Spain: Stores must keep doors shut, limit AC to save energy
MADRID (AP) — Spain has approved a new set of energy-saving measures that includes prohibiting air conditioning to be set lower than 27 degrees…
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PerkinElmer, Boeing rise; Royal Caribbean, Aerojet fall
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks that traded heavily or had substantial price changes Monday: PerkinElmer, Boeing rise; Royal Caribbean, Aerojet…
Continue Reading Closing prices for crude oil, gold and other commodities
The Associated Press Benchmark U.S. crude oil for September delivery fell $4.73 to $93.89 a barrel Monday. Brent crude for October delivery fell…
Continue Reading Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will soon be signing into law a major bill to revive the U.S. computer chip…
Continue Reading Bumps, bipartisanship in long fight for semiconductor bill
By JOSH BOAK Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Five weeks ago, senior Biden administration aides gathered for their regular Thursday morning…
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Here come the discounts at Walmart, Best Buy and Gap
By Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Business A glimmer of relief is emerging at the checkout aisle: the return of discounts. Walmart, Best Buy, Gap, Target,…
Continue Reading Minnesota case weighs right to emergency contraception
AITKIN, Minn. (AP) — A trial in Minnesota is expected to decide whether a woman’s human rights were violated when a pharmacist denied her request…
Continue Reading What’s next for the US housing market
By Anna Bahney, CNN Business So far this year, the real estate market has not been going the way many prospective homebuyers had hoped. Home prices…
Continue Reading Lebanon, Israel closer to deal in maritime border dispute
By BASSEM MROUE Associated Press BEIRUT (AP) — Lebanese officials and a U.S. envoy say Lebanon and Israel are getting closer to reaching a deal in…
Continue Reading High-risk Colombians say GPS devices only add to dangers
By FRANK BAJAK AP Technology Writer The bulletproof vehicles that Colombia’s government assigns to hundreds of high-risk individuals are supposed…
Continue Reading Massachusetts lawmakers reach compromise on sports betting
BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts lawmakers have reached a deal on a bill that would legalize betting on professional and collegiate sports, joining more…
Continue Reading Kuwait oil veteran takes over as secretary general of OPEC
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A veteran of Kuwait’s national oil company has taken over as secretary general…
Continue Reading Kimberly Palmer: 5 ways to feel richer (even if you’re not)
By KIMBERLY PALMER of NerdWallet With high inflation and economic uncertainty, it’s easy to feel stressed out about money. But financial experts…
Continue Reading How inflation pushed KFC to put chicken feet on the menu in China
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business For years, KFC customers in China wondered why the chain didn’t sell chicken feet, which are a delicacy in the…
Continue Reading Ex-Fed economist Bill Nelson on Federal Reserve strategy
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Bill Nelson has experienced the workings of the Federal Reserve from both sides of the…
Continue Reading Opinion: Crypto can’t rely on the government to save it from itself
Opinion by Emily Parker for CNN Business Perspectives Cryptocurrency is having an existential crisis. Last month, crypto lender Celsius filed for…
Continue Reading Is this as good as it gets for Big Oil?
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The highest oil prices in a decade. A renewed government focus on energy security. Huge demand for refining crude so…
Continue Reading Valvoline to sell its global products arm to Saudi’s Aramco
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Aramco has announced a $2.65 billion agreement to acquire Valvoline’s global products business, which…
Continue Reading Alibaba striving to maintain US listing amid delisting fears
By ZEN SOO Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba said Monday that it would strive to maintain its listing status both…
Continue Reading Europe gets more bad news as recession fears deepen
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Europe’s biggest economy is suffering — and it could spell trouble for the whole continent. German retail sales…
Continue Reading US begins court battle against publishing giants’ merger
By MARCY GORDON and HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government and publishing titan Penguin Random House have exchanged…
Continue Reading 1st ship carrying Ukrainian grain leaves the port of Odesa
By SUSIE BLANN and SUZAN FRASER Associated Press KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The first ship carrying Ukrainian grain set out Monday from the port of Odesa…
Continue Reading ‘Drill, baby, drill’ is back in Europe as gas crisis looms
By Julia Horowitz, CNN Business The 10-mile-long island of Schiermonnikoog is known as one of the most beautiful places in the Netherlands, boasting…
Continue Reading USDA getting tougher on salmonella in chicken products
By DAVID PITT Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture is proposing new regulations that would force food…
Continue Reading Alibaba stock slides in Hong Kong after US delisting threat
By Laura He, CNN Business Alibaba shares fell after US regulators added the stock to a growing list of Chinese firms that might be kicked off Wall…
Continue Reading Chinese company eyes Solomon Islands deep-water port
By ROD McGUIRK Associated Press CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A Chinese state-owned company is negotiating to buy a forestry plantation with a…
Continue Reading How the world’s biggest four-day workweek trial run changed people’s lives
By Anna Cooban, CNN Business Workers are fed up. More than two years into the pandemic, many have burned out, quit their jobs or are struggling to…
Continue Reading This Week: Caterpillar earns, jobs report
The Associated Press Caterpillar serves up its latest quarterly results Tuesday. The Labor Department issues its July tally of hiring by nonfarm…
Continue Reading Evergrande has failed to deliver the debt restructuring plan it promised
By Laura He, CNN Business China’s embattled property giant Evergrande has failed to deliver a preliminary debt restructuring plan it had…
Continue Reading Stocks start August with slide after best month since 2020
By DAMIAN J. TROISE and ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writers Stocks on Wall Street gave up early gains and closed slightly lower Monday as investors began…
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