Sri Lanka permits Chinese ship to dock after postponement
By KRISHAN FRANCIS Associated Press COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — A Chinese research ship will be allowed to dock in a Sri Lankan port after a…
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Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue Reading Shippers prepare for worst as Rhine levels near critical low
Shipping companies are preparing to halt the transport of goods on the Rhine as water levels in Germany’s biggest river near a critically low…
Continue Reading Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?
By JENNIFER McDERMOTT and MARY KATHERINE WILDEMAN Associated Press PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A major economic bill headed to the president has…
Continue Reading Driver walkout halts trains as UK summer strike wave spreads
By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press LONDON (AP) — Thousands of U.K. train drivers have walked off the job in a 24-hour strike over jobs, pay and…
Continue Reading Dutch arrest man linked to currency mixer Tornado Cash
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Dutch financial prosecutors say they have detained a man suspected of involvement in “concealing criminal financial…
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Bluebells, lilies, poppies, and more: These are the native wildflowers blooming near you
Summer is a-bloom with native beauty that spans the color spectrum. Texas Real Estate Source compiled a list of wildflowers native to different…
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How Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret and Vitamin Shoppe use smell to get you to spend more
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business Have you ever stepped into an Abercrombie, Victoria’s Secret, Vitamin Shoppe or another store and…
Continue Reading Italy’s Lake Garda shrinks to near-historic low amid drought
By ANDREA ROSA and LUIGI NAVARRA Associated Press SIRMIONE Italy (AP) — Italy’s worst drought in decades has reduced Lake Garda, the…
Continue Reading Sinema took Wall Street money while killing tax on investors
By BRIAN SLODYSKO Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, the Arizona Democrat who single-handedly thwarted her party’s longtime…
Continue Reading Expanded IRS free-file system one step closer in Dems’ bill
By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The flagship climate change and health care bill passed by Democrats and soon to be signed by…
Continue Reading CNN chief legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin will exit network after 20 years
By Oliver Darcy, CNN Business Jeffrey Toobin said Friday that he will depart CNN, where he served most recently as chief legal analyst, putting an…
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Dems push climate, health, tax bill through Congress, a landmark election-year Biden win that once seemed out of reach
The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Dems push climate, health, tax bill through Congress, a landmark election-year Biden win that once seemed out…
Continue Reading Peloton cuts jobs, raises prices in bid for profitability
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Peloton is laying off almost 800 employees and raising prices for some of its equipment…
Continue Reading Publisher of USA Today, other papers axes staff to cut costs
By The Associated Press Associated Press Newspaper publisher Gannett Co. confirmed Friday that it’s laying off some of its newsroom staff as part…
Continue Reading How major US stock indexes fared Friday 8/12/2022
The Associated Press Stocks are closing higher on Wall Street, giving the S&P 500 its first 4-week winning streak since November. The benchmark…
Continue Reading Illumina, ResMed fall; Broadridge, Humana rise
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Friday: Illumina, ResMed fall; Broadridge, Humana…
Continue Reading Oil shipments from Russia resume to Czechia
PRAGUE (AP) — Oil shipments from Russia through a critical pipeline to Czechia have resumed after more than a week. Czechia became the last central…
Continue Reading Rivian lost $1.7 billion in three months. Here’s why that may not be a problem
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Rivian lost a whopping $1.7 billion in the second three months of the year, but some auto industry experts say…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $2.25 to $92.09 a barrel Friday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…
Continue Reading Russian GDP drops 4% in Q2 — 1st full quarter of fighting
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s gross domestic product contracted 4% in the second quarter of this year, the first full quarter since Russia sent…
Continue Reading Judge revives Obama-era ban on coal sales from US lands
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday reinstated a moratorium on coal leasing from federal lands that…
Continue Reading Best Buy trims jobs after it cuts sales and profit outlook
By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Retail Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Best Buy, the nation’s largest consumer electronics chain, is trimming jobs in an…
Continue Reading Amazon’s Ring, MGM to launch show from viral doorbell videos
NEW YORK (AP) — Two Amazon-owned companies — Ring and Hollywood studio MGM — are teaming to create a TV show in the mold of “America’s…
Continue Reading Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER and JOSH BOAK Associated Press Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades,…
Continue Reading California governor wants to extend nuclear plant’s life
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom is proposing to extend the life of the state’s last operating nuclear power plant by at least…
Continue Reading Consumers still don’t feel great about the economy, despite lower gas prices
Martha C. White for CNN Business Consumer sentiment in August continued to rebound from its June trough, but Americans’ feelings about the…
Continue Reading Pipeline break spills 45,000 gallons of diesel in Wyoming
By MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A pipeline carrying diesel has cracked open and spilled more than 45,000 gallons of fuel…
Continue Reading Congress OKs Dems’ climate, health bill, a Biden triumph
By ALAN FRAM Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Congress gave final approval Friday to Democrats’ flagship climate and health care…
Continue Reading Peloton is cutting jobs, closing stores and hiking prices
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Peloton is slashing jobs again, and this time it’s also hiking prices on some of its products. It’s part…
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