungary
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch recommended Sunday that the bloc suspend around 7.5 billion…
Continue Reading The 40-year evolution from :-) to 😂
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business At 11:44 a.m. on September 19, 1982, Scott Fahlman made internet history by stitching together a colon, a hyphen and a…
Continue Reading Maggots key to crisis-time fertilizer for Ugandan farmers
By RODNEY MUHUMUZA Associated Press KAYUNGA, Uganda (AP) — Moses Wamugango peered into the plastic vats where maggots wriggled in decomposing…
Continue Reading Prospect of far-right female premier divides Italian women
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Associated Press ROME (AP) — If Italy elects the nation’s first female premier, will its women be delighted or…
Continue Reading Cinemas are screening the Queen’s funeral. Here’s what else is open on Monday
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Much of Britain came to a standstill on Monday for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. The government declared the day an…
Continue Reading Talks to restructure Puerto Rico power company debt fail
By DÁNICA COTO Associated Press HAVANA (AP) — Mediation talks to restructure more than $9 billion in debt held by Puerto Rico’s power company…
Continue Reading A new, genetically modified purple tomato may hit the grocery market stands
By Zoe Sottile, CNN It tastes like a tomato, smells like a tomato, and even looks (mostly) like a tomato. There’s just one catch: It’s…
Continue Reading Egypt to raise Suez Canal transit fees for ships in 2023
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says it will increase transit fees for vessels, including oil-laden tankers, passing through Suez Canal, one of the world’s…
Continue Reading Chinese factory churns out British flags after queen’s death
SHAOXING, China (AP) — Ninety minutes after Queen Elizabeth II died, orders for thousands of British flags started to flood into a factory south of…
Continue Reading Queen’s death triggers media bonanza in works for decades
By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer NEW YORK (AP) — When word came that Queen Elizabeth II was close to her death, media organizations around the world…
Continue Reading Poland opens new sea waterway to cut dependence from Russia
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland’s top leaders celebrated the opening of a new canal that they say will mean ships no longer must secure Russia’s…
Continue Reading It’s tapped: Germany’s Oktoberfest opens after 2-year hiatus
MUNICH (AP) — The beer is flowing at Munich’s world-famous Oktoberfest for the first time since 2019. With three knocks of a hammer and the…
Continue Reading Why it’s time to start paying with $2 bills
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Inflation has made it hard to buy much with a buck these days. $1 pizza has disappeared. Dollar stores…
Continue Reading Apple plans fix for bug that users say makes iPhone 14 Pro camera shake uncontrollably
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple said it is working on a software fix after some users who recently purchased an iPhone 14 Pro or…
Continue Reading What you need to know about the new edit and unsend options for iMessage
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business For anyone prone to typos, sending messages to the wrong person or firing off thoughts they may later regret,…
Continue Reading Royal fans give London tourism a bump amid UK economic woes
By KELVIN CHAN AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Royal fans have poured into the heart of London to experience the flag-lined roads, pomp-filled…
Continue Reading Federal appeals court upholds controversial Texas social media law restricting content moderation
By Brian Fung, CNN Business A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a controversial Texas law that restricts the ability of Facebook, Twitter and…
Continue Reading Fried chicken was cheap comfort food for South Koreans. Now a meal can cost $22
By Michelle Toh and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business Clark Park, a 35-year-old YouTuber, is one of many people in South Korea fed up with high food prices.…
Continue Reading Fried chicken was cheap comfort food for South Koreans. Now a meal can cost $22
CNN By Michelle Toh and Yoonjung Seo, CNN Business Clark Park, a 35-year-old YouTuber, is one of many people in South Korea fed up with high food…
Continue Reading Court rules in favor of Texas law on social media regulation
By PAUL J. WEBER Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court Friday ruled in favor of a Texas law targeting major social media…
Continue Reading Minnesota governor rolls out plan to fight climate change
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has rolled out a framework for fighting climate change that shows…
Continue Reading California governor signs sweeping climate legislation
By SOPHIE AUSTIN Associated Press/ Report for America SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a package of bills aimed at…
Continue Reading FedEx, General Electric fall; Bowlero, FirstEnergy rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: FedEx, General Electric fall; Bowlero, FirstEnergy…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 9/16/2022
The Associated Press Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street, leaving the market with another week of sizable losses, as a stark warning from FedEx about…
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