Jobs’ Apple-1 computer prototype auctioned for nearly $700K
BOSTON (AP) — An authenticated Apple-1 Computer prototype from the mid-1970s has sold at auction for nearly $700,000. Boston-based RR Auction says…
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Walmart expands abortion coverage for employees
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Walmart, the nation’s largest employer, is expanding its abortion coverage for employees…
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CEO famed for higher pay advocacy exits after sexual assault allegations
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Dan Price was the poster child for resisting corporate greed, making headlines in 2015 for setting a minimum $70,000…
Continue Reading Buttigieg warns airlines to help travelers or face new rules
By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg has warned airlines that his department could draft new rules around…
Continue Reading Florida utility gets $500K fine, probation for fatal blast
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida utility has been fined $500,000 and placed on three years’ probation for a 2017 deadly explosion at a coal-fired…
Continue Reading Bugatti hopes its last gas-only car will also be the world’s fastest convertible
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti has unveiled what the French automaker hopes will be the world’s fastest convertible. The…
Continue Reading Bugatti hopes its last gas-only car will also be the world’s fastest convertible
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Bugatti has unveiled what the French automaker hopes will be the world’s fastest…
Continue Reading Russia’s Gazprom to shut gas pipeline to Europe for 3 days
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s state-owned energy company Gazprom says a key pipeline conveying natural gas to Europe will shut down for three days at…
Continue Reading Meta suspends anti-vaccine group led by RFK, Jr.
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Meta has permanently removed Facebook and Instagram accounts belonging to Children’s Health Defense, the…
Continue Reading Don’t dawdle with latest iPhone update. Here’s why and how
By MAE ANDERSON and MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — Apple regularly issues updates to the software powering the iPhone, and…
Continue Reading McDonald’s is bringing a British hit to the US
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business McDonald’s Chicken Big Mac was a huge hit in the United Kingdom. Now it’s crossing the pond. Beginning…
Continue Reading You should probably update your Apple devices right now
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Apple is directing users of most of its devices to update their software after the company discovered a vulnerability…
Continue Reading Source: CBS extends Champions League deal for $250M a year
By GRAHAM DUNBAR AP Sports Writer GENEVA (AP) — The Champions League is staying on CBS in the United States for six more years. A person familiar…
Continue Reading Stocks tumble on fears of another big Fed rate hike
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for hopes that the Federal Reserve will tap the brakes on its aggressive interest rate…
Continue Reading The world’s second biggest movie theater chain is in trouble
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The owner of Regal Cinemas is having a tough time — its stock crashed as much as 80% Friday after reports that its…
Continue Reading The world’s second biggest movie theater chain is in trouble
CNN By Anna Cooban, CNN Business The owner of Regal Cinemas is having a tough time — its stock crashed as much as 80% Friday after reports that its…
Continue Reading Wayfair cutting about 870 jobs, or 5% of global workforce
Associated Press Wayfair is cutting about 870 employees, or 5% of its global workforce, as part of a plan previously announced by the home goods…
Continue Reading Gates Foundation adds Gayle, Dhawan as independent trustees
By MARIA DI MENTO and STACY PALMER of The Chronicle of Philanthropy Chronicle of Philanthropy As the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to…
Continue Reading UK could face public health ‘crisis’ from energy bill hike
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Public health leaders are appealing to Britain’s government to urgently tackle soaring energy…
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Capitol Records signs first virtual rapper
LOS ANGELES, California — Capitol Records has signed its first virtual artist who just happens to have 1 million followers on Tik Tok. FN Meka is…
Continue Reading Wayfair is cutting 5% of its global workforce
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Wayfair is cutting nearly 900 jobs, or about 5% of the once-hot online retailer’s global workforce, as it…
Continue Reading America’s small businesses are running out of workers
Martha C. White for CNN Business The pandemic forced Freed Bodyworks, a wellness center offering massage therapy, yoga, acupuncture, mental health…
Continue Reading Foot Locker names former Ulta Beauty chief as CEO
By MATT OTT AP Business Writer SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Foot Locker is naming former Ulta Beauty CEO Mary Dillon as its chief executive, replacing…
Continue Reading General Motors reinstates dividend suspended in pandemic
Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — General Motors will reinstate quarterly dividend payments that were suspended during the pandemic that shut down…
Continue Reading The cord has been cut. Streaming is more watched than cable
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business The cord has been cut. For the first time ever, Americans are watching more streaming TV than cable, according to a…
Continue Reading Has the bear market really gone into early hibernation?
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business The bears and bulls are at it again. Markets have seemingly recovered from a miserable downturn in mid-June that…
Continue Reading See it? Squish it! Fighting the invasive spotted lanternfly
By MICHAEL HILL Associated Press When Stephen Nixon recently noticed a “beautiful” spotted lanternfly by his bag as he skateboarded in Brooklyn,…
Continue Reading Couples are swapping out natural diamonds in rings for larger, cheaper lab-made ones
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Lab-grown diamonds have become so popular with consumers that some couples are asking jewelers to swap the natural…
Continue Reading Russia, Ukraine spar over fighting near nuclear facility
By PAUL BYRNE Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A fire at a munitions depot inside Russia forced the evacuation of two villages near the border…
Continue Reading China jails Canadian tycoon for 13 years for finance crimes
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — A court says Chinese-born Canadian tycoon who disappeared from Hong Kong in 2017 has been…
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