Asian stock markets rise ahead of US jobs data
By JOE McDONALD AP Business Writer BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday ahead of an update on the health of the U.S. jobs market while…
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Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency…
Continue Reading Toyota profit down as chips shortage keeps customers waiting
By YURI KAGEYAMA AP Business Writer TOKYO (AP) — Toyota’s profit fell nearly 18% from a year earlier in the April-June quarter as a semiconductor…
Continue Reading Solomon Islands takes tighter control over state broadcaster
By NICK PERRY Associated Press WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The government of the Solomon Islands is tightening its control over the nation’s…
Continue Reading ‘Stray’: How a virtual orange tabby is helping real cats
By THALIA BEATY Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The virtual cat hero from the new video game sensation “Stray” doesn’t just wind along…
Continue Reading US proposes to increase refund protections for air travelers
WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government is proposing tougher rules for when airlines must give passengers refunds for changing their travel plans.…
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Jury finds Alex Jones caused $4 million in damages to two Sandy Hook parents
CNN By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Right-wing talk show host Alex Jones will have to pay the parents of a Sandy Hook shooting victim a little more…
Continue Reading New head of Alex Jones’ company faces questions from lawyers for Sandy Hook families
By Sonia Moghe, CNN The accountant now in charge of overseeing right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ company Free Speech Systems through…
Continue Reading Construction begins at Fukushima plant for water release
By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press TOKYO (AP) — The construction of facilities needed for a planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into…
Continue Reading Argentina’s latest economy minister warns he is no magician
By DANIEL POLITI Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s third economy minister in a month has been sworn in, and as his…
Continue Reading Musk response to Twitter lawsuit to be made public by Friday
By RANDALL CHASE AP Business Writer DOVER, Del. (AP) — A judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s answer to Twitter’s lawsuit over his attempt to back…
Continue Reading Vegas-based rental firm faces probes over pandemic evictions
By KEN RITTER Associated Press LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Las Vegas-based corporate owner of thousands of residential rental properties in several U.S.…
Continue Reading Machinists at 3 Boeing defense plants ratify new contract
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Workers in three Boeing factories in the Midwest have a new contract, and Boeing is averting the threat of a strike. Nearly 2,500…
Continue Reading GOP targets for Dem bill: Inflation, taxes, Manchin, Sinema
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans see inflation, taxes and immigration as Democratic weak spots worth attacking in the…
Continue Reading Walmart is laying off corporate employees
by Matt Egan, CNN Walmart is laying off about 200 corporate employees, a person familiar with the matter told CNN, in a move that comes days after…
Continue Reading Debris from a SpaceX capsule found in Australia
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Chunks of space debris were reportedly found on farmland in the Australia mountains, and this week NASA and…
Continue Reading Arkansas panel rejects recreational marijuana ballot measure
By ANDREW DeMILLO Associated Press LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas panel has blocked a recreational marijuana proposal from appearing on the…
Continue Reading Ellen Pompeo cutting back on her ‘Grey’s Anatomy’ episodes
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dr. Meredith Grey will be cutting back her workload on “Grey’s Anatomy.” Series star Ellen Pompeo is set to appear in…
Continue Reading Sandy Hook family attorney exposes Alex Jones’ dishonesty during brutal cross-examination
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business The dishonesty of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was spotlighted in a Texas court on Wednesday as a lawyer…
Continue Reading White House: Falling gas prices mean more than OPEC numbers
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden traveled to Saudi Arabia almost three weeks ago on the possibility that he…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Wednesday 8/03/2022
The Associated Press Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Wednesday as investors reviewed a mostly encouraging batch of earnings from big companies.…
Continue Reading PayPal, CVS rise; Match Group, Mercury Systems fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Wednesday: PayPal, CVS rise; Match Group, Mercury Systems…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $3.76 to $90.66 a barrel Wednesday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…
Continue Reading NLRB: Mine workers to pay Alabama coal company over $13M
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A federal oversight board is ordering the United Mine Workers of America to pay more than $13 million in compensation to an…
Continue Reading This company is turning heaps of plastic trash into construction building blocks
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually…
Continue Reading This company is turning heaps of plastic trash into construction building blocks
By Parija Kavilanz, CNN Business Imagine taking heaps and heaps of earth-polluting, unusable plastic waste and actually transforming it into…
Continue Reading Germany’s Scholz says nuclear extension ‘could make sense’
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz says that extending the life of Germany’s three remaining nuclear reactors beyond the end of this year…
Continue Reading Tinder’s first female CEO out after less than a year
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Tinder’s newest CEO is out after less than a year on the job, marking the second high-profile female…
Continue Reading Georgia nuclear plant gets OK to load fuel at new reactor
By JEFF AMY Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Federal regulators say a nuclear power plant being built in Georgia can begin loading radioactive fuel…
Continue Reading Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan was the most-tracked of all time, Flightradar24 says
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s flight to Taiwan, which bolstered American support for the island nation but…
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