Asian shares mixed after modest Wall Street fall
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Wednesday as a wait-and-see mood set in following another — though more…
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Amazon keeps growing, and so does its cache of data on you
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer From what you buy online, to how you remember tasks, to when you monitor your doorstep, Amazon is seemingly…
Continue Reading Malaysia ex-PM Najib goes to jail after losing graft appeal
By EILEEN NG Associated Press PUTRAJAYA, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysian ex-Prime Minister Najib Razak has begun a 12-year prison sentence after losing…
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More than 1,300 US flights canceled nationwide, Dallas airports hard hit due to storms
By Ross Levitt, CNN More than 1,300 US flights have been canceled as of Monday night and more than 7,400 flights have been delayed, according to the…
Continue Reading Walmart ordered to pay Oregon man $4.4M for racial profiling
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A Multnomah County grand jury has ordered Walmart to pay $4.4 million in damages to a man who sued the store saying he was…
Continue Reading Twin Metals sues Biden administration to regain mine leases
By STEVE KARNOWSKI Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The developers of a proposed copper-nickel mine upstream from the Boundary Waters Canoe Area…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Monday 8/22/2022
The Associated Press Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street, extending the market’s losses amid worries about inflation and the path ahead for the…
Continue Reading Wendy’s, Cinemark fall; Signify, Kroger rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: Wendy’s, Cinemark fall; Signify, Kroger…
Continue Reading Elon Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as legal battle heats up
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Elon Musk has subpoenaed former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of his effort to fight a lawsuit from the…
Continue Reading Oilfield wastewater line spills in northwestern North Dakota
By JAMES MacPHERSON Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota regulators are investigating a massive spill of  oilfield wastewater from…
Continue Reading Judge rules against Ben & Jerry’s in fight over Israel sales
By WILSON RING Associated Press A federal judge has rejected a request by Vermont ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to block a plan by its…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell 54 cents to $90.23 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…
Continue Reading Ford hit with $1.7 billion verdict for F-series pickup roof collapse that killed couple
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business The family of an elderly couple killed when the roof of their F-250 pickup collapsed during a rollover accident in…
Continue Reading What managers should know about ‘quiet quitting’
CNN By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Business The now viral phrase “quiet quitting” is annoyingly imprecise and misleading. Some say it means doing…
Continue Reading Quiet quitting is the latest workplace trend, but it doesn’t mean what you think
By Megan Marples, CNN Years of long hours, understaffed companies and burned-out employees have all led to the latest TikTok trend: quiet quitting.…
Continue Reading Quiet quitting is the latest workplace trend, but it doesn’t mean what you think
CNN By Megan Marples, CNN Years of long hours, understaffed companies and burned-out employees have all led to the latest TikTok trend: quiet…
Continue Reading Musk subpoenas former Twitter CEO and friend Jack Dorsey
By BARBARA ORTUTAY AP Technology Writer Tesla CEO Elon Musk has subpoenaed his friend and former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey as part of an effort to back…
Continue Reading Tesla raises price of feature it calls ‘full self-driving’ to $15,000
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla is raising the price of its controversial driver-assist feature it calls “full self-driving” to…
Continue Reading GE workers in Alabama seek union
AUBURN, Ala. (AP) — Workers at a General Electric factory in Alabama launched an effort to form a union, joining a wave of labor organization…
Continue Reading Buffett’s company likely to add to its stake in Occidental
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Warren Buffett’s company has received clearance to boost its 20% stake in Occidental…
Continue Reading Germany’s Scholz in Canada to diversify energy supply
By ROB GILLIES Associated Press TORONTO (AP) — German leader Olaf Scholz says he’s working as fast as he can to reduce Germany’s…
Continue Reading Ford cutting 3,000 corporate jobs as part of its shift to EVs
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Ford is cutting 3,000 white collar jobs as it prepares to shift from traditional internal combustion engine vehicles…
Continue Reading Twitter warns employees that their bonuses could be halved this year
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Twitter is warning employees that their bonuses might be half of what was originally expected at the start of…
Continue Reading Bulgaria energy minister calls Gazprom talks ‘inevitable’
SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) — Bulgaria’s interim government has signaled its readiness to negotiate with Russian energy company Gazprom on the…
Continue Reading Bed Bath & Beyond shares tank on reports that suppliers have halted product shipments
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Shareholders are pulling the rug out from under Bed Bath & Beyond. The embattled retailer’s stock dropped…
Continue Reading Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer DETROIT (AP) — About 3,000 white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. will lose their jobs as the company cuts costs to…
Continue Reading Germany: No single cause for massive Oder River fish die-off
By FRANK JORDANS Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — Germany says several substances seem to have contributed to a massive fish die-off in the Oder…
Continue Reading Stocks tumble on fears of another big Fed rate hike
By Paul R. La Monica, CNN Business So much for hopes that the Federal Reserve will tap the brakes on its aggressive interest rate hikes. Stocks…
Continue Reading Serb official visits Moscow, calls sanctions EU ‘hysteria’
By DUSAN STOJANOVIC Associated Press BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s interior minister has met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in…
Continue Reading Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID vaccine booster for fall
By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Pfizer has asked U.S. regulators to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the…
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