Pet owners, Maytag feels your laundry pain
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business We love our pets, but their shedding? Not so much. Pesky pet hair and dander loves to cling on to clothes and it…
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Germany: Baltic Sea has ‘enormous’ wind energy potential
By JAN M. OLSEN Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — Germany’s foreign minister says estimates show that wind power from the Baltic Sea…
Continue Reading After summer of chaos, Schiphol Airport reports net profit
AMSTERDAM (AP) — Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport has reported a net profit of 65 million euros ($64.8 million) for the first six months of the year…
Continue Reading US suspends Chinese airline flights in COVID-19 dispute
BEIJING (AP) — The U.S. government is suspending 26 flights by Chinese airlines from the United States to China in a dispute over anti-virus…
Continue Reading Russia divestment promises by US states largely unfulfilled
By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press Driven by moral outrage over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine earlier this year, U.S. governors and other top state…
Continue Reading Dow drops 1,000 after Fed’s Powell says rates will stay high
By STAN CHOE, DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers NEW YORK (AP) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average sank more than 1,000 points…
Continue Reading Britain to see 80% spike in energy bills as crisis deepens
By SYLVIA HUI Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Jennifer Jones keeps feeding money into her energy meter, but it never seems to be enough. And when…
Continue Reading Drought forces earliest harvest ever in French wine country
By SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press BORDEAUX, France (AP) — The landscape in the prestigious vineyards of Bordeaux looks the same as ever, with…
Continue Reading Sleep, talk about coffee, wake up, talk about coffee: Papua New Guinea has a brand new minister job
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business The leader of Papua New Guinea has appointed what are believed to be the world’s first ministers for coffee…
Continue Reading Work permits are a lifeline for Gaza, and a lever for Israel
By FARES AKRAM and SAM McNEIL Associated Press KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Ibrahim Slaieh can point to three great moments of joy in his life in…
Continue Reading Powell: Fed could keep lifting rates sharply ‘for some time’
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer JACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell delivered a stark message Friday: The…
Continue Reading Ordinary Japanese ‘salarymen’ reach TikTok stardom
By YURI KAGEYAMA Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — They’re your run-of-the-mill “salarymen,” as company workers in Japan are called —…
Continue Reading SpaceX and T-Mobile want to eliminate ‘dead zones’ using satellites
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX and T-Mobile want to beam cell service to “most places in the US,” including some of the most…
Continue Reading Rare Nevada fish to get full review for possible US listing
By SCOTT SONNER Associated Press RENO, Nev. (AP) — U.S. wildlife officials say there’s enough evidence a rare fish along the California-Nevada…
Continue Reading NASA and Boeing push back first Starliner astronaut mission to 2023
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business NASA and Boeing are now targeting early 2023 for the first crewed flight of Boeing’s long-delayed Starliner…
Continue Reading Ex-San Francisco official sentenced to 7 years in prison
By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — San Francisco’s former public works director was sentenced Thursday to seven years in…
Continue Reading Judge orders more document production in Musk-Twitter suit
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — The Delaware judge presiding over Twitter Inc.’s lawsuit to prevent billionaire Elon Musk…
Continue Reading Affirm cautious as inflation saps buy-now, pay-later users
By KEN SWEET AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The stock of buy-now, pay-later company Affirm have fallen after the company gave a more cautious…
Continue Reading Police believe person found dead was swindler Hoffenberg
By DAVE COLLINS Associated Press HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Connecticut authorities are working to confirm that convicted Ponzi schemer Steven…
Continue Reading Ruling keeps Arizona voting access measure on the ballot
By BOB CHRISTIE Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that an Arizona initiative expanding voting access and rolling back a host…
Continue Reading Dispute at mall ends when woman pulls out gun; no injuries
By NARDOS HAILE Associated Press Authorities say a dispute between women in the food court of one of the nation’s largest shopping malls ended when…
Continue Reading EXPLAINER: California EV requirements face some obstacles
By TOM KRISHER and KATHLEEN RONAYNE Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — California will require all new cars, trucks and SUVs sold in the state to run…
Continue Reading Google to start labeling medical facilities that provide abortions to reduce confusion
By Jennifer Korn Google said on Thursday it will begin prominently labeling health care facilities that offer abortion services in its search and…
Continue Reading Biden to attend groundbreaking of Intel’s $20B Ohio plants
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Intel Corp. has set a Sept. 9 groundbreaking date for its $20 billion Ohio operation…
Continue Reading Facebook parent culls large Proud Boys network from sites
MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Facebook parent Meta says it has removed a network of accounts linked to the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group it…
Continue Reading Tesla ‘full self-driving’ debate escalates with legal threats, banned videos
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business This month, Tesla fans rushed to defend the automaker after a prominent critic released a video showing one of the…
Continue Reading Tesla ‘full self-driving’ debate escalates with legal threats, banned videos
CNN By Matt McFarland, CNN Business This month, Tesla fans rushed to defend the automaker after a prominent critic released a video showing one of…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Thursday 8/25/2022
The Associated Press Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, clawing back more of their recent losses, as the countdown clicks closer to zero for a…
Continue Reading Teladoc, NetApp rise; Salesforce, Dollar Tree fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Thursday: Teladoc, NetApp rise; Salesforce, Dollar Tree…
Continue Reading 24 states get $560M for high-priority cleanup of wells
By JANET McCONNAUGHEY Associated Press NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The Interior Department is giving 24 states a total of $560 million to start cleaning…
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