Germany lowers natural gas tax to ease burden on consumers
BERLIN (AP) — German Chancellor Olaf Scholz says the government will temporarily lower taxes on natural gas to ease the financial pressure on…
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Why junk food stocks are surging
By Nicole Goodkind, CNN Business People are stressed out and exhausted. The past two and a half years, full of public health crises, recession and…
Continue Reading Morocco: 13 migrants sent to prison for Spain crossing bid
RABAT, Morocco (AP) — A Moroccan court has sentenced 13 migrants to two and a half years in prison over a mass attempt to scale the border fence…
Continue Reading Sri Lanka hopes to reach initial agreement with IMF for help
By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s central bank chief hopes the government can reach a preliminary…
Continue Reading Disqualified for disabilities, railroad workers fight back
By JOSH FUNK AP Business Writer OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — After Terrence Hersey had a stroke on the way home from his railroad job in 2015, he underwent…
Continue Reading Trains paralyzed again in UK as unions stage more strikes
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of train workers in Britain have staged a fresh round of strikes that is paralyzing rail…
Continue Reading Hurricane winds, fierce storms leave 8 dead in France, Italy
By SYLVIE CORBET and COLLEEN BARRY Associated Press PARIS (AP) — Violent thunderstorms and hurricane-force winds in France and Italy have left at…
Continue Reading Extreme heat is slamming the world’s three biggest economies all at once
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business Estimating just how catastrophic climate change will be for the global economy has historically proven challenging.…
Continue Reading Norway’s central bank enacts big rate hike to tame inflation
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Norway’s central bank has raised its key policy interest rate by half a percentage point, saying “inflation has been…
Continue Reading US and Taiwan agree to start talks on a trade and investment pact
By Wayne Chang and Lauren Lau, CNN Business The United States and Taiwan have officially agreed to launch negotiations on a new trade and investment…
Continue Reading Designer Armani and guests flee wildfire on Sicilian island
MILAN (AP) — Firefighters worked Thursday to put out the remnants of two wildfires on a Sicilian island that forced fashion designer Giorgio Armani…
Continue Reading Wildfires in Algeria kill at least 37, including family of 5
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) — Algeria’s civil protection agency says wildfires raging in the country’s east have killed at least 37 people…
Continue Reading China’s growth forecasts slashed as heatwave hits industrial heartlands
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s economic growth forecasts have been downgraded further by major investment banks, as the country grapples…
Continue Reading Sexual assault accuser wore ‘provocative’ clothing, Indian judge rules
By Rhea Mogul and Manveena Suri, CNN A judge in southern India has ruled a woman wore “provocative” clothing, effectively dismissing her…
Continue Reading High-level talks in Ukraine yield little reported progress
By DEREK GATOPOULOS and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — Turkey’s leader and the U.N. chief met in Ukraine with President…
Continue Reading Asian markets mixed after Wall St gains on jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after Wall Street rose as investors analyzed conflicting…
Continue Reading US to hold trade talks with Taiwan, island drills military
By JOHNSON LAI and JOE McDONALD Associated Press HUALIEN, Taiwan (AP) — The U.S. government will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade agreement in a…
Continue Reading US to hold trade talks with Taiwan in new show of support
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government says it will hold talks with Taiwan on a trade treaty in a new sign of…
Continue Reading Seattle CEO who cut his pay so workers earned $70K resigns
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle CEO who announced in 2015 that he was giving himself a drastic pay cut to help cover the cost of big raises for his…
Continue Reading Biggest US holding pen planned for wild horses faces suit
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — Advocates for wild horses are accusing federal land managers of illegally approving plans for…
Continue Reading Hanae Mori, Japanese designer for films, empress, dies at 96
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — Japanese fashion designer Hanae Mori has died at 96. She designed the wedding gown of Japan’s…
Continue Reading Gas-powered muscle cars drive into the sunset, turn electric
By TOM KRISHER AP Auto Writer PONTIAC, Mich. (AP) — Thundering gas-powered muscle cars will be closing in on their final Saturday-night cruises in…
Continue Reading Most electric cars are quiet. But Dodge says its future electric muscle car will be super loud
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Dodge, famous for offering cars with big and powerful V8 engines, is phasing out some of its…
Continue Reading Most electric cars are quiet. But Dodge says its future electric muscle car will be super loud
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business Dodge, famous for offering cars with big and powerful V8 engines, is phasing out some of its iconic, gas-powered…
Continue Reading Revealing vast scope of FTC probe, Amazon accuses the government of harassing Jeff Bezos and Andy Jassy
By Brian Fung, CNN Amazon is fighting the US government’s attempt to question its founder, Jeff Bezos, and its CEO, Andy Jassy, as part of a…
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Gov. Lujan Grisham announces film production company investment in Las Cruces
LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced a state investment in a full-service film and production company, 828 Productions.…
Continue Reading Strippers at LA strip club want to join actors’ union
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business Strippers at the Star Garden Topless Dive Bar in North Hollywood, California, have filed with the National Labor…
Continue Reading Amazon testing TikTok-style feed on its app, AI firm says
By HALELUYA HADERO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon appears to be getting the TikTok bug, joining other companies seeking to hold…
Continue Reading Ohio judge rules Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens must pay a combined $650.6 million for damages related to opioid crisis
By Laura Ly, CNN Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens must pay a combined $650.6 million to two Ohio counties for damages related to the opioid crisis, a…
Continue Reading Ruling clears Biden’s 2021 pause on new oil, gas leases
By KEVIN McGILL and MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A judge’s order that forced the Biden administration to resume sales of oil…
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