Airline asked its senior executives to temporarily help as airport baggage handlers
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Australian airline Qantas has asked its senior executives to help out as airport baggage handlers as it struggles to…
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Today marks an important day for diversity on Wall Street. Here’s why
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business Wall Street is taking the call to increase corporate diversity seriously. At last. For the first time ever, every…
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Hungary fines Ryanair over raising prices to cope with tax
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary has accused Ryanair of consumer protection violations after it raised ticket prices to cope with a tax on what the…
Continue Reading More than 500 US flights canceled and more than 2,000 delayed on Monday
By Chuck Johnston, CNN Business Following a miserable weekend for travel, Monday isn’t looking much better. Another wave of airline…
Continue Reading Nonprofits launch $100M plan to support local health workers
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press A new philanthropic project hopes to invest $100 million in up to 10 countries mostly in Africa by 2030 to support…
Continue Reading Russia, Ukraine trade accusations over nuclear plant attacks
By SUSIE BLANN Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia and Ukraine traded accusations Monday that each side is shelling Europe’s biggest…
Continue Reading China posts record $101 billion trade surplus but export boom could fade
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s export sector delivered robust growth in July, providing much-need support for the world’s second…
Continue Reading Japan tech giant SoftBank posts $23 billion quarterly loss
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology company SoftBank Group posted a $23 billion loss in the April-June quarter as…
Continue Reading Thai pub owner charged in connection with deadly blaze
BANGKOK (AP) — The owner of a music pub in eastern Thailand where a fire last week killed 15 people and injured more than three dozen others has…
Continue Reading Productivity, consumer prices, Cardinal Health earns
The Associated Press The Labor Department issues its second-quarter snapshot of U.S. employee productivity Tuesday and its latest monthly index of…
Continue Reading Water crisis looms for eastern Ukrainian city of Sloviansk
By JUSTIN SPIKE Associated Press SLOVIANSK, Ukraine (AP) — The echo of artillery shells thundering in the distance mingles with the din of people…
Continue Reading Asian shares mostly decline on global technology downturn
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Tuesday amid a global fall in technology shares, including…
Continue Reading Former coal town comes together in face of Kentucky floods
By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer FLEMING-NEON, Ky. (AP) — Barely a week after floodwaters swept downtown and left a foot of mud and twisted,…
Continue Reading Not so fast: California’s last nuke plant might run longer
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — An aggressive push toward renewable energy has run headlong into anxiety over keeping the…
Continue Reading Asian stocks mixed after US job gain paves way for rate hike
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stocks were mixed on Monday after strong U.S. jobs data cleared the way for more interest…
Continue Reading China’s Hainan beach resort expands COVID-19 lockdowns
BEIJING (AP) — The capital of China’s Hainan province has locked down its residents for 13 hours on Monday as a COVID-19 outbreak grows on…
Continue Reading Hong Kong cuts COVID hotel quarantine to 3 days for arrivals
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will reduce the mandatory hotel quarantine for overseas arrivals to three days from a week.…
Continue Reading Report: Dozens got sick after visiting Kansas splash park
GODDARD, Kan. (AP) — A new federal study said dozens of people got sick after visiting a splash park near Wichita, Kansas, last summer. The study…
Continue Reading More than 900 US flights canceled, and 6,300 US flights delayed on Sunday
By Chuck Johnston Another wave of airline cancellations and delays is being felt across the United States on Sunday. According to the flight tracking…
Continue Reading What the Alex Jones trial means for the future of conspiracy culture
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The Texas jury’s decision last week to have Alex Jones face punitive damages of more than $45 million in a lawsuit…
Continue Reading What the Alex Jones trial means for the future of conspiracy culture
By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The Texas jury’s decision last week to have Alex Jones face punitive damages of more than $45 million in a lawsuit filed…
Continue Reading What the Alex Jones trial means for the future of conspiracy culture
CNN By Ramishah Maruf, CNN The Texas jury’s decision last week to have Alex Jones face punitive damages of more than $45 million in a lawsuit…
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New Jersey man sentenced to five years in prison over GoFundMe scheme
A New Jersey man who was part of a scheme to defraud GoFundMe donors has been sentenced to five years in prison Friday. 43-year-old Mark D’Amico…
Continue Reading America’s strong dollar is hurting everyone else
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The US dollar has been on a tear this year. That’s good news for American tourists gallivanting around Europe,…
Continue Reading Brad Pitt’s ‘Bullet Train’ pulls into station with $30.1M
By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stylized action romp “Bullet Train,” starring Brad Pitt, arrived with a $30.1 million…
Continue Reading What’s in Democrats’ big bill? Climate, health care, savings
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON (AP) — The estimated $740 billion economic package from Democrats is nowhere near what…
Continue Reading Casper is hiring professional nappers with ‘exceptional sleeping ability’
By Zoe Sottile, CNN A mattress brand is hiring for a position where sleeping on the job is not just accepted — it’s mandatory. Casper, a…
Continue Reading China July exports rise, with trade surplus at record-high
BEIJING (AP) — China’s export growth continued to rise in July, sending trade surplus to a record high. According to data from China’s customs,…
Continue Reading Demand for grocery delivery cools as food costs rise
By DEE-ANN DURBIN AP Business Writer Karen Raschke, a retired attorney in New York, started getting her groceries delivered early in the pandemic.…
Continue Reading The market read the Federal Reserve all wrong
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business After the Federal Reserve’s July meeting, investors quickly reached a consensus: The central bank was turning…
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