PayPal says if Sarver stays, it won’t remain Suns sponsor
By TIM REYNOLDS AP Basketball Writer PayPal said Friday that the company will no longer sponsor the Phoenix Suns if owner Robert Sarver remains part…
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Americans are feeling better about the economy, but inflation worries still loom
By Alicia Wallace, CNN Business Americans continue to feel slightly better about the economy as gas prices retreat from their early summer highs.…
Continue Reading Depositors storm 5 banks as Lebanon’s cash crisis worsens
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese depositors have stormed at least five banks to demand their trapped savings, signaling…
Continue Reading Stocks fall after FedEx warns of global recession
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business US stocks fell on Friday after FedEx served investors a brutal pre-earnings announcement about the state of the…
Continue Reading EU drafts media act amid concern over spying, state pressure
By LORNE COOK Associated Press BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union’s executive branch has unveiled plans for new laws that it said would help…
Continue Reading Q&A: Craig Newmark aims to defend democracy via philanthropy
By GLENN GAMBOA AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Craig Newmark twists a “Batman” quote to jokingly refer to himself as “not the nerd you…
Continue Reading The biggest change to the new iPhone isn’t the hardware
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business When iPhone 14 users aren’t using their new Apple device, the screen is hardly asleep. It’ll…
Continue Reading FedEx warns of a global recession, cutting sales forecast by half a billion dollars
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business FedEx warned that a global recession could be coming, as demand for packages around the world tumbles. Shares of FedEx…
Continue Reading Germany takes control of Russian-owned oil refineries
By Nadine Schmidt and Anna Cooban, CNN Business The German government has seized control of three Russian-owned oil refineries to secure supplies of…
Continue Reading Elon Musk’s texts show how his relationship with Twitter went sideways
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Days before publicly announcing his investment in Twitter, Elon Musk texted with Jack Dorsey. The…
Continue Reading At Twitter whistleblower hearing, a key tech regulator comes under fire
By Brian Fung, CNN Business When a Twitter whistleblower testified at an explosive Senate hearing this week, the social media company wasn’t…
Continue Reading China sanctions Raytheon, Boeing Defense CEOs over Taiwan
BEIJING (AP) — China has announced sanctions against the CEOs of American defense contractors Raytheon and Boeing Defense over a major arms sale to…
Continue Reading British pound hits a 37-year low as UK economy skids
CNN, CNNI By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back…
Continue Reading British pound hits a 37-year low as UK economy skids
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The British pound slumped to a 37-year low on Friday after new data showed that shoppers are pulling back spending as…
Continue Reading Wall Street dodged a rail strike crisis, but there’s trouble ahead
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The announcement from the White House that a tentative deal has been reached to avert the first national rail strike…
Continue Reading Oktoberfest is back but inflation hits brewers, cost of beer
By MICHAEL FAULHABER and DANIEL NIEMANN Associated Press MUNICH (AP) — Oktoberfest is back in Germany after two years of pandemic cancellations —…
Continue Reading Top China official wants high-tech cooperation with S. Korea
By HYUNG-JIN KIM Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The head of China’s legislature called for cooperation with South Korea in advanced…
Continue Reading Putin vows to press attack on Ukraine; courts India, China
SAMARKAND, Uzbekistan (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed Friday to press his attack on Ukraine despite Ukraine’s latest…
Continue Reading Treasury recommends exploring creation of a digital dollar
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration is moving one step closer to developing a central bank digital…
Continue Reading Trump openly embraces, amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories
By DAVID KLEPPER and ALI SWENSON Associated Press After winking at QAnon for years, Donald Trump is overtly embracing the baseless conspiracy theory,…
Continue Reading Poland, South Korea seal $3 billion military aircraft deals
By RAFAL NIEDZIELSKI Associated Press JANOW, Poland (AP) — Poland has sealed $3 billion deals with South Korea for the purchase of 48 Korean FA-50…
Continue Reading In Hong Kong, public grief over queen doubles as dissent
By ZEN SOO and ALICE FUNG Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hundreds of Hong Kong residents are lining up in front of the British Consulate General…
Continue Reading Ukrainian president: Burial site contains torture victims
By VASILISA STEPANENKO Associated Press IZIUM, Ukraine (AP) — Investigators searching through a mass burial site in Ukraine have found evidence…
Continue Reading Flights disrupted as French air traffic controllers walk out
PARIS (AP) — Many domestic and some international flights have been canceled in France after air traffic controllers went on a national strike…
Continue Reading Dubai court orders man to pay $1.25B to Denmark in tax case
By MALAK HARB Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A British man accused by Denmark of masterminding a $1.7 billion tax fraud has…
Continue Reading China’s consumer, factory activity improve but still weak
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Chinese official data show consumer spending and factory output improved in August but were still…
Continue Reading Wall Street falls as FedEx warning adds to market woes
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Wall Street closed out the stock market’s worst week in three months with more losses…
Continue Reading Germany takes control of 3 Russian-owned oil refineries
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany is taking control of three Russian-owned refineries to ensure energy security before a…
Continue Reading Hacker claims to breach Uber, security researcher says
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Uber says it has reached out to law enforcement after the apparent breach of its network. A security engineer…
Continue Reading Hacker claims to breach Uber, security researcher says
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer Uber says it has reached out to law enforcement after the apparent breach of its network. A security engineer…
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